Book Review: The Sensory Child Gets Organized by Carolyn Dalgliesch

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this book, free of charge, from Simon and Schuster, for review purposes. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it 

Did you know that 1 in 20 kids have a Sensory Processing Disorder?

But there is more:

• 8.6% of kids are diagnosed with AD/HD.
• Anxiety Disorders are diagnosed in as many as 1 in 8 children.
• Currently, 1 in 88 children is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
• As many of 50% of kids with a diagnosis also live with a co-existing condition
• Most kids receive a sensory or special-needs diagnosis between ages 3 to 10 years.
• Many kids will not be eligible for special services and parents need help  supporting day-to   day life at home.

So this new book is more than a subtopic, it is front and center of parenting in today's world!

Synopsis: Every year, tens of thousands of young children are diagnosed with disorders that make it difficult for them to absorb the external world. Parents of sensory kids—like those with sensory processing disorder, anxiety disorder, AD/HD, autism, bipolar disorder, and OCD—often feel frustrated and overwhelmed, creating stress in everyday life for the whole family. Now, with The Sensory Child Gets Organized, there’s help and hope.

As a professional organizer and parent of a sensory child, Carolyn Dalgliesh knows firsthand the struggles parents face in trying to bring out the best in their rigid, anxious, or distracted children. She provides simple, effective solutions that help these kids thrive at home and in their day-to-day activities, and in this book you’ll learn how to:

• Understand what makes your sensory child tick
• Create harmonious spaces through sensory organizing
• Use structure and routines to connect with your child
• Prepare your child for social and school experiences
• Make travel a successful and fun-filled journey

With The Sensory Child Gets Organized, parents get an easy-to-follow road map to success that makes life easier—and more fun—for your entire family.


Review: This book is an excellent guide for parents wit known disorders and those that aren't diagnosed, but for whom a parent may feel can be rigid, anxious or distracted at times. The author gives great ideas for both home and at school, like how to set up a clothes and toys) organizing system, that allows your child to have independence, yet keep you from loosing your mind! There are plenty of pictures to illustrate the ideas as well.She explains very well how schedules and routines are very important to sensory and rigid kids, and how you can work them into your child's life. She also gives you some great ideas to speak with your child's teachers and how these can be worked into the school day. She also gives you tips for other social situations and traveling.

While Miss Grace doesn't fall into the disorders- she can be a tad OCD when it comes to routines, so I did get some great tips, like letting her see and meet her teacher before school started and working through her daily routine before school started,  that we implemented for the beginning of the school year, that seem to be really helping.  This is a great book, and I highly recommend you check it out if your gets have a diagnosed disorder, or just have tendencies that fall under the title of the book!

About the Author:
Carolyn Dalgliesh is a professional organizer and the parent of a sensory kid. THE SENSORY CHILD GETS ORGANIZED offers practical, easy-to-implement strategies that can be life-changing for both sensory children and their families.  She lives in Rhode Island).