Books and Professional Resources

Activity-Based Intervention Guide With More Than 250 Multisensory Play Ideas

Implement an effective activity-based intervention program for birth to 5-year-old children with or without disabilities. Gain insight into effectively building and maintaining early intervention teams and how to include families in the intervention program. Each of the more than 250 engaging activities contains goals in six developmental domains fine motor, cognitive, gross motor, social, sensory, and language.

Adventures at Hand! Games for Visual Motor Skills Development

This set of six games is geared toward remediation of visual-motor skills in children ages 4 to 11. Adventures at Hand. is especially effective with children affected by dyspraxia, sensory integration dysfunction, developmental delay, and attention deficit disorder. It serves as an effective resource for occupational therapists; parents of children with learning disabilities and/or handwriting difficulty; teachers; diagnostic clinics, preschools; kindergartens; elementary schools; and early intervention programs.

An Introduction to Sensory Integration

Learn more about how occupational therapy in the form of sensory integration can help children with learning disabilities in this informative resource. This manual provides guidance to help children synthesize, organize, and process the information from the senses and environment to produce useful, goal-directed responses via the tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems. Information in the manual enables parents and teachers to reinforce therapy at home and in the classroom.

An Overview of Early Intervention

Incorporate Occupational Therapy into Early Intervention

Aston™ Postural Assessment Workbook Skills for Observing and Evaluating Body Patterns

Increase your effectiveness in evaluating clients with orthopedic conditions. The Aston-Mechanics SM Method, the basis for this workbook, teaches physical and occupational therapists how to efficiently and effectively evaluate adult clients with orthopedic conditions and other alignment or pain syndromes contributing to musculoskeletal dysfunction. This approach focuses on the process of observing a client's musculoskeletal function in relationship to the entire body. This step-by-step manual is helpful in evaluating clients for alignment, dimension, and compensation. The manual includes — A pretest to assess the therapist's visual skills in identifying musculoskeletal dysfunction, 200 illustrations and photos.

Autism Facts and Strategies for Parents

Best-selling author Janice Janzen provides a helpful new guide for parents of children with autism. Written for parents of children recently diagnosed with autism or one of the pervasive developmental disabilities, this resource includes information to help them understand their child's diagnosis, the effects of autism on learning and behavior, and their role as an advocate. Also included is information on treatments and educational service options.

Baby Treatment Based on NDT Principles

Facilitate function using techniques based on neuro-developmental treatment (NDT) principles. This manual helps therapists work with babies who have neurological disorders. It is written by the co-author of the best-selling book, Facilitation Techniques Based on NDT Principles. The manual provides step-by-step instructions and photographs demonstrating positioning techniques and how to facilitate function. Take advantage of strategies for observing and evaluating infants' movements. Each chapter includes functional goals for using the techniques.

Big Strokes for Little Folks

Develop letter and number formation by grouping symbols according to similar characteristics Use this developmental training program to prepare children ages 5 through 9 for handwriting. Improve children's spontaneous, legible manuscript letter formation and placement. Guide students to printing each letter of the alphabet and (optionally) numbers 1, 3, 4, and 6-8. Children will find the creative activities in this product fun and challenging. This program is designed for children who already recognize most letters but have had limited success in learning to form them. The manual includes a timeline for normal writing development, and 133 reproducible worksheets for use in practicing skills.

Classroom Intervention for the School-Based Therapist An Integrated Model

Help your students from ages 3 to 13 succeed in the classroom through an integrated therapy intervention program. Promote students involvement in all classroom activities by providing the necessary adaptations and tools that will facilitate the learning process. Learn how to collaborate as a part of an instructional team. This resource provides multisensory learning activities and intervention strategies for children with learning disabilities, developmental delays, attention deficits, and traumatic brain injury. You'll also receive suggestions for strategies to enhance spelling, reading, sensorimotor, and mathematical skills.

Clinical and Forensic Interviewing of Children and Families

Hardcover; 1135 pages

Combining Neuro-Developmental Treatment and Sensory Integration Principles An Approach to Pediatric Therapy

Combine two popular techniques in pediatric therapy to create the most effective programs for your clients Use this guide to help you combine the two most prevalent methods of treatment in pediatric therapy: Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT) and Sensory Integration (SI). Focus on remediating sensory and movement problems that affect the daily activities of your clients birth to 12 years old. Create an individualized therapy program that is appropriate for each client, using the techniques you find most helpful. This exhaustive resource includes ample information about assessing and treating movement disorders and sensory processing disorders.

Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology

A comprehensive guide to current information about multicultural issues, science, and practice in school psychology

COTA Exam Study Guide: Strategies for Success

The purpose of this comprehensive resource is to assist the potential examinee in preparing for the national Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) examination. This study guide has been designed to identify areas of competence and weakness and to organize study into logical steps. Each chapter contains a review of that chapter's topic including theory, evaluations, and interventions. This is followed by a question section involving a clinical reasoning process with an explanation of each correct answer, plus an extensive bibliography for further information. Accompanying the study guide are two full-scale practice examinations with 200 questions each, including explanations and rationale behind each exam item and answer.

Developmental Hand Dysfunction (Second Edition) Theory, Assessment, and Treatment

Take advantage of up-to-date theory, assessment, and treatment of prehension from birth through childhood and adolescence to adulthood. Three case studies of children with cerebral palsy—spastic, athetoid, and flaccid—demonstrate normal and atypical prehension development. See the importance of their hand skills in home, school, and community environments—10 years later. Plus, find a new foreword by the pediatrician of two of the children.

Documenting Sensorimotor Progress A Pediatric Therapist's Guide

Find out how to document progress for third-party reimbursement, referring physicians, and parents. Respond to the growing need for objective documentation of progress in children with special needs. Formulate assessments for your clients 3 months to 10 years old. Now you can show measurable changes in your young clients who have cognitive, sensory, and physical impairments. Learn to quantify progress for parents, referring physicians, and insurance companies.

Driver Rehabilitation: A Guide for Assessment and Intervention

Evaluate the effects of aging and health status on driving performance with this new guide for occupational therapists and other healthcare practitioners. Addressing growing concerns about our aging population, this sourcebook includes information related to driver rehabilitation, implications of elderly and medically impaired individuals operating a motor vehicle, driving assessment, and intervention. Additional topics include: , Legal and ethical considerations , Adaptive equipment , Program development , Multi-media resource. It also contains useful reproducible forms addressing such issues as prescription referrals, driving habits, and other related areas.

Every Move Counts Manual

Every Move Counts Sensory-Based Communication Techniques

Every Move Counts includes everything you need—assessments, intervention strategies, activities, recordkeeping forms, and carryover materials—to help you empower children and adults unable to use formal language systems. Reproducible handouts for paraprofessionals and caregivers are provided, along with a 10-minute live-action video.

Exploring the Spectrum of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Intervention Strategies

Gain the knowledge necessary to effectively treat children from birth to 18 years who have autism or related pervasive developmental disorders. Incorporating sensory integration and neuro-developmental techniques, this book outlines treatment interventions through an integrated approach. The authors take a holistic approach to the treatment of children and adolescents who have autism or related disorders. They examine the interrelationship between the behaviors, sensory processing, motor control, speech and language, and functional skills of a child. They recommend sensory integration and neuro-developmental techniques as well as speech-language and behavioral intervention strategies.

Facilitation Techniques Based on NDT Principles

Facilitate better movement in clients who have neurological disorders. Assist clients of all ages who have neurological disorders in reaching to their highest functional levels using the first "how-to" instructional manual on facilitation techniques based on neuro-developmental treatment (NDT) principles. This resource provides strategies for observing and evaluating the movements of clients who demonstrate problems with coordinated movement. It gives kinesiological reasons why clients move as they do and illustrates how to use kinesiology-based techniques.

Feeding and Nutrition for the Child with Special Needs Handouts for Parents

Give practical information to parents with easy-to-understand reproducible handouts. Target feeding and nutrition concerns of parents with infants and children of all ages. Refer to this library of handouts for information on how to and what to feed children with special needs and improve home carryover programs with "parent friendly" illustrated handouts. Select from 195 reproducible handouts to guide parents in their understanding and implementation of therapy programs. All handouts are cross-referenced with a list of related materials to supplement educational activities. Customize recommendations by adding individual information in the special instructions section provided in each handout.

Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy Assessment and Management

Take a problem-oriented approach to infant feeding issues. Reach a thorough understanding of infant feeding and its related problems with this practical resource that integrates information in the areas of sucking, swallowing, and breathing to aid in evaluation and treatment of infants from birth to 1 year. A systematic and logical approach is provided for clinicians working with specialized infant feeding disorders. This research-based text addresses diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up for infants with varying types and degrees of feeding dysfunction. An interdisciplinary approach emphasizes involvement of the entire team.

Fine Motor Dysfunction Therapeutic Strategies in the Classroom

Take advantage of more than 590 pages of activities, ideas, and compensatory strategies Now you can have helpful ideas and activities that are reproducible and ready to use. These remediating and compensating strategies help you adapt regular classroom programming and materials for your preschool and school-age clients. Illustrated sheets help teachers and parents understand why a child is having difficulty with fine motor tasks. The activities and strategies give examples of ways to improve the child's performance. This task-specific approach also enhances children's self-image by helping them participate with greater success in school activities.

Fine Motor Dysfunction–CD Version

The CD-ROM version of Fine Motor Dysfunction offers flexibility and convenience for therapists working with preschool and school-age children with fine motor dysfunctions. All of the best-selling book's 593 pages are included on one compact disc, along with a user's manual. The software helps you develop and customize activity programs to better target the needs of individual clients. Tracking activities that have been provided and monitoring clients' progress are easier with the computer-generated results. Edit and print the instruction sheets with or without illustrations to give to teachers and parents for use in the classroom or at home. Create an activity program that includes an individualized cover page.

Functional Documentation: A Process for the Physical Therapist

Utilize this resource to keep effective, concise documentation. Designed for use in private practice, an institutional setting, or physical therapy school, this book covers all of the physical therapist's most common documents: Initial evaluations, Daily progress notes, Discharge summaries, Team meeting notes and letters to other team members, Reimbursement letters.

Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, 2 Volume Set

Fully updated Third Edition

Hands at Work and Play Developing Fine Motor Skills at School and Home

Work with teachers and parents to refine coordination in at-risk 5 to 7 year olds. Work in small groups integrating sensory motor activities with manipulatives for cutting, coloring, and writing. You'll receive reproducible materials including screening methods, 88 illustrated worksheets, alphabet worksheets, instructor aids, and weekly parent letters. Hands at Work and Play is divided into three fine motor programs spanning kindergarten through first grade.

Hawaii Developmental Charts, 5 sets

Helping Babies Learn/Hawaii Developmental Charts

Give families developmental activities for infants which fit into their daily lives. Show parents how to help their birth to 36-month-old children realize their fullest potential. Provide parents with reproducible activities to integrate all aspects of development. Plus, parents learn how their child is doing with six developmental charts summarizing normal skills development for each 3-month time period. Together you and the parent can refer to the charts to track the child's progress. Helping Babies Learn teaches parents how to observe and plan appropriate activities with their child. Parents discover how to use interactions to promote the development of