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Mersey Care Sensory Approaches
What is sensory integration?
- Receiving information from the environment
- processing the information, responding
- appropriately / effectively.
Why does this matter?
- The ability to understand your environment
- The ability to make an adaptive response - keeping safe, functioning effectively.
- The ability to engage in self care / education / work / therapy
- Emotional regulation
- Ability to establish and maintain relationships
Sensory information from different systems is integrated with other information in the brain (memory, emotions - adding meaning). Then an appropriate response to the situation is generated.
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| Contributed by: | Merseycare |
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| Licence: | © All rights reserved More information on licences |
| First contributed: | 25 June 2026 |
| Audience access level: | Full user |
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