Sensory Integration Therapy in Malaysia

I am just wondering why in Malaysia, parents of learners with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, put them into Sensory Integration programmes? Dyslexics typically do not have difficulties with integrating various textures, sounds and smells etc. They just need help with reading and processing print. Just because some dyslexics have directionality problems, that they need sensory integration. If  the child has

While the research on Sensory Integration Therapy is sketchy and controversial, in other countries, it is a form of therapy used on children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Some studies have shown some changes in the way learners with ASD react to sensorial stimuli after a few weeks of therapy and some others not.

Parents, please understand that SIT is typically carried out by qualified Occupational Therapists. By qualified I mean someone who has studied to postgraduate level. In Malaysia, hardly any of the so called Sensory Integration therapists have any relevant qualification. A graduate in psychology or education, cannot run sensory integration therapy programmes.

Unless parents become more aware of the importance of going to provisions where properly trained and qualified staff are at hand, your childrens' futures are still in jeopardy. Stop getting taken in by "quick fixes" and "miracle cures".