Research shows that 20% of all school-age children in the U.S. have
problems with sensory integration. However, teachers are given little or
no training in how to work with these high needs kids. Finally, here's a
commuter-friendly way to help teachers and other school professionals
reach these kids and help them succeed in the classroom. Carol Stock
Kranowitz, author of the best selling books The Out of Sync Child and
The Goodenoughs Get in Sync, interviews expert occupational therapist
Stacey Szklut about how to teach children with sensory integration
problems. This audio CD set includes narration by public health
physician Dr. David Silver.
An audio companion to the book Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about
Sensory Integration, Carol Kranowitz interviews expert occupational
therapist Stacey Szklut and they discuss how to teach children with
sensory integration problems. It is like eavesdropping on two experts
sharing sensory secrets! Finally, here is help for teachers and other
school professionals who are trying to reach kids with sensory problems
and help them succeed in the classroom, and in life.
Discussion topics include:
- Understanding why challenges in sensory integration affect learning
- Learning how to become a good detective of SI dysfunction in the
classroom
- Gaining insight into how sensory integration dysfunction can look like
ADD, ADHD or learning disabilities
- Learning methods for creating effective collaborations between home
and school
- Materials appropriate for preschool through high school teachers and
school professionals
