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Building Bridges through Sensory Integration, 3rd Edition: Therapy for Children with Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Ages: 4 - 12Price: $29.95
Type: Book
By Sensory Focus, LLC
Description
Written by three experienced occupational therapists, this book offers a combination of theory and strategies. It is a perfect tool for those working with young children, but also broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults. Building Bridges 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.
Part one explains the role of the occupational therapists in treatment and examines sensory integration theories. Part two offers methods of identifying sensory problems in children along with numerous strategies and activities. This revised and expanded edition offers over 100 extra pages of material, as well as a dedicated website of free downloadable forms and exercises for easy printing!
Helpful topics include:
- 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
Review Highlights:
This book provides information for parents whose children have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or other challenges. It talks about therapies, the equipment used, what sensory integration is, and provides other useful information that really can help parents and caregivers understand their children in order to provide the best support.
While my son has ASD, I am no expert. I found the information in this book to be useful, easy to understand, and not overwhelming at all. Everything is clearly explained. There are suggestions for various activities to help all sorts of issues, from self care to adapting the home environment. The suggestions that are made are things that, for the most part, are not very difficult to accomplish or can be with a little creativity.
This book is an invaluable tool for any parent or caregiver who has a child with ASD or other sensory issues.
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