Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hey everyone, good afternoon and welcome. I'm Susan Kaufman and you are listening to

Attitude magazine's ADHD experts audio. If you're the parent of a child who loves twirling on tire swings or can't stand the tags in their

t-shirts or maybe finds the sound at the movie theater intolerably loud. You may be living with sensory

processing disorder otherwise known as SPD. This condition is often confused

with ADHD and other symptoms and it's unfortunately all too little known. Our guest today is

Carol Kranowitz, she's the author of two highly regarded books that I can't recommend enough

about sensory processing disorder, the out of sync child and the out of sync child has fun.

Her books have been read by over a million people and as I said they were very useful to me and I know they'll be useful to you.

Carol O'Connellis will talk about the hallmarks of sensory disorder, what it is, why it frequently

travels with ADHD and she'll offer some strategies for identifying

SPD in your children as well as what we call sensory positive strategies for

school and play. Carol thank you so much for being with us today. We're grateful for your time.

Yes, I'm happy to be here. So I got my start in SPD Land as a preschool teacher and I was wondering why some of the kids that I was teaching

seemed so out of sync. What was to what was so dreadful about a triangle or a tambourine. Why was an obstacle course something that you wanted to stay away from?

Why did some children never let their feet leave the ground?

Why were some children always fidgeting and restless and others were, it seems so inattentive?

Was it A-D-D-D. And this wasive, was it A.D. D.

And this was many, many years ago.

So we thought maybe it was A.D.

But no, it wasn't quite right.

So I learned about, I learned about S.P. When an occupational therapist came and talked to us at our school and it made so much sense.

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