Therapeutic Listening Case Studies

The names of all the children in our case studies have been changed for confidentiality.

Case Study: Sam

Sam was diagnosed with anxiety and sensory processing issues by his paediatrician and was referred to Kids Matters for help with this. My assessment showed mild sensory defensiveness, mostly present in touch and auditory senses, emotional and arousal regulation issues – struggling to calm himself effectively, problem-solving and planning issues and weak postural and...

Case Study: Molly

Molly was diagnosed with optic nerve hypoplasia, which meant that she was unable to see at all. She came to Kids Matters at the age of 3 with sensory defensiveness especially to touch and sound. She has an older brother and a baby sister. The sound of her baby sister’s crying was especially difficult for her. Molly had minimal engagement with her family or other people. She...

Case Study: Jessica

Jessica (not her real name) was diagnosed with autism and intellectual impairment and when I first saw her at 7 years of age, she had severe anxiety and sensory defensiveness, an aversion to all learning activities, major attention difficulties and a global developmental delay (issues with social, emotional, play and gross and fine motor skills). For...