School of Occupational Therapy
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Item Can sensory gallery guides for children with sensory processing challenges improve their museum experience?(Taylor & Francis, 2018-01-26) Fletcher, Tina; Blake, Amanda B.; Shelffo, Kathleen E.Children routinely visit art museums as part of their educational experience and family time, many of them having special needs. The number of children diagnosed with autism and sensory processing disorders is increasing. These conditions may include heightened sensory avoiding or seeking behaviors that can interfere with a child’s ability to benefit from museum visits. Environmental modifications and sensory-based treatments are commonly used to support children with sensory processing disorders, but museum environments or programs cannot always lend themselves to being altered to provide optimal results. This research explored whether museum gallery guides for sensory avoiders and seekers could be utilized with children with sensory sensitivities to help them prepare for and participate in museum experiences. Results showed combining both sensory avoiding and seeking gallery guides into one sensory friendly gallery guide can have a positive impact on a child’s museum experience. To achieve success, sensory gallery guides must be developmentally appropriate, provide structure for a gallery visit, facilitate active thinking, looking, and discussion, and showcase interesting gallery spaces providing a variety of sensory-rich objects.Item Considering the museum experience of children with autism(The Museum Journal, 2016-01) Kulik, Taylor Kelsey; Fletcher, TinaThis article reports on a study that was designed to provide insight about the barriers that limit families with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from visiting fine arts museums. Parents (N=54), and staff and volunteers (N=62) at the museum completed a questionnaire about their perceptions of the participation of children with ASD in museum activities. Some significant differences in responses were found between parents and museum staff and volunteers. Parents reported being thankful for the sense of community that Autism Awareness Family Celebrations provide, but were frustrated with reactions from others during typical museum experiences. Museum staff and volunteers expressed that museum participation was important, but responses were split between those who desired to learn more about ASD in order to create an optimal museum experience, and those who preferred not to take on this initiative. Studies such as this help museums become more inclusive.Item Postural control in children with autism spectrum disorder(Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association, 2014-02) Nelson, Marcella; Baxter, Mary FMovement and participation in context requires successful processing of information from multiple sensory sources. The vestibular, somatosensory, and visual systems contribute to postural control through perception and responses to these cues.1 Postural control is essential to an individual’s participation in daily occupations. Postural control is the ability to control one’s center of mass over the base of support.