On SPECIAL! Normally $43.95. This handbook highlights sensory integration and sensory processing for teens, their parents, teachers and therapists. Topics include understanding the teen brain, the sleepy teen, thrill seeking, drugs, and teen spaces. Healthy age-appropriate alternatives include movement, muscle, ear, and eye tools. The Teen Sensory Tool Survey provides teens with the opportunity to share their sensory preferences and needs with their parents, teachers, and therapists. Diana Henry, MS OTR/L once again promotes collaboration using a sensory integrative framework.
Handy loose leaf format. Place in a folder for easy access.
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The Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers-Companion CD™ has been created to compliment the Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers™ book published in 2007. The Tools for Tots book has been a great addition to Henry OT Services’ easy to use sensory ‘tools’ materials acclaimed by all therapists, educators, child care providers, and parents.
A review of Tools for Tots in the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention: Innovations in Practice, Theory & Research (Szczech Moser, 2008) concluded that 'the authors expertly present parent-caregiver factual information about sensory processing challenges, suggestions for helping children to “get along” and for helping tots to “get ready” (p.289).
The Tools for Tots Companion CD contains the interior pages (except References and Resources) from the book in a PDF format which can be copied for use by those wishing to share the information within the Tools for Tots book. Purchasers of the CD will be able to make copies of one page or multiple pages / topics that are included in the book. This CD will provide therapists, pediatricians, parents, caregivers, daycare providers, educators, social workers, etc. an opportunity to introduce sensory strategies for toddlers to others.
Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA, Maureen Kane-Wineland, PhD, OT/L and Susan Swindeman, OTR/L have co-authored the Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers™ book. Topics include Picky Eater Tidbits, Tooth Brush Tamers, Potty Pleasers, Hair Care, Nail Nippers, Tubby Time Tips, Beddie Bye Bliss, and more! Learn how to promote engagement and help Touchy Tots, Sensitive Ears, Busy Bees, Fumbling Tots, Tippy Toe Tots, and Spirited Tots get along, and what to do to get your tot the help he needs.


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Special!Normally $43.95. Tools for Tots offers practical sensory options to improve the ability of toddlers and preschoolers to function in their environments at home, in child care centers and in school. A variety of sensory ‘buffet’ activities and environmental strategies are offered in a very user friendly format, highlighting the different sensory ‘tools.’ Topics include Picky Eater Tidbits, Tooth Brush Tamers, Potty Pleasers, Hair Care, Nail Nippers, Tubby Time Tips, Beddie Bye Bliss, and more! Learn how to promote engagement and help Touchy Tots, Sensitive Ears, Busy Bees, Fumbling Tots, Tippy Toe Tots, and Spirited Tots get along, and what to do to get your tot the help he needs.
Supports all tots, including their childcare providers, educators, therapists and parents of children with autism.


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Children with sensory and cognitive difficulties can struggle to interact with their peers, be easily distracted, and have problems coping with change. Fuzzy Buzzy Groups for Children with Developmental and Sensory Processing Difficulties has been devised to address the needs of children with sensory processing difficulties and development delay in specialist and inclusive settings.
This easy-to-follow resource will enable professionals to engage with children in a relaxed and fun way that explores sensory experiences. It contains everything you need to run a Fuzzy Buzzy group: from advice for choosing sensory food and drink and criteria for selecting suitable children, to tips for involving parents in the group and sourcing sensory materials. The authors guide you step-by-step through how to carry out a session, and include photocopiable forms and checklists as well as a sing-along CD containing music to use with the group. This resource will help children not just to explore sensory experiences, but also to learn to share, take turns, listen, interact with their peers and improve their self-esteem.
The eight-session programme is ideally suited to children aged 2-5, although this can be adapted to suit individual needs, and is perfect for early years' practitioners, teachers, teaching assistants, family respite carers and other professionals working with young children.
Fiona Brownlee and Lindsay Munro


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On SPECIAL! SAVE $5 By Jeanne Ganz. (previously known as Including SI for parents: Strategies for Home and School)
Does your child scream at the mere mention of a haircut?
Does he need all the tags cut out of his shirt, or only wear very specific textures?
Is she a picky eater?
Does he have poor handwriting and seem to be more clumsy than the average child?
Maybe your child has difficulty with sensory integration.
This book explains sensory integration and has tips and ideas for parents to help their children make daily life easier.
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Do you have a child in your preschool who:
* climbs on top of furniture and jumps off?
* covers his ears when children are singing?
* refuses to touch clay, paint or sand?
* often falls down and skins her knees?
* refuses to play on outdoor playground equipment?
If so, it is possible the child is having trouble with sensory integration. How can you help these children so they can enjoy learning and grow in positive ways?
This easy to understand resource book offers teachers practical suggestions to support the needs of young children at preschool. This book has a bonus chapter with instructions for creating low-cost items to help children with sensory issues.
2007 edition. Authors: Christy Isbell & Rebecca Isbell
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A fun friendly workbook for kids offering practical ideas and suggestions for coping with the challenges of ADD.
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On SPECIAL! Save 10%. This is one of my favourite resources which I find most helpful for both parents, teachers and therapists! This handbook includes a great section on "discovering your child's sensory needs", and thinking about being a "detective" and learning what your child needs from a sensory perspective.
My favourite pages include tried and true tips for
* getting ready
* the homework place
* can't sit still!
* surviving playgrounds and parks
* heavy jobs (muscle activities)
* challenging behaviours.
Includes a great sensory tool chest to help work out strategies for everyday activities that can be difficult.
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A handy loose leaf format to place in a folder for quick access.


