OLFACTORY POSTURAL

Essential Oils Essential Oils can be used for Stretches Different stretches can improve Sensory
aromatherapy. Certain scents
can help with different
posture. Here are a few that can
be done while at work or in Processing
feelings. public.
Scents that
increase
Bergamot, Clary Sage,
Grapefruit, Jasmine,
Start with your shoulders rolled
back and down. While looking
Disorder:
arousal Lavender, Lemon Verbena,
Neroli, Orange, Rose
straight ahead, slightly tuck your
chin (making a double chin) and
A Fanny Pack
Geranium, Sandalwood,
Tangerine
move your head back. Hold for
3-5 seconds and then release.
Toolkit for Adults
Scents that Bergamot, Cedarwood, Repeat 10 times.
help calm the Cypress , Lavender, Orange, Begin sitting or standing. As you
body Peach, Rose Geranium and inhale, raise your shoulders and
Violet Leaf shoulder blades to your ears.
While you exhale, pull your
PROPRIOCEPTIVE shoulder blades down and
together. Repeat 5-10 times.
Heavy duty Stretching elastics with hands Stadium Placing a stadium cushion on
hair elastics provides proprioceptive input cushion your seat makes the body work
Theraband/ These work in the same way as harder to balance and maintain
Tire bands* hair elastics but are larger, so posture, increasing postural
they can be used for even strength
more proprioceptive input
Tangle Fidget
Additional
or other hand Resources: VESTIBULAR
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Murdoch, Cindy (2013). Aromatherapy: Best scents to manipulate
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basic emotions. Underground Health. Retrieved from
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http://www.undergroundhealth.com/aromatherapy-brief- Sea bands Sea Bands help with motion
df list-of-scents-to-manipulate-basic-emotions/ (decrease sickness by pushing on a
Proper Form (2017). Real simple. Retrieved from stimulation) pressure point in the wrist
https://www.realsimple.com/he alth/fitness- Cold Packs Small cold packs placed behind
exercise/better-posture/proper-form (decrease the ears and on the back of the
Sutherland, Morgan (2014). 6 exercises to reverse bad posture. Mind stimulation) neck can decrease motion
Body Green. Retrieved from sickness
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-15552/6-exercises-to- Easy To help increase alertness, try:
reverse-bad-posture.html movement Infinity Movement*
* see ‘SPD: A Family Fanny Pack Toolkit for Adults Additional activities Head and neck turns*
Information’ Chair reaches*
This Fanny Pack Toolkit is designed for adults on
the go. For a broader Sensory Diet, visit
http://thespiralfoundation.org/toolkit_adults.html

Written and compiled by Katie Koomar ©2017

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WHAT IS SENSORY GUSTATORY
Wipes For those who do not like the
PROCESSING DISORDER? feeling of sticky/dirty hands,
Sour or Either of these strong tastes helps
When our bodies receive sensory input carrying wipes helps avoid
cinnamon provide organization of oral input.
from any of the five senses, balance and discomfort.
gum/candies
movement, or tendon and muscles, our Bandana or Bandanas can be used to cover
Food with Everyone has different foods that
brains must receive, organize, and decide scarf the face, neck, head, or other
different calm them. Decide which
what to do with these inputs. When our part of the body that feels
properties tastes/textures help regulate you and
brains cannot effectively receive, sort, or particularly sensitive.
(Crunchy, keep a snack with those properties in
provide motor output, we experience Silly Putty or Pulling and stretching provides
sweet, salty) your pack. This can also be helpful if
dysfunction of our sensory integration, kneaded tactile input and resistance to
you’re out and the only food option
which results in Sensory Processing erasers decrease tactile sensitivity
is one that you cannot handle the
Disorder (SPD). Brushing* or Provides deep pressure touch to
texture of.
Many think that SPD goes away during beanbag organize the mind and body
adulthood, but this is not true. Usually, tapping* Swipes Swipes can be used to provide input
adults develop coping mechanisms that hide (Disposable to the inside of the cheeks, gums,
their SPD, but it is still present and can take toothbrush) and tongue. This input is helpful
significant tolls on their lives. before eating foods with
This toolkit contains ideas that can help VISUAL uncomfortable textures.
with a variety of sensory issues. It can be Water bottle Using a water bottle with a resistive
used when away from home, at work or in with chewy spout like a Camelback or straw can
Sunglasses/Tints These can dampen intense
crowded places that might provoke sensory top or straw provide strong organizing oral input.
in regular glasses visual stimuli such as bright
overload.
fluorescent or flashing lights
AREAS OF LIFE DISRUPTED BY
Baseball hat Blocks harsh or intense stimuli AUDITORY
Meditation Apps Many meditation apps include
SPD:
(ex. Headspace, calming images that can help Music Different kinds of music can either
 Parenting Calm) when visually over stimulated provide a sense of calm (slow,
 Work classical music) or more intense
 Home management MOTOR AND PRAXIS auditory stimulation (upbeat music)
 Social and leisure activities Headphones Headphones help block out
 Interpersonal relationships Fidget cube Various hand fidgets provide (regular or background noise, which can be
 Public transportation, driving, flying or other hand different kinds of motor input. See noise especially helpful when going to
fidgets Additional Information brochure cancelling) crowded or noisy places.
SPD MAY BE CO-MORBID WITH: for ideas EASe App Listening therapy
Moleskin Many people with SPD have Minimize When possible, turn off radios,
 Anxiety/panic disorders notebook/ spatial organization, sequencing, background music, and televisions to help avoid
 Depression note pad and or memory problems. Writing noise auditory overload
 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder pencil directions, notes and names of
 Learning disabilities people or places, or drawing
 Attention Deficit Disorder reminders can help with Note: These ideas can help with day to day
organizational problems. functioning but will not create permanent changes
 Autism Spectrum Disorder in functioning. For information on sensory
Snaptype app Helps with organization &
planning integration, please visit the Spiral Foundation at
www.thespiralfoundation.org.