
Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration
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 canโt get their coats on straight, are easily distracted, impulsive, over- or under-sensitive to sounds, lights, textures, etc. In this book, youโll find tried-and-true instructions for developing their fine motor, โorganizing,โ and motor planning skills, and providing an appropriate โSensory Dietโ that will benefit all your students.
Checklists help you identify students who have difficulty processing sensory information. Winner of Learning magazineโs 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 childโs motor coordination, muscle tone, fine motor skills, visual perception, and relationships with others.
-Discern a childโs 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 childโs behalf.
-Provide a safe, appropriate, โsensory dietโ in the classroom that will benefit all students.
-Structure a calm and organized classroom.
-Manage his or her own behavior when a child โpushes 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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