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On Special! In short stories, Cory describes what it's like to have ADHD, and how it affects his relationships with friends, family, performance at school and general day to day activities.
Great for children aged 4 - 8 years of age.
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This is the companion activity book to the popular "Putting on the brakes: Young People's Guide to Understanding ADHD".
This book has puzzles, pictures, and other techniques to assit in learning a range fo skills.
Teaches
* problem solving,
* organising
* setting priorities,
* planning,
* maintaining control - all the hard-to-learn skills that make everyday life just abit more manageable!
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Hyperactive children may have a sensory integration problem that makes it difficult for them to select and respond appropriately to the everyday stimuli or events in their environment. For example, if they have a "filtering" problem, they may not know whether it is more important to pay attention to the teacher’s voice or to the sounds of an airplane, the door closing or a chirping bird outside.
This book, written for parents and teachers, provides sensory integration techniques that can be used immediately to help hyperactive children develop more integrated behaviour. As children begin to function in a more appropriate way with the help of this approach, their self esteem improves, which helps in all areas of their life.
It is an easy to read, easy to understand book, with easy to implement tips through out the book. A parent questionnaire helps parents identify if particular sensory areas (eg touch, hearing etc) may be impacting their children’s behaviour.
Lyn is an Occupational Therapist and Cecile is a Physiotherapist living in the Netherlands.
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Save 10%!. Teach children easy to use skills for using activities to increase their concentration!
Diana Henry - Occupational Therapist, has put together a fantastic assortment of practical tools to help children learn to self-regulate and concentrate. Includes a tool chest of simple activities you can use at home or in the classroom to keep kids "just right" so they can participate in activities. Includes sensory strategies for all the senses:
*muscle tools, mouth (oral) tools, hand (tactile) tools; eye (visual) tools, ear (auditory) tools. Also has ideas for rough and tumble and quietening activities.
Has some great checklists for helping to develop a personalised toolchest to know which activities will help a child the most in their concentration / attention.
Available in English, French, German, Portugese, Spanish.
Loose leaf format - add to a folder for easy and versatile access!
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Colour: --Select-- English French German Portugese Spanish


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NEW for 2008! Hardcover. Beautifully illustrated.
REVIEW: "Arnie and His School Tools is a delightful and one-of-a-kind book that helps others 'walk a mile in the shoes' of a child with sensory processing difficulties and understand the day-to-day challenges these children experience, especially in the school environment. Each page unfolds with helpful sensory strategies and accommodations from a child's perspective. All teachers should read this to their students!"
- Jenny Clark Brack, OTR/L, speaker on sensory processing disorders and author of Learn to Move, Move to Learn: Sensorimotor Early Childhood Activity Themes and Sensory Processing Disorder: Simulations & Solutions for Parents, Teachers and Therapists
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Improve children's health, learning and concentration through incorporating fun activities. Movement breaks assist children maintain their concentration levels. Activities in this book have been specifically designed to help hyperactive children.
A great resource for teachers, therapists and parents.
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A great resource for teachers, therapists and parents.
Quick and easy games and activities to help calm children and teach them valuable relaxation skills.
The perfect solution to unfocussed and fidgety children.
Full instructions included for each activities, and very few props are needed.
Activities are aimed for children aged 4 and up.


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On Special! Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L and Deanna Sava, MS, OTR/L gathered wonderful stories and photos from therapists and parents highlighting techniques used with animals as well as enduring stories about animals helping children.
Animal assisted therapy stories about animals helping children (including some with autism) and adults who have sensory processing issues. Many therapists are using animals to assist in their treatment of children and adults with positive results.
Animals with sensory processing issues and simple techniques people have used to help them. The authors are hoping to raise people's awareness about sensory processing issues and the possibility that some animals' behaviors might be related to these issues.
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Games that wake 'em up, tune 'em in and get 'em going!
A great resource book for parents, teachers, therapists, camp counsellors - anyone working with kids. Games aimed at 5 - 11 year olds.
"It's an hour after lunch, and your primary school class is full of nodding heads and wandering minds. Or maybe it's the end of a long car ride and your children's boredom is reaching a peak. 101 Pep-Up Games can save the day.
Games are designed to cover a variety of situations, indoors or outdoors, 5 minutes or an hour. The activity you need it here!
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If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sherparent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapistthese activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.
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People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off, overwhelmed and and retreat into a world of their own. Their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage with people who are non-verbal or semi-verbal and sometimes even those who have speech but lose the power to process this when they are in crisis. We can help them to make sense of the world. With illustrations, case examples and a wide range of tried-and-tested techniques, this is a practical nuts-and-bolts guide to using Intensive Interaction and Sensory Integration and taking steps to reduce environmental factors that cause the person with autism distress. It provides indispensable tools for parents, carers and other professionals supporting people with severe autism and other learning disabilities.


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A book of importance to parents and teachers everywhere, it identifies the traditionally ignored physical causes of inattention. Poor concentration is often seen to be at the centre of conduct and learning problems in children, and often it is viewed as a behavioural problem. First Steps challenges this view, exposing the specific effect of early motor neuron development on the ability to concentrate. Invaluable to those who care for children, this ground-breaking investigation provides a programme of physical exercises that will effectively focus a child's attention. Areas such as sleep, walking and spelling are examined, and links are made with topics such as autism, epilepsy, dyslexia, schizophrenia and chronic fatigue syndrome. A relevant, revelatory book, First Steps shows how carrying out simple exercises for only a few minutes a day can greatly reduce inattention in a child. An essential resource for teachers, it is also a must-read for concerned parents.
- 4 Includes programme for working on a child's sleep and rest
- 4 Reports extensive case study findings
- 4 Provides vital strategies for parents and teachers
Twenty-eight years of varied experience has led Roy Anderson to the innovative and exciting conclusions put forward in this book. Following three years in an industrial laboratory, he taught secondary school children in a disadvantaged community and became involved in remedial teaching. This led to posts at a junior school, a Remedial Reading Centre, and a Reading and Language Service. In retirement Roy has helped even more children with his weekly visits to a primary school. His methods continue to help children overcome their learning difficulties.


