Describes writing assignments in which students develop paragraphs incorporating various sense images. (RL)

Activities for exploring the school yard with children are suggested. Emphasis is on development of the senses, studying relationships, and conducting experiments. (SA)

The article explains the value to young children of skill development in the areas of observation, classification, communication, and measurement. It suggests specific science-related activities to help develop each skill. (SB)

The study explored the concept of space through the tactual discrimination of household objects in 48 4-to-7-year-old blind, partially sighted, and sighted children. (PHR)

Discusses sensory-perceptual abnormalities in people with autism from published firsthand accounts and existing psychological research evidence. A range of abnormalities, including hyper- and hyposensitivity, sensory distortion and overload, and multichannel receptivity and processing difficulties, are described and the limitations of clinical and…

Contends that cultural practices such as carrying the baby on the mother's back for prolonged periods can impact negatively on development of visual integration during the sensorimotor stage pathways by preventing adequate or enough crawling. Maintains that crawling is essential for cross- modality integration and that higher mental functions may…

Described are three programs ranging from short to long-term immersion in backcountry environments. Stresses that wilderness studies direct participants toward reconnecting culture with nature through advocacy and cultivation of the ecological self. (Author/CW)

Argues that sensory screening does not identify children at risk for reading or learning disability, and that sensory training does not improve reading or learning. (RAE)

Notes that many activities in early childhood classrooms offer opportunities for sensory learning that may be overlooked unless specific attention is directed toward these areas of learning. Suggests that teachers can increase these opportunities by using "feely" boxes or bags, which allow children to touch an object without seeing it. Various…

Therapeutic intervention to treat chronic food refusal in two children with multiple developmental disabilities consisted of elimination of feeding "demands" that provoked child agitation, incorporation of sensory stimulation as contingent reinforcement, and gradual introduction of the requirements for oral consumption. Consistent oral…

Three functional assessment methods were compared with four adults with severe/profound mental retardation and stereotypic behavior patterns. The results of the antecedents, behavior, and consequences observation and the Motivation Assessment Scale indicated a sensory function of the stereotypic behavior for all subjects, whereas functional…

Rejects the neuronal fatigue, or selective adaptation, hypothesis of young infant habituation. Holds that studies cited by Dannemiller and Banks do not support the inferences of selective adaptation. Rejects the hypothetical neurophysiological mechanism of neuronal fatigue. Proposes that studies do not indicate that young infants' visual cortical…

A survey of 124 teachers of students (ages 2-25) with deafness and blindness found that types of learning tasks used were often at variance with learning needs of the students. Teachers preferred methods of structuring learning tasks over methods that stress sensory input. Teachers did not prefer approaches that stress language development. (JDD)

The integrated ecology program at World Peace University (Washington) uses a therapeutic approach to environmental awareness that enables participants to connect with nature and fill the sensory voids that encourage apathy, dysfunction, and dependencies. Suggests personal difficulties result from the difference between how nature works and the way…

Discusses the sensory systems of sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch, and equilibrium as tools of children's mental development. (MKR)