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Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration

Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration

Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz , Stacey Szklut , Lynn Balzer-Martin
Publishing Info: Paperback 63 pages / January 2002
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With up to 20% of the students in any given classroom affected by Sensory Integration Disorder, Answers to Questions is an invaluable resource for teachers of pre-school through high school.

You know them: they canโ€™t get their coats on straight, are easily distracted, impulsive, over- or under-sensitive to sounds, lights, textures, etc. In this book, youโ€™ll find tried-and-true instructions for developing their fine motor, โ€œorganizing,โ€ and motor planning skills, and providing an appropriate โ€œSensory Dietโ€ that will benefit all your students.

Checklists help you identify students who have difficulty processing sensory information. Winner of Learning magazineโ€™s Teachersโ€™ Choice Award, this book and the tools within it will help teachers learn how to:

-Recognize Sensory Processing Disorder.
-Understand how Sensory Processing Disorder may interfere with a childโ€™s motor coordination, muscle tone, fine motor skills, visual perception, and relationships with others.
-Discern a childโ€™s unique pattern of out-of-sync behavior.
-Help a child recover after a meltdown.
-Develop strategies to prevent future meltdowns.
-Approach a child who is simultaneously oversensitive to one kind of stimulation and under-sensitive to another kind.
-Help children identify their own needs for the right amount of sensory stimulation.
-Collaborate with parents, occupational therapists, and other professionals on a childโ€™s behalf.
-Provide a safe, appropriate, โ€œsensory dietโ€ in the classroom that will benefit all students.
-Structure a calm and organized classroom.
-Manage his or her own behavior when a child โ€œpushes those buttonsโ€.

Finally, this book will help teachers to always remember that these are good children who are trying their best in a confusing world!

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