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Practicing yoga involves being calm and focussed and having heightened awareness of the body’s functions and movements. For children with sensory processing needs – who either have low sensory thresholds and are overwhelmed by sensory stimulation, or have high thresholds and do not register stimulation – yoga can be hugely beneficial.
This book presents easy-to-follow basic postures and sequences for children of different ages and which can be easily adapted for adults. Nicole Cuomo gives practical advice for how to choose appropriate sequences according to the child’s particular needs and mood, knowing that yoga will be most beneficial when it is fun! She also includes photographs of each posture to supplement her descriptions.
This practical book provides a wealth of ideas for therapists, educators and parents to help their children with sensory processing needs.


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PHOTOCOPIABLE!
This collection of handouts provides a wide range of ready-made activities for all kinds of therapists working on a professional level with child and adolescent clients and their families.
There are activities in this book suitable for any therapist, whether trained as a counsellor, psychologist, social worker, family or child therapist, psychiatrist or psychotherapist. The handouts provide creative approaches to a variety of presenting problems, including anxiety, anger, depression and family issues, and the age-range appropriate to each activity is indicated on the handouts. Fully photocopiable, the tools can be used to complement or expand upon a young client's treatment plan by selecting the activities that will help them best to meet their therapeutic goals.
Just like fast food, this convenient set of therapy tools will be invaluable in saving time for the busy therapist. There is also a companion volume, Therapy To Go: Gourmet Fast Food Handouts for Working with Adult Clients.


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STOCKTAKE SALE: this book was $49.95. Now only $34.95. Only 7 left. This handbook for teachers and educators explores ways of nurturing resilience in vulnerable students. It proposes a new, positive way of thinking about schools as institutions that can foster cognitive and socio-emotional competence in all students.
Individual chapters examine effective practices in schools and classrooms, and assess a range of classroom processes, such as engagement, inclusion, collaboration and prosocial behaviour. The author makes use of case studies throughout to bring to life classroom activities and concrete strategies that will promote best practice for enhancing student resilience, and offers a framework that can be adapted to the existing nature, culture and needs of each individual school community and its members.
Promoting Resilience in the Classroom is a valuable resource for educational practitioners as well as educational officers and policy makers engaged in school development and educational improvement.


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TEST DRIVE: INTRODUCING THE ALERT PROGRAM® THROUGH SONG
Short on time? This book, and the accompanying CD with its appealing songs, is the quickest way to teach children about their "engines" and support self-regulation. Play a Test Drive song just once and everyone will be humming and tapping their toes to the catchy words and rhymes, perhaps not even knowing they are learning about self-regulation! Full of practical ideas and suggestions, Test Drive is the simplest way to introduce the Alert Program® concepts to children in elementary schools, homes, or therapy settings, even if the reader is unfamiliar with the Leader’s Guide or Take Five! books.
You'll be amazed how these songs will do the work for you. Teaching the Alert Program® just got much easier!!!!
All products are designed for primary school-aged students. Many teachers, parents, and therapists have successfully adapted the products for older or younger children.


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LEADER’S GUIDE
How Does Your Engine Run?® A Leader’s Guide to the Alert Program® for Self-Regulation draws from Mary Sue Williams’ and Sherry Shellenberger’s years of experience working in the schools and therapy clinics. This practical book explains the Alert Program® in its entirety. It guides you through the twelve steps to teach independent self-regulation with an extensive list of activities and clinical stories. The book includes all worksheets, charts, and pictures needed for the program with permission to copy for educational use. Join the thousands of parents, teachers, and therapists who are helping children through the use of this outstanding program.
All products are designed for primary school-aged students. Many teachers, parents, and therapists have successfully adapted the products for older or younger children.
NOTE: Some people believe that they need all the products in order to use the program. Actually, the Leader's Guide is the only product that is essential for implementing the whole program. But many don't have time to teach the whole program with all its steps and stages, so instead they start with the Test Drive book and CD, Introductory Booklet, Take Five! book, or Alert Program® CD. It's up to you!


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TAKE FIVE! STAYING ALERT AT HOME AND SCHOOL
This book was written for parents and teachers, providing activities that are helpful to keep children alert at home and school. Many therapists recommend these low budget, easy-to-use activities. Teachers, parents, and therapists will love the quick movement breaks and other suggestions to expand their repertoire of self-regulation strategies for use in a variety of settings. This book does not teach children about their engine levels, but it is organized around the five ways to change how alert we feel.
All products are designed for primary school-aged students. Many teachers, parents, and therapists have successfully adapted the products for older or younger children.


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INTRODUCTORY BOOKLET
This booklet is an excerpt from the first chapter of the Leader's Guide. It is an overview of the program. Teachers often give the booklet to a parent to share what Alert Program® concepts the student is learning at school. Likewise, parents can use it as a resource to give to teachers to have them understand what they are doing with their child at home. Or, therapists can give this booklet to parents to help them understand what their child is learning in therapy. All appreciate this concise summary of the most important Alert Program® concepts.
All products are designed for elementary school-aged students. Many teachers, parents, and therapists have successfully adapted the products for older or younger children.


