Ayres' seminal paper in 1972 reported that Sensory Integration (SI) Treatment was a promising method for improving the academic scores of children with learning disabilitie. Ottenbachter's (1982a) review of research reported during that first decade indicated that SI treatment was worthy of further investigation. In this report, we reviewed randomized, controlled trials conducted primarily in the second decade, and conclude that the status of the literature 20 years Ayres' original article does not support SI treatment as an effective treatment for academic problems of learning disbled children. With respect to sensory or motor variables, it is not clear whether or not SI treatment is mor effective than perceptualmotor approaches. Future research also must determine whether SI treatment is more effective than maturation alone.
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