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, Lynn Balzer-Martin, PhD, OTR, Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA,
Elizabeth Haber, MS, OTR/L, and Deanna Iris Sava, MS, OTR/L, 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 processing challenges. You'll find tried-and-true
instructions for developing fine-motor, "organizing," and motor-planning
skills, and for providing an appropriate "Sensory Diet" that will
benefit all your students. Checklists help you identify students who
have difficulty processing sensory information. With up to 20% of the
students in any given classroom affected by Sensory Processing Disorder,
Answers to Questions is an invaluable resource for teachers of preschool
through high school.
Winner of Learning magazine's Teachers' 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 child's
motor coordination, muscle tone, fine motor skills, visual perception,
and relationships with others
Discern a child'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 undersensitive 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 child's behalf
Provide a safe, appropriate, "sensory diet" in the classroom that will
benefit all students
Structure a calm and organized classroom
Manage his or her own behavior when a child "pushes those buttons"
Finally, this book will help teachers to always remember that these are
good children who are trying their best in a confusing world!
Contents include: What Is Sensory Integration? What Is Occupational
Therapy? How to Get the Most Out of Answers to Questions Teachers Ask.
Comparison of Typical Sensory Processing & Sensory Processing
