La estimulación multisensorial para mejorar el procesamiento sensorial en las personas con TEA

María Dolores Cárcel López; Mercedes Ferrando-Prieto

doi:10.14198/DCN.25559

Autores/as

María Dolores Cárcel López Universidad de Murcia, España https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-1070
Mercedes Ferrando-Prieto Universidad de Murcia, España https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9198-1390

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/DCN.25559

Palabras clave:

Intervención sensorial, Trastorno del Espectro Autista, Desintegración sensorial, Procesamiento sensorial, Quasi-experimento

Resumen

La forma de percibir los estímulos y procesarlos influye directamente en nuestras respuestas hacia el entorno y por tanto en nuestra relación con los otros. Los trastornos del neurodesarrollo como el autismo (TEA) están relacionados con deficiencias en la percepción sensorial. Una de las formas de intervención con alumnos con TEA se centra en las buenas prácticas sensoriales El objetivo de esta investigación es valorar el impacto que las intervenciones en estimulación sensorial tienen en este colectivo. Han participado 27 alumnos de entre 3 y 18 años, diagnosticados con TEA según los criterios del DSM-5 (n=7 grado 1; n=8 grado 2; n=12 grado 3). Asistieron a una intervención basada en los ambientes multisensoriales Snoezelen y se les aplicó el inventario Perfil Sensorial-2 de Dunn (2014). Los resultados muestran que la intervención mejora el procesamiento sensorial del alumnado con TEA de grado 3 y grado 1. Sin embargo, el alumnado con TEA de grado 2 no experimentan mejorías estadísticamente significativas debidas a la intervención. Se especula que estos alumnos pueden necesitar más tiempo de intervención para beneficiarse de los efectos de la intervención.

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