Was your child very sensitive?
Your Observations of the Sensory Sensitivity of your child
who later met criteria for BPD

For over 25 years, TARA4BPD has listened to families describing a pattern of heightened sensory sensitivity and hypervigilance in their child who was later diagnosed with BPD. The child was very reactive to certain sounds and voices, had a heightened sense of smell, taste, textures of foods, seemed unable to tolerate various fabrics textures (seams in socks) and were sensitive to light. Parents also talked of sleep problems, sometimes beginning in infancy. These children were either hypo- or hypersensitive to pain. Many parents reported that sensory processing disorder was considered as was dyslexia, learning disorders, and ADHD. At present, the research community seems unaware of the potential role heightened sensory sensitivity might play as an early indicator of BPD.

In response to the overwhelming anecdotal data from thousands of parents, TARA4BPD developed this sensitivity survey. We hope to provide the research community with data demonstrating the existence of early sensory perception problems as a BPD biomarker. Hopefully, this data might initiate new directions in BPD research.

To date, little or no data is available defining what comprises a normative range of sensitivity in infants and children. Early identification of super-sensitivity and hypervigilance in a child, while their brain circuits are developing, could result in trainings to help them cope more effectively. This could reduce the maladaptive methods of coping with social interaction deficits (rejection sensitivity, self-referential processing, and negative bias) that are hallmarks of BPD. This type of training has been successful with autistic children
Please help us by taking time out of your busy schedule to provide answers to our survey.

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TARA4BPD

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* 1. Tell us about yourself

Name:

Email address:

Relationship to your loved one with BPD:

Age of person with BPD

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* 2. I attended the following TARA4BPD workshop(s):

Family Virtual Empowerment Workshops

Family Virtual Mentalization Workshop

NYC Family Empowerment Weekend workshop

NYC Family Empowerment Workshop

Specific Topic TARA4BPD Webinar(s)

I have not attended any TARA4BPD workshops or webinars

I have read Overcoming BPD, A Family Guide by V.Porr

Was your child very sensitive? Your Observations of the Sensory Sensitivity of your child who later met criteria for BPD

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* 1. Tell us about yourself

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* 2. I attended the following TARA4BPD workshop(s):

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* 3. Please enter the date of the TARA4BPD workshop you attended

Was your child very sensitive?
Your Observations of the Sensory Sensitivity of your child
who later met criteria for BPD