Education: How We Process Sensory Information

Some things may be high arousing and others may be low arousing. Being able to modulate arousal levels effectively is the ability to regulate the degree to which a person is influenced by different sensory inputs. Children with sensory modulation disorders typically have a hard time regulating the effects of different sensory inputs. They appear over-responsive (fearful, defensive) to under-responsive (lacking awareness of the movement of input). These children typically have difficulty with emotional/behavioral regulation as well.