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title: 'Sensory processing challenges: Strategies you can try at home'
description: 'How can you help your child with sensory processing challenges at home? Here are tips and strategies to help kids cope when they have trouble with sensory processing. '
slug: sensory-processing-issues-strategies-you-can-try-at-home
author: The Understood Team
published: '2019-10-16T11:46:06.964Z'
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source_url: https://www.understood.org/en/articles/sensory-processing-issues-strategies-you-can-try-at-home
lang: en
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# Sensory processing challenges: Strategies you can try at home

Sensory processing challenges can affect every part of your child’s life — and yours. But there are ways to help your child cope and thrive with sensory challenges. Here are strategies to try.

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