What is Sensory Integration? Sensory Integration is also known as SI. It is a framework conceived by Dr. A. Jean Ayers, Ph.D in 1970s guided by the principle of ‘ inter-sensory integration is foundational to function ’. Meanwhile, dysfunction in sensory integration may lead to difficulties in development. Hence, an enormous number of children with sensory processing deficits have difficulties regulating their responses to everyday situations including feeding or eating, dre