TPP 076a: Carol Kranowitz Talks About Sensory Processing Disorder and the Out-of-Sync Child
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What is sensory processing disorder (SPD) and how is it defined?
Hey there, it's Debbie and welcome to Playback Friday. I'm going back into the archives and re-releasing some of my favorite conversations from years ago every Friday. Unless you're a longtime listener of the show, there's a good chance you haven't heard this one yet. And even if you are, you just may get something completely different from listening to it this time around. Here you go and enjoy the show.
We have to remember the senses first job is to keep us alive. So when a child jumps back from grandma's open arms the way you and I might jump back from a burning tree that lands at our feet, that alarm, that self-protection of the child is his way of saying, I don't get it. I don't get what this potential hug and kiss are going to do to me.
Welcome to the Till Parenting Podcast, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Reber, and today I'm super excited to be bringing to the show Carol Kranowitz, the author of many books on sensory processing disorder, including The Out of Sync Child and The Out of Sync Child Has Fun, as well as Carol's most recent book, The Out of Sync Child Grows Up. A former preschool teacher, Carol's also a speaker and is passionate about informing people about sensory processing disorder and helping parents and educators understand how to recognize and support kids with sensory issues. I will admit to being a bit of a fan geek.
Carol's book, The Out of Sync Child, was one of the first books I read when Asher was about four years old, where I finally had that sense of, yes, this is what's going on. So it was a thrill and honor to get to chat with Carol about what sensory processing is, how to recognize it in kids, what it looks like at different ages, and to hear Carol's thoughts on efforts to get SPD fully recognized as a disorder. I posted on the Tilt Facebook page that I'd be interviewing Carol and based on the response from that post and the great questions so many of you shared with me, I know that for many of you, this is an interview you're very excited about. So I hope you get a lot out of our conversation. And before I get to the episode, did you know that some of the production costs for the podcast are being offset by generous donations from listeners like you?
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glad to be here.
Well, this is one of those episodes that I am just so excited about. And I also know that my listeners are really excited about having you on the show. And before we even get started, I wanted to just share with you, you know, I have a 13 year old differently wired son. And sensory processing disorder was the first thing kind of the first answer maybe, that we found along the way in our journey when he was four, someone mentioned out of sync child to me. And I was like, Oh, my gosh, that's it. And I remember calling my husband and being like, I figured it out. I know what's going on. You
know, so exciting when that happens.
Yeah, it was. I felt like it did connect the dots for, you know, so many things. And of course, now we have more information. My child also has ADHD. He also has autism. And he's gifted and he's a complicated person. But the sensory processing piece is a big part of it, as I know it is for many of our listeners. So we have a lot to talk about. So I would love to just start by hearing from you, you've written kind of the Bible for sensory processing disorder. Could you explain to us what exactly it is? How do you define it?
Yes, I will. I will. And it's interesting when I hear myself described as someone who's written a Bible, because I'm really a modest person.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is sensory processing disorder (SPD) and how is it defined?
0:00–6:26
2
How does Carol Kranowitz explain the three main types of SPD (modulation, discrimination, and sensory‑based motor problems)?
6:26–11:50
3
What signs should parents look for to recognize SPD in infants and toddlers?
11:50–17:32
4
How does SPD present differently at preschool, grade‑school and adolescent ages?
17:32–22:42
5
What is the relationship between SPD, autism, ADHD and OCD?
22:42–28:05
6
What recent research proves that SPD is a distinct neurological condition?
28:05–33:31
7
What practical strategies and therapies (e.g., OT, sensory integration) help children with SPD?
33:31–38:41
8
What steps are needed for SPD to be recognized as a formal disorder by health‑care and education systems?
38:41–44:05
Speakers
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