Assessment of Communication Disorders in Children: Resources and Protocols Book

Very enlightening!
What is your child's dominant sense? What is your own dominant sense? How do you process the world, and how does that affect your behavior? According to this book, there are 4 types of people,
- tactile: experience the world through their bodies (need to touch and feel)
- auditory: experience the world through sounds (can be stimulated or be overwhelmed by chatter, coos, and noise)
- visual: experience the world through what they see
- taste/smell: those who are sensitive to tastes, smells, and others' feelings

The same behavior - such as playing with food or throwing it down - can stem from different reasons:
- tactile: like to feel the texture of the food, and find out what happens when food is thrown down
- auditory: curious to find out the sound of the food/plate, etc hitting the floor
- visual: particular about the way food is presented on a plate (no spaghetti for me, too messy!)
- taste/smell: if the food does not taste or smell right, I won't eat it!

This book is excellent in pointing out potential mismatches (eg tactile child may be physically loud, and drive an auditory parent crazy) and give suggestions in how to better communicate with your child.

Excellent book! I am looking forward to finding out what my baby's dominant sense is. I am tactile, and my husband is auditory. As a lagniappe, I get to understand my husband better as well!