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ALERT PROGRAM® CD
This double CD set includes an introduction to the program with excerpts from the Leader's Guide that are read aloud by the authors. Many enjoy listening to the excerpts (first CD), rather than reading the Introductory Booklet. The second CD has fun, playful songs that help children change their engine speeds. These songs do not utilize the engine analogy (actual engine words in the lyrics) as the Test Drive CD does; it provides songs that are coded (arrows pointing up for alerting songs and arrows pointing down for calming songs), thus guiding teachers, parents, and therapists to choose appropriate songs to support self-regulation.


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KEEPING ON TRACK: Alert Program® Companion Board Game:
If you are geared up to use what you've learned through the Alert Program, this enticing board game is for you! After children have been introduced to the Alert Program concepts through the Leader's Guide's activities, Test Drive's songs, or ALERT: GO FISH! and ALERT BINGO, they are ready for this great game.
The 18" x 18" board captures children's imaginations with colorful illustrations and landmarks along their road trip. Four cars, one die, and three sets of cards are included in the game box. The game cards reinforce the Alert Program's three stages as taught in the Leader's Guide. When answering Engine Speed card questions, children learn more about how to identify engine levels (Stage One). Using the Tools cards, children learn more about the five ways to change engine levels (Stage Two). The Tune-Up cards ask questions that encourage problem-solving and independent self-regulation (Stage Three). Blank cards allow you to stack the deck with individualized questions


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Self-esteem games show children how wonderful it can be to be themselves--emotionally, socially, physically, and intellectually. By sharing the upbeat, thoughtful activities in Self-esteem Games, you can reinforce your child's positive feelings and provide a lasting foundation for learning. Developed by Barbara Sher over the course of thirty years as a parent, teacher, and play-therapy specialist, this collection of 300 self-esteem-building ideas requires no special preparation or equipment. You and your family can play virtually anywhere, with any number of participants.


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Children love to unwind and relax with this fun exercise known as "muscular relaxation". Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. This effective stress and anger management technique focuses awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Muscular relaxation can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger and fall asleep peacefully.


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A Believe in Yourself Story, designed to help children boost self-esteem while decreasing stress and anxiety.
Hardcover - 2008
Children love to turn self-doubt into self-belief. Children relate to the dolphin in this story as the sea creatures show him how to believe in himself. Watch your child’s self–esteem grow as the sea creatures weave a web of positive statements. This “feel good” technique can be used to bolster self-image, manage stress and anxiety, and accomplish goals. This encouraging story will bring a smile to your face and give your child a tool that will last a lifetime


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Children will love to experience belly breathing with playful sea otters and a sea child. This effective, self-calming technique also known as “diaphragmatic breathing” can have a positive impact on your child’s health. Proper breathing can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. Delightful characters and easy breathing encourage your child to slow down, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. If you enjoyed A Boy and a Bear, you will love Sea Otter Cove.


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A Relaxation Story, designed to help children increase creativity while lowering stress and anxiety levels
Children love to visualize, or imagine, filling their bodies with the colors of the rainbow. Children join the sea child and turtle as they take a bubble ride into the world of relaxation. Visualization, also known as “creative imagery”, can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can have a positive impact on your child’s health, creativity, and performance. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. The colorful imagery in this story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can manage stress and fall asleep peacefully.


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A Children's Relaxation Story
Children love to unwind and relax with this easy, gentle exercise known as muscular relaxation. This effective stress-management technique is widely accepted and used by both traditional and holistic communities. The technique focuses awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Muscular relaxation can have a positive impact on your child's health and immune system. It can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. This encouraging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can fall asleep peacefully. Sweet dreams!


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Children love to visualize or imagine filling their bodies with the colors of the rainbow. This effective stress-management technique also known as guided imagery is widely accepted and used by both traditional and holistic communities. This gentle but powerful technique stimulates the imagination. Visualization can have a positive impact on your health, creativity and performance. It can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. The colorful imagery in this story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can manage stress and fall asleep peacefully. Relax with colors!


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Lessons based on stress-management/relaxation techniques designed to decrease stress and anxiety while increasing self-esteem and self-awareness. Children become active participants in creating their own healthy, heart driven, peaceful lives.
This turnkey curriculum creatively integrates stories, songs, movement, artwork and visual aids to make it easy for any teacher or parent to implement.
Children learn to apply the empowering techniques of breathing, visualizations and affirmations to their lives in a safe, fun and interactive environment.
This curriculum is designed to be incorporated into any of your existing classes as an “Awareness Enrichment Program.” It integrates stories, songs, movement, artwork and visual aids to make it easy for any teacher to implement. It is written with elementary age children in mind but can be adjusted to accommodate any age group. Each class is designed to be used in conjunction with the Indigo Dreams CD/audio book, A Boy and a Bear, The Affirmation Web, A Boy and a Turtle and The Goodnight Caterpillar.
This program can be used alone or as the core curriculum in which you add and build your own philosophies around. The lessons or sessions are designed to be "unlimited". There are 4 distinct lessons that begin the moment the children walk in the door to the moment they leave. Lessons can be used in its entirety or broken down into mini-lessons or centers. Variations and suggestions for each lesson are included.
Four new stories on Indigo Ocean Dreams CD/audio book will be released early 2005 and can be used with this curriculum.
Each lesson should be taught over and over again. Children enjoy the comfort of knowing what to expect as they become familiar with the class format. Repetition and practice insure that affirmations, visualizations and breathing are integrated into our children’s lives.
This curriculum is non-denominational and can be used with any group of children.
Class Format:
Each class is structured in the following format:
Movement: Each class will open with a movement activity. Movement activity and song are provided. The opening activity gets the kids interested and lets them see that there is a plan and they will have fun. Teachers will be active participants and pave the way for children to feel relaxed and comfortable in doing the activities. Movement, singing and laughing help children release energy before they shift into sitting and listening to a story.
Explanation: Children will be given an age appropriate explanation of the technique they will be experiencing in the story. Basic explanations are provided in lesson plan.
Story time/Lesson: Indigo Dreams CD and the accompanying books make lesson time easy. The lessons and techniques are woven into each story. The children follow along as they learn life long skills and become active participants in creating their own healthy, heart driven, peaceful lives.
Discussion: Children will compare the way they felt before and after listening to the stories. Children will discuss how they should apply the techniques they have just learned and experienced to their own lives and real life situations. Conversation examples are provided.
Art activity: Each lesson includes an art handout to support and reinforce the lesson. Handout is provided and additional ideas are given.
Exit: Affirmations will be introduced during the second class and will be used thereafter as an exit tool for the rest of the semester. Each child picks an affirmation from the class affirmation bowl as they leave the classroom. Additional ideas are given on how to leave the classroom.
Basic Curriculum Package contains:
Awareness Lessons complete with detailed step by step instructions plus $140.00 worth of additional products including 4 books: A Boy and a Bear, The Goodnight Caterpillar, The Affirmation Web, A Boy and a Turtle, plus Indigo Dreams CD/audio book and the Rainbow Flag set, all packaged in a sturdy storage case.


