The facilitators and barriers encountered by South African parents regarding sensory integration occupational therapy

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dc.contributor.authorSmit, Jacintha
dc.contributor.authorde Jongh, Jo-Celene
dc.contributor.authorCook, Ray Anne
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-29T10:00:37Z
dc.date.available2019-10-29T10:00:37Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractDifferences in parent perceptions regarding occupational therapy using a sensory integration approach to treatment have been noted. The various factors that may influence these perceptions, and how the perceptions may ultimately influence the outcome of the intervention for the child and family were questioned. A phenomenological study revealed a progression that all parents perceived and experienced as the "before", "input" and "after" phases of when their child received occupational therapy/sensory integration (OT/SI). This article focuses specifically on the "input" phase of OT/SI intervention. METHOD: Participants in this study were nine parents of children with difficulties processing and integrating sensory information, who live in the Western Cape, South Africa. Using a qualitative, phenomenological approach, data were collected during face-to-face interviews, participant observation and researcher's field notes FINDINGS: The main theme related to this phase of analysis was "Just suddenly everything made so much sense". For most participants, this phase brought to light a better understanding of sensory integration disorder (SID), also known as Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and OT/SI. Data analysis identified two subthemes that catalysed expansion in most participants' understanding, which were the role of the occupational therapist, and the OT/SI intervention process. Within these subthemes, the facilitating factors and barriers of OT/ SI intervention emerged CONCLUSION: Insight gained from the participants' recommendations and interpretation of findings allowed recommendations to be made within the OT/SI intervention received, in an attempt to overcome the barriers and promote the facilitators that will make a difference to OT/SI in South Africaen_US
dc.identifier.citationSmit, Jacintha, de Jongh, Jo-Celene, & Cook, Ray Anne. (2018). The facilitators and barriers encountered by South African parents regarding sensory integration occupational therapy. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy, 48(3), 44-51. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2017/vol48n3a7en_US
dc.identifier.issn2310-3833
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2017/vol48n3a7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5068
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Occupational Therapy Association of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectSensory integrationen_US
dc.subjectSensory integration disorder (SID)en_US
dc.subjectSensory processing disorder (SPD)en_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.subjectFacilitatorsen_US
dc.titleThe facilitators and barriers encountered by South African parents regarding sensory integration occupational therapyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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