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Ayres, A. Jean

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Name and Degrees

A. Jean Ayres, PhD, OTR, FAOTA.

  • Graduated with a BA in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California in 1945.

  • Graduated with an MA in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California in 1954.

  • Graduated with a PhD in Educational Psychology from University of Southern California in 1961.

Major Appointments (Institution, Location, Dates)

  • Faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California (USC) from 1955 to 1964.

  • Professor in the Department of Special Education at the USC from 1966 to 1977.

  • Adjunct faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at USC from 1976 to 1984 while running her clinic devoted to serving children with sensory integrative disorders.

Major Honors and Awards

  • Awarded Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association (FAOTA).

  • Awarded the Eleanor Clark Slagle lectureship in 1963.

  • Received the highest honor from the American Occupational Therapy Association in 1965,...

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Selected articles by A. Jean Ayres

  • Ayres, A. J. (1949). An analysis of crafts in the treatment of electroshock patients. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 3, 195–198.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1954). Ontogenetic principles in the development of arm and hand functions. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 8, 95–99.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1955a). Proprioceptive facilitation elicited through the upper extremities. Part 3: Specific application to occupational therapy. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 121–126.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1955b). Proprioceptive facilitation elicited through the upper extremities. Part 2: Application. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 57–58.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1955c). Proprioceptive facilitation elicited through the upper extremities. Part 1: Background. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 9, 1–9.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1958a). Basics concepts of clinical practice in physical disabilities. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 12, 300–302.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1958b). The visual-motor function. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 12, 130–138.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1961). Development of body scheme in children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 15, 99–102.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1963). Eleanor Clark Slagle lecture. The development of perceptual motor abilities: A theoretical basis for treatment of dysfunction. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 17, 221–225.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1964). Tactile functions: Their relationship to hyperactivity and perceptual motor behavior. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 18, 6–11.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1966a). Interrelationships among perceptual-motor functions in a group of normal children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 288–292.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1966b). Interrelationships among perceptual-motor functions in children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20, 68–71.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1969). Deficits in sensory integration in educationally handicapped children. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2, 160–168.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1971). Characteristics of types of sensory integrative dysfunction. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25, 329–334.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1972a). Types of sensory integrative dysfunction among disabled learners. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22, 13–18.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1972b). Improving academic scores through sensory integration. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 5, 338–343.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1973). Sensory integration and learning disorders. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1974). The Development of Sensory Integrative Theory and Practice: A Collection of the Works of A. Jean Ayres. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Pub.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1977a). Dichotic listening performance in learning-disabled children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31, 441–446.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1977b). Cluster analysis of measures of sensory integration. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31, 362–366.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1977c). Effect of sensory integration on the coordination of children with choreoathetoid movements. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31, 291–293.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1982). Sensory integration and the child. Los Angeles: Western Psychological Services.

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  • Ayres, A. J. (1989). Sensory integration and Praxis tests. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.

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  • Ayres, A. J., & Mailloux, Z. (1981). Influence of sensory integrations procedures on language development. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 35, 383–390.

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  • Ayres, A. J., & Mailloux, Z. K. (1983). Possible pubertal effect on therapeutic gains in an autistic girl. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 37(8), 535–540.

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  • Ayres, A. J., Mailloux, Z. K., & Wendler, C. L. (1987). Developmental dyspraxia: Is it a unitary function? Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 7, 93–110.

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  • Ayres, A. J., & Tickle, L. S. (1980). Hyper-responsivity to touch and vestibular stimuli as a predictor of positive response to sensory integration procedures to autistic children. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 34, 375–381.

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  • Bowman, O. J. (1989). In memoriam: A. Jean Ayres, 1920–1988: Therapist, scholar, scientist, and teacher. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 43, 479–480.

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  1. Department of Occupational Therapy, San José State University, One Washington Square, San José, CA, USA

    Winifred Schultz-Krohn PhD, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA

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  1. Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Psychology Yale University School of Medicine, Chief, Child Psychiatry Children's Hospital at Yale-New Haven Child Study Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Fred R. Volkmar (Director, Child Study Center) (Director, Child Study Center)

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Schultz-Krohn, W. (2013). Ayres, A. Jean. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_1051

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