Research & Literature
The following documents provide summaries of a variety of research articles across multiple disciplines that demonstrate evidence supporting the principles that A. Jean Ayres proposed in her approach.
These summaries have been collated by the SIGN research committee and comes from the National Library of Medicine. As such, the information is provided for your personal use and should not be redistributed.
The SIGN research committee is currently made up of individuals who have volunteered to assist in providing this material. The group has searched literature from a variety of fields primarily via Medline and PsycLit and primarily with an emphasis on the last 5 years. These summaries are not complete research reviews – merely brief highlights of articles that are included. Readers are suggested to obtain the articles for themselves to read in entirety if the topic is of interest. Inclusion of the summary by SIGN is for informational purposes only.
These are the topics available.
Arranging the Room to Engage the Child
This document includes summaries of the literature on motivation and what is motivating or attractive to a child. We also include literature from the field of education on the important of room set up for learning.
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Aspects of the Environment
This document includes information about the sensory affordances of objects/activities and how they can enhance performance.
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Collaboration of Activity Choice
This document includes summaries of articles on the impact of choice making from the field of psychology and from the behavioral literature. This inclusion in not meant to imply that specific behavioral strategies are related to Ayres’ Sensory Integration Approach. However, research on choice and choice making often is found within the behavioral literature.
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Creation of Play Context
This document includes article summaries from the literature on play and the importance of play (both to learning and for its own sake).
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Ensuring the Physical Safety of the Child
This document includes literature on factors related to exploration in children and risk taking in children.
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Maximazation of the Child's Success
This document includes literature from the field of motor learning, regarding feedback from performance, and literature from the field of psychology/learning regarding scaffolding for successful performance and engagement. It also includes relevant literature on self esteem and how to best foster it.
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Neuroscience and Other Research
This document includes neuroscience and other research which may be related to sensory processing and sensory integration theory.
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Provision of Sensory Opportunities
This document includes articles from the literature on specific sensory processing, outcomes of enriched environments, and effects of sensory deprivation.
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Sensory-Motor Deficits with Varying Diagnoses
This document includes information related to sensory-motor deficits in children with developmental coordination diaorder, attention deficity hyperactivity disorder and autistic spectrum disorder.
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Support of Optimal Arousal
This document includes summaries of articles on arousal and the neurobiology of arousal…suggesting that optimal arousal level is important for learning to occur.
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