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A practical, popular yet humorous stress management guide for children aged 7-12 years. Cats teach kids proven relaxation & assertiveness techniques. Includes a section for parents, teachers & counsellors
Stress isn't just for adults anymore, our children are stressed, too. They need coping tools that are fun, informative and memorable. Cool Cats, Calm Kids is a practical, humorous guide to relaxation and stress management for children. In Cool Cats..., cats are teachers, sharing their 'nine secrets' for keeping cool and calm. '
A warm and playful book... children will learn a lot about self-esteem and how to relax from these furry friends!' --- Jack Canfield Co-author, Chicken Soup for the Soul 'What fun to read!... This is a 'purrfect' book for children who love animals! It is full of cat wisdom and wonderful illustrations... puts a cheery light in your eyes and a pussycat smile on your face.' --- Dr. Pat Palmer, Author, Teen Esteem and Liking Myself '...(an) amusing look at nine things cats do that kids can do as well when they are in stressful situations. From how to take a catnap to when to hiss and puff up, Cool Cats neatly delivers just what its subtitle promises: Relaxation and Stress Management for Young People.' --- infodad.com '...offers practical exercises for today's kids in an easy-to-use format, with help from beautiful drawings of cats and kids....' --- The Pulse News Service


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SAVE 20%! On sale until sold out. Only 3 copies left! This fully updated edition of "A Multidisciplinary Handbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health for Front-line Professionals" is an accessible introduction to child mental health, covering the nature, prevalence, treatment and management of mental health problems in children and young people. The authors explore issues such as assessing and meeting the mental health needs of young people, specific mental health problems such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning difficulties, and legal aspects of working with child mental health. They also assess diversity issues as an integral part of practice, and highlight practice issues for readers.
The book contains illustrative case studies and self-directed exercises, and outlines the services available to children with mental health problems. This second edition also includes additional material on working with culture and diversity, plus the latest clinical guidelines and current medication.This handbook is an invaluable resource for students, trainers and professionals working with children with mental health problems in a medical and non-medical environment as well as parents wanting to know more about the subject.


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Educators looking for proven methods to introduce brain-compatible instruction into K–12 classrooms will find invaluable assistance in this easy-to-read, engaging resource. The author helps teachers understand how the brain, mind, and body function in the learning process, demonstrates methods to reinforce students' memory and concentration, and illustrates ways to enhance learners' outcomes across a broad range of skills.
This flexible guide converts the latest findings on brain research into fun and effective techniques for reducing behavioral distractions in class, improving academic performance, and strengthening teachers' instructional skills. Within a holistic brain-based teaching model, this practical book offers:
-40 brain-friendly tools for improving learning and test results
-A brain-based review feature that helps readers evaluate and modify the tools to meet students' needs
-Stimulating quotes and motivational proverbs for inspiration
-Stories, songs, poems, and anecdotes woven throughout the text
This guide is ideal for empowering students and helping them take ownership of their learning.
"Scaddan has collected many positive, easy-to-read ideas that will be helpful for educators."
—Eric Jensen, Educational Consultant
"This book honors the art and science of teaching and learning. Read it, use it, and carry it from school to school, classroom to classroom for decades. This book is a backpack full of ideas, strategies, and activities to enhance brains and enrich hearts."
—Glenn Capelli, Churchill Fellow
True Learning Centre, Australia
"This is the missing link in so many of our schools' curriculum. Scaddan sparks the joy of learning in children and builds relationships between teachers and learners. A must-have for administrators, teachers, counselors, and anyone interested in understanding what it takes to make a difference."
—Nancy G . Peterson, Educational Consultant


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This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for clients.
The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook for Kids is intended to be used jointly by parents and their children to cope with specific stressful time periods such as divorce, loss of a loved one, or a family move. This workbook will help families develop healthy coping skills for dealing with major life transitions. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 explains why stress is a problem for children, and helps parents and children reduce stress in their daily lives and become more resilient. Part 2 helps children and their parents incorporate ten-minute relaxation exercises into every day. The book ends with a chapter on making relaxation activities a family habit.


