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How to Recognize Tactile Defensiveness in Children

March 17, 2022 by jennifer 2 Comments

“Kids with tactile defensiveness have both behavioral and emotional responses that tend to be way out of proportion to the issue at hand. They seem to react in pain to things that shouldn’t be painful. I have always described it as the nails-on-the-chalkboard feeling when I touch a button or when something tactile really bothers me. And it’s true.” – Alternative Learning

How to Recognize Tactile Defensiveness in Children

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Comments

  1. Kara {ALLterNATIVElearning} says

    May 6, 2015 at 2:17 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing my experience with tactile defensiveness in our family!

    Reply
    • jennifer says

      May 6, 2015 at 6:57 pm

      Absolutely — Fabulous article! And your piece will get put in rotation on FB so it’ll pop up now again 🙂

      Reply

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