A revolutionary guide to managing the emotional and behavioral aspects of your child's sensory processing challenges. Imagine having the flu while lying on a bed of ants, listening to loud heavy metal music, and trying to concentrate. Now imagine living in that body all the time. It is easy to understand how children with difficulties processing and regulating sensory information can become avoidant, anxious, impatient, annoying, or rebellious. If you have a child struggling with sensory regulation, you may feel confused or frustrated by their behavior. This book will help you understand your child's behavior as well as the root cause of their emotional outbursts, and provides a toolbox of strategies to help your child self-regulate.

This book addresses the proud link between sensory sensitivity and emotional and behavioral issues that often lead to diagnoses such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety disorder, or a range of other childhood disorders. You will gain a better understanding of how your child's sensory sensitivity affects how they feel and act, and you will also learn powerful sensory regulation skills to help your child manage their emotions and improve their relationships with family and friends.

Whether your child has been diagnosed with sensory processing disorder (SPD), ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), you will find proven effective advice and strategies to manage the sensory sensitivity driving your child's emotions and behavior, and discover ways to ease the tension in your home caused by your child's distress, oppositional behavior, refusal to eat, disruption, and anxiety. Parenting can be challenging even when behavior is predictable and age-appropriate, and when a child has a dysregulated nervous system, it is even more so. With this book, you will learn not only to understand your child's behavior but also sensory regulation skills to help your child—and your family as a whole—find some much-needed balance.