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Children with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) often have sensory processing difficulties. They may be very sensitive to particular sounds or materials, or unresponsive to injuries most children would find painful. This practical book offers a six-step approach to developing a successful programme to help children cope with sensory input they find overwhelming, and to identify activities they may find relaxing or rewarding. Sue Larkey draws on her experience of working with children with autism to offer more than 30 activities using touch, sound, taste, vision and movement, and gives advice on how to use these activities as opportunities to improve children’s communication skills. She provides detailed photocopiable checklists to assess children’s sensory reactions, sleep patterns, sense of movement and use of eye contact. Parents, occupational therapists and educational professionals will find this workbook to be a rich source of fun ideas for improving sensory processing in autism, and easily adaptable for children with other special needs.


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Featuring a positive and friendly approach, this book is written for children ages 8-13 with learning disabilities. It defines learning disabilities, illustrates the different types, and explains where they come from, while providing reassurance without overwhelming the child. It also describes the effects they have on young people's behaviour, performance, and emotions.
Highlighted with a first-person account by a child with a learning disability and a special chapter on computers for the learning disabled, Many Ways to Learn offers suggestions for coping with the educational, psychological, and social problems that learning disabilities can cause.
There are lots of tips and strategies for success at school, homework, and studying for and taking tests given for each type of disability. The message is that kids with learning disabilities have average or above-average intelligence: they just find it difficult to learn in a particular areas. With some help from school and family- and a little extra work on their part - they can do as well as anyone else.


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Includes Tool Chest handbook and the Tools for Teachers and Tools for Students dvds. DVD's will work on all computers with the proper software installed to play a DVD.
A great resource for teachers, parents and therapists to understand sensory processing, and how to put it into practice in the classroom and at home. Great for inservices!


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Play as Therapy: Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions
Karen Stagnitti and Rodney Cooper
Play as Therapy provides background theory and practical applications of original research on play assessment and interventions used in therapy. The book offers a solid foundation for identifying and assessing play dysfunction, understanding play in different cultural contexts and considerations when intervening with play. The practical approach is underpinned by theory, research and case vignettes to explain how to utilise play as therapy with challenging children.
Pbk 240pp 9781843106371


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On sale. Save 10%. Young people have to cope with stress yet often are given little or no practical help, nor are they taught coping strategies.
Using the popular technique of Circle Time, this book provides a range of exercises to promote relaxation, inner confidence and a positive sense of self through the use of visualisation. These strategies are already established in other walks of life, such as sport, and will build on emotional literacy work as part of the PSHE curriculum.
The exercises are also accompanied by questions, discussion prompts and worksheets. This book will be useful for all adults who want to provide young people aged 8 upwards with the tools to assist emotional development.
2007 Tony Pryce


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Another Australian release first for Life Skills 4 Kids!
This is the first book on sensory issues written for pre-teens. It is up-beat, humerous, and hands on. Each chapter is stuffed with comics, diagrams and question and answer sections. The Sensory Team Handbook will inspire kids and teens to take charge of their own sensory needs.
Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is one of the underlying conditions in Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, Tourette's Syndrome, and many learning disabilities.
Sensory processing issues are usually first noticed when a child is very young. With adequate intervention and training, most children can get rid of their sensory difficulties. As a result, most professional attention has been paid to children with SPD.
But many kids aren’t even diagnosed until they are in the middle school years. These young people have been struggling for years because of bewildering experiences, mistaken diagnoses, and painful failures. They need help too—and it has to come in a form that respects their independence.


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Lisa Schab
As children complete the exercises in Cool, Calm, and Confident, they will develop the assertiveness skills they need to build self-esteem, stop being bullied or bullying others, and stand up for themselves in healthy, nonaggressive ways.
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients.


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Laurence Shapiro
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients. By working through the activities in this book, children with anger control problems can develop better emotional and behavioral control. Kids will learn how to identify the things that make them angry, become better problem solvers, talk about their frustrations, and much more. Paperback + CD RRP$41.95 ISBN 9781572246652


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Laurence Shapiro
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients. This activity book helps children acquire the skills to make and keep new friends, including: choosing friends with common interests, reading non-verbal cues, and developing specific communication skills like inviting a child to a party or talking on the phone. The book is designed for the estimated 30-40% of children who find themselves socially isolated or rejected by their peers. Simple, fun activites to help kids: Find deep and lasting friendships; Develop give-and-take relationships; Cope with rejection and disappointment. Paperback + CD. RRP$41.95 ISBN 9781572246690


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Barbara Cooper
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients. These activities, developed and tested at the authors' social skills treatment center, help kids with Asperger's disorder, nonverbal learning disorder, and other social-skill deficits to develop a "social sense." This workbook covers reading social cues, developing strategies to avoid meltdowns, guessing at other people's intentions, and more. Paperback + CD. RRP$41.95 ISBN 9781572246645


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Sarah Hamil
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients. This workbook is designed to help children who struggle with feelings of sadness or depression. Based on cognitive behavioral therapy, the most effective treatment for depression, these simple, effective activities help kids cope with sad feelings, reach out to others, and develop a positive self-image. This book can be used to support individual or group counseling. Paperback + CD. RRP$49.95 ISBN 9781572246522


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An estimated 25 percent of teens suffer from mild to serious anxiety, and many of them get little or no help. The good news is that anxiety is a highly treatable condition and by learning coping skills teens build a defense against anxiety that can last into adulthood.
The Anxiety Workbook for Teens offers a collection of the most effective techniques for preventing anxiety and defusing it when it hits. It shows teens how to change anxiety-producing thoughts, perform breathing and bodywork exercises, and develop problem-solving skills that can short-circuit anxiety. 178 pages. 8 x 10. Softcover. April 2008.
This version includes the book and companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients or children.


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This professional edition contains both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients. This comprehensive workbook is an invaluable tool in providing a comprehensive approach to treating depressed teens. The 40 illustrated activities include helping teens to be more assertive, finding way to make friends, handling conflicts, and of course, dealing with sad and difficult feelings. Recent studies tell us that only half of depressed teens get the help they need; this book can make the difference. Simple, effective solutions to : Help teens deal with sad and difficult feelings, be more assertive, find new ways to make friends.


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This engaging workbook includes 40 activities to help teens recognise and use their strengths to overcome social skills deficits related to Asperger's disorder or nonverbal learning disorders. Developed especially for teens, the activities in the workbook teach hos to learn to read social cues, understand emotions, avoid meltdowns, and more.
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients.


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Bingeing, purging, excessive dieting, and relentless exercising are all destructive behaviours common among young women with eating disorders. The activities in thes book help teenage girls understand how their eating behaviours developed, recognise the relationship between their emotions and their eating, and learn to see their bodies in a positive light.
This professional edition includes both the Instant Help book and a companion CD that offers the complete book and printable worksheets for your clients.


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We like to think of childhood as a carefree time, but for the many children with anxiety disorders it's anything but. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common anxiety disorders in children. It causes intense worry and anxiety that can disrupt emotional, academic, and social development. The good news is that GAD is highly treatable and children can be taught to manage and even overcome it.
Includes CD with book & printable handouts


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BRAND NEW! PUBLISHED AUG 2009!
LEARNING THROUGH PLAY
One of the best ways for children with autism, Asperger's, and sensory processing disorders to learn is through play. Children improve their motor skills, language skills, and social skills by moving their bodies and interacting with their environment. Yet the biggest challenges parents, teachers, and loved ones face with children on the autism spectrum or with sensory processing disorders is how to successfully engage them in play.
Pediatric occupational therapist Tara Delaney provides the answer. In 101 Games and Activities for Children with Autism, Asperger's, and Sensory Processing Disorders, she shows you how to teach your children by moving their bodies through play. These interactive games are quick to learn but will provide hours of fun and learning for your child. And many of the games can be played indoors or outdoors, so your child can enjoy them at home, outside, or on field trips.
More than one hundred games that help your child:
make eye-contact, stay focused, and strengthen his or her motor skills
associate words with objects and improve language and numerical skills
learn how to interact with others, how to take turns, and other social skills needed for attending preschool and school
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NEW TO LIFE SKILLS 4 KIDS.
Learn how you can stimulate and invigorate learners using state-changing activities—engaging techniques that refocus the brain and create a receptive state of mind for learning.
Classroom Activators illustrates how simple changes in delivering instruction or designing the classroom environment can help capture student interest and keep learners focused. Each section presents specific state-changing activities supported by the latest studies on how the brain learns. Activities that can be adapted across all grade levels are divided into four categories
Energizing the Environment: ways to keep the learning environment fresh
Getting Your Students' Attention: ideas to help students focus on the task at hand
Energizing Your Students: techniques to use when students may need to refocus their attention in the middle of a lesson
Building Teams and Community: activities to build community, teams, and rapport within the classroom


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New to the Life Skills 4 Kids bookshelf.
101 SIMPLE WAYS TO MAKE EVERY DAY A SPECIAL DAY
Children who move their bodies as part of the learning process are more stimulated and alert-and they retain more of what they are taught. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Smart Play, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his or her confidence, teach academic and motor skills, and provide a lasting foundation for learning.
Developed by Barbara Sher over the course of thirty years as a parent, teacher, and play-therapy specialist, this collection of 101 delightful, easy-to-follow games helps children use their bodies to master essential mental skills and concepts. You and your family can play virtually anywhere, with any number of participants, and without special preparation or equipment. So gather the children in your life and get ready to have fun as you open their minds and hearts to new experiences and knowledge.
SPECIAL SECTIONS HIGHLIGHT:
* Encouraging movement and thinking
* Improving motor and social skills
* Enhancing language and math skills
* Fostering parent-child interaction
* Building on children's love of fantasy, action, and rhythm


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NEW on our Life Skills Book Shelf
Language games are effective tools for teachers wanting to inspire literacy and improve the communication skills of their pupils. Part One explains the value of language games, how to choose a game for a particular setting, how to plan the games, and how to motivate players. Part Two describes 101 language games, most of them designed for children ages 4-16, that include creating poems and haiku, making up stories, and telling jokes.


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New on the Life Skills 4 Kids bookshelf.
Telling kids to stop acting like monkeys is normal telling them to imitate a herd of elephants is not. However, in The Yoga Zoo Adventure for Little Kids, children ages three to seven will be encouraged to mimic some of their favorite animals . This book will help parents, teachers and yoga instructors alike introduce young children to the physical and mental benefits of yoga in a way that little kids are able to grasp and enjoy.
The first and last sections of the book are for adults: The first covers tips, how-tos and practical information for parents and teachers while the fourth provides background information on the animals described in the book.
The middle sections of the book takes the children on a journey of discovery through the zoo. They go through every activity of the day, from brushing their teeth to meeting all kinds of wonderful, strange and interesting animals, each one delivering a yoga stretch, exercise or idea. They come face to face with a tiger and look in the eyes of a giraffe, waddle like a penguin and walk as gracefully as a flamingo. Finally, the children are also introduced to the values of the yoga lifestyle through animal fables.
This book seamlessly incorporates exercise, learning, creativity and a trip to the zoo — all in one illustrated, easy-to-read package.


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A resource of fun games for parents or teachers to help young children learn social and motor skills
Barbara Sher, an expert occupational therapist and teacher, has written a handy resource filled with games to play with young children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other sensory processing disorders (SPD). The games are designed to help children feel comfortable in social situations and teach other basic lessons including beginning and end, spatial relationships, hand-eye coordination, and more. Games can also be used in regular classrooms to encourage inclusion.
•A collection of fun, simple games that can improve the lives of children with ASD or other SPDs.
•Games can be played by parents or teachers and with individual children or groups.
•Games are designed to make children more comfortable in social situations and to develop motor and language skills
•Also included are a variety of interactive games to play in water, whether in a backyard kiddie pool, community swimming pool, or lake
•All the games are easy-to-do, utilizing common, inexpensive materials, and include several variations and modifications


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New to Life Skills 4 Kids. This is one of my favourite books!
Author(s): Carol Stock Kranowitz, Stacey Szklut, Lynn Balzer-Martin, Elizabeth Haber, Deanna Iris Sava
Publisher: Future Horizons
Great info and practical checklists for parents, teachers and therapists! Covers preschool, school and adolescent age groups.
In this elegant approach to the often elusive subject of sensory integration, Carol Kranowitz, M.A., author of the best selling book The Out-of-Sync Child and expert occupational therapists Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L and Dr. Lynn Blazer-Martin, Ph.D, OTR, and other leading experts have assembled an extensive and easy-to-use set of checklists and other tools that will be invaluable to every teacher and parent who has children with sensory integration challenges.
Contents
What is Sensory Integration?
Comparison of Sensory Integration & Sensory Integration Dysfunction
Organizing Sensory Input & Activities for the Classroom
Classroom Accommodation Checklist
Infants & Toddlers Checklist--Birth to Age Two
Pre-School Checklist--Age Three to Four
School Age Checklist--Age Five to Twelve
Adult/Adolescent Checklist--Age Twelve and Up
Balzer-Martin Preschool Screening--Teacher's Checklist
Characteristics of Tactile Dysfunction
Characteristics of Vestibular Dysfunction
Characteristics of Proprioceptive Dysfunction
Heavy Work Activities List for Teachers
Glossary
Resources
References


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Another of my favourite all time books. Now available at Life Skills 4 Kids.
Therapy for children with autism and other pervasive development disorders
Author(s): Ellen Yack, M.Ed., OT; Shirley Sutton, OT; Paula Aquilla, OT
Publisher: Future Horizons
This book is perfect for those working with young children, but broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults. It provides creative techniques and useful tips while offering innovative strategies and practical advice for dealing with everyday challenges, including managing behaviors, improving muscle tone, developing social skills, selecting diets - and more!
Written by three experienced occupational therapists, Building Bridges through Sensory Integration offers a combination of theory and strategies.
Part one explains the role of occupational therapists in treatment and an examination of the theory of sensory integration.
Part two offers methods of identifying sensory integration problems in children, along with a range of strategies and activity suggestions.
Table of Contents
· What is Occupational Therapy?
· What is Sensory Integration?
· What are the Sensory Systems?
· Identifying Problems with Sensory Integration
· Strategies for Challenging Behaviors
· Ideas for Self Care Skills
· Adapting Home, School, and Child Care Settings
· Activity Suggestions
· Equipment and Resources
· References
· Index


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New to the Life Skills bookshelf.
Every kid loves birthday parties, right? Wrong! For a child with Sensory Processing Disorder, parties can be an overload of noise, tastes, and smells. Often, other children and adults don't understand why a child is not having fun like he is "supposed" to.
In this colorful picture book, a child's voice explains why parties can be painful for some kids. Balloons are popping, kids are screaming, party games are confusing---does a kid have to endure all of this to be a good friend? In the end, perhaps it would be better to celebrate a friend's birthday on another day. That's still being a great best friend!
Author Laurie Renke, mother to sons and illustrators Jake and Max, wrote this wonderful children's book for her young son with SPD, and to raise SPD awareness. She says, "I wrote this book for every child who would rather not go to his or her best friend's birthday party. I hope that after reading this book, everyone who knows a child like this, as well as that child, will start to understand some reasons why events like this might be anything but fun for many children."
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 44


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Challenging behaviour, violent outbursts and meltdowns can put a strain on the entire family of a child on the autism spectrum. This book offers practical, long-term and effective strategies to help resolve common challenging behaviours using a low arousal approach - a non-aversive approach based on avoiding confrontation and reducing stress and anxiety.
Managing Family Meltdown provides explanations for challenging behaviours, and offers a wealth of guidance on how families can manage different types of challenging behaviour, such as physical aggression and self-injury. The authors explore the difference between managing and changing behaviour; how our own behaviour can influence the situation; and show how by reducing stress and anxiety children are better able to process information becoming less likely to react in challenging ways. The pros and cons of medication and ways to look after your own health are also discussed.
This hands-on, practical book is appropriate for children who are non-verbal, as well as those with higher functioning autism and will be indispensable for families, carers and anyone involved with children on the autism spectrum.


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The Out of Sync Child - Revised and Updated
Email to a friend Recognizing and coping with sensory processing disorder
Author(s): Carol Kranowitz
Publisher: Future Horizons
The Out-of-Sync Child broke new ground by identifying Sensory Processing Disorder, a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. This newly revised edition features additional information from recent research on vision and hearing deficits, motor skill problems, nutrition and picky eaters, ADHA, autism, and other related disorders.


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