Full Course Description
Self-Regulation Strategies for Children: Keeping the Body, Mind & Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders
OUTLINE
How Self-Regulation Affects a Child’s Physical, Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
- Overlay of systems
- Overlap with sensory modulation disorder, ADHD, autism, giftedness, anxiety and related conditions
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Vestibular, proprioceptive, and sensory modulation characteristics
- Strategies for home and school
- Making it right: case studies and videos
- Sensory diet vs. a sensory lifestyle
- The big therapies: Interactive Metronome® (IM), brushing and sensory diets
ADHD Strategies
- Parker’s guidelines for giving meds
- Greenspan’s strategies for avoiding meds
- Cognitive strategies, attention strategies and mindfulness meditation
Self-Management
- As a powerful behavior program for ADHD
- Case study on breaking “stimming” habits
Utilizing Video
- Role play & video modeling
- Teaching functional skills
- Catching child “being good”
- Working with emotions
- Art and music
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Polyvagal Theory and autism
iPad® Apps
- Visual schedules
- Social stories
- Visual timers
Autism Strategies
- Communication strategies that provide control
- Match-and-repeat technique for social engagement
- Dealing with picky eating and poor sleep habits
- Behavioral strategies for eliminating difficult behavior
First Person Stories & Strategies for Smooth Transitions
- Discuss social interactions
- Describe relevant social cues and behaviors
- Examples of transitional activities
Other Approaches
- Alternative therapy
- Qi massage
Calming Strategies
- Music, Me-Moves™
- Deep pressure, Ease™
OBJECTIVES
- Summarize characteristics of sensory modulation disorder, ADHD and autism and how they overlap.
- Illustrate specific treatments for SPD that can be duplicated at school or home.
- Describe the ingredients of a sensory lifestyle.
- Tell examples of elements of successful first person stories and transitional activities.
- Describe ADHD interventions to be used with or without meds.
- Apply a simple self-management and video modeling program.
- Describe how clinic-based therapies can reduce symptoms of SPD and ADHD.
Program Information
Target Audience
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators, Speech-Language Pathologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants
Objectives
- Summarize characteristics of sensory modulation disorder, ADHD and autism and how they overlap.
- Illustrate specific treatments for SPD that can be duplicated at school or home.
- Describe the ingredients of a sensory lifestyle.
- Tell examples of elements of successful first person stories and transitional activities.
- Describe ADHD interventions to be used with or without meds.
- Apply a simple self-management and video modeling program.
- Describe how clinic-based therapies can reduce symptoms of SPD and ADHD.
Outline
How Self-Regulation Affects a Child’s Physical, Mental and Emotional Wellbeing
- Overlay of systems
- Overlap with sensory modulation disorder, ADHD, autism, giftedness, anxiety and related conditions
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)
- Vestibular, proprioceptive, and sensory modulation characteristics
- Strategies for home and school
- Making it right: case studies and videos
- Sensory diet vs. a sensory lifestyle
- The big therapies: Interactive Metronome® (IM), brushing and sensory diets
ADHD Strategies
- Parker’s guidelines for giving meds
- Greenspan’s strategies for avoiding meds
- Cognitive strategies, attention strategies and mindfulness meditation
Self-Management
- As a powerful behavior program for ADHD
- Case study on breaking “stimming” habits
Utilizing Video
- Role play & video modeling
- Teaching functional skills
- Catching child “being good”
- Working with emotions
- Art and music
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
- Polyvagal Theory and autism
iPad® Apps
- Visual schedules
- Social stories
- Visual timers
Autism Strategies
- Communication strategies that provide control
- Match-and-repeat technique for social engagement
- Dealing with picky eating and poor sleep habits
- Behavioral strategies for eliminating difficult behavior
First Person Stories & Strategies for Smooth Transitions
- Discuss social interactions
- Describe relevant social cues and behaviors
- Examples of transitional activities
Other Approaches
- Alternative therapy
- Qi massage
Calming Strategies
- Music, Me-Moves™
- Deep pressure, Ease™
Copyright :
03/10/2015
Story-Based 4- and 7-Minute Workouts for the Classroom and Home
Objectives
- List eight HIIT exercises each for home-use and school use.
- Perform three 4-minute FUNterval workouts for the classroom.
- Describe HIIT and cite recent research showing its effectiveness.
- Uncover how to create 7-minute routines for home.
Outline
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
4- Minute Story-based Exercise Routines (FUNtervals)
- Sensory solutions for the classroom
- Dodging Tomatoes
- Stuff the Turkey
- Pirates
7- Minute Story-based Exercise Routine
- 4 types of exercises
- Putting them together
- A story: Spaceship
Create your own story-based exercise routines
Program Information
Target Audience
Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals
Objectives
- List eight HIIT exercises each for home-use and school use.
- Perform three 4-minute FUNterval workouts for the classroom.
- Describe HIIT and cite recent research showing its effectiveness.
- Uncover how to create 7-minute routines for home.
Outline
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
4- Minute Story-based Exercise Routines (FUNtervals)
- Sensory solutions for the classroom
- Dodging Tomatoes
- Stuff the Turkey
- Pirates
7- Minute Story-based Exercise Routine
- 4 types of exercises
- Putting them together
- A story: Spaceship
Create your own story-based exercise routines
Copyright :
02/22/2016