FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN RECEIVING SENSORY INTEGRATION TREATMENT

Following the completion of a study of the efficacy of sensory integra tion (SI) treatment compared with tutoring, the question raised was wh ether a greater difference between the two groups would exist after a period of time had elapsed after treatment ended. Twenty-two of the or iginal 29 subjects completed follow-up assessment two years after the completion of their treatment. Only one significant difference between the two groups was seen at follow-up: The gross motor performance of the group who received SI treatment was significantly greater than tha t of children who received tutoring. There was no difference between t he groups on measures of reading skills, fine motor skills, visual mot or skills, or behavioral factors. There were no significant correlatio ns between the amount of improvement a child made during treatment and the maintenance of the gains.