Skil-Care Gel-Top Sensory Stimulation Tray

For use in a wheelchair, increase sensory stimulation with tactile and visual stimulation, while simultaneously reducing restlessness with the Skil-Care (tm) Gel-Top Sensory Stimulation Tray.

Skil-Care (tm) Gel-Top Sensory Stimulation Tray Features:

• Gel surface relieves pressure on elbows and forearms
  
• Bright moving stars create visual appeal
  
• Effectively improves finger strength and fine motor control
  
• Provides both tactile and visual sensory stimulation
  
• Reduce boredom and increase attention span
  
• Helps with eye/hand coordination
  
• Covered in a durable wipe clean vinyl
  
• Available with Velcro Closure and Straps
  
• Fits 14"½, 16"-18" wide wheelchairs
  

Sensory integration is a theory developed by A Jean Ayres, an occupational therapist with training in neuroscience and, educational psychology. Ayres defines sensory integration as a "neurological process that organizes sensation from ones own body and from the environment thus making it possible to use the body effectively within the environment"½. This theory helps explain the relationship between the brain and behavior and helps explain how and why individuals respond to various sensory inputs.

The five main senses are: Touch, Sound, Sight, Taste, & Smell.

Two other powerful senses are:
1. Vestibular - Movement and balance sense.
Provides feedback where the head and body are in relationship to external space.

2. Proprioception - Joint and muscle sense.
Provides feedback where and what the body parts are doing.

Since many special needs children are deprived of normal proprioception in the fingers it makes it difficult to manage fine motor tasks which are needed to write well, button clothing and other important tasks. Activities that support fine motor control of the hand and fingers are an important part of physical rehabilitation.