A. Jean Ayres's theory of Sensory Integration proposes that the ability to integrate and process sensation is linked to emotional regulation, learning, behavior, and participation in daily life. Ayres' Sensory Integration is a theory that describes (1) how the neurological process of processing and integrating sensory information from the body and the environment contribute to emotional regulation, learning, behavior, and participation in daily life, (2) empirically derived disorders of sensory integration and (3) an intervention approach. "Sensory integration theory is used to explain why individuals behave in particular ways, plan intervention to ameliorate particular difficulties, and predict how behavior will change as a result of intervention." Sensory integration theory originated fr