Sensory Processing Handbook – Tactile hyper
| Potential signs | Potential impact | Strategies to assist with learning |
|---|---|---|
| Dislike of brushing of hair or teeth. | The avoidance of messy play or being dirty | Consider ways of changing the task the child or young person need to do or environment they participate in. Remove labels from clothes. Allow CYP to choose their clothes from variety of fabrics. Allow variety of messy play activities to include wet and dry textures, consider options that do not require getting dirty, allow using tools for cooking and science activities. |
| Difficulty with clothing labels or textures. | Label free clothing or sewing soft fabrics over labels.
Allowing some flexibility around what to wear. | |
| Dislike of physical touching especially light touch. | Avoidance of public places | |
| Dislike of crowds. Struggling to line-up or sit in assembly | May respond with physical aggression to light touch | Proprioceptive activities can help inhibit the protective pathway and aid in reducing sensitivity. Let child stand at back of line so they don't have unexpected touch from behind them, allow CYP to sit in assembly where there will be no one behind them |
| Dislike of wearing art aprons | Different fabric of art apron | |
| Dislike of wearing sports bibs | Different fabric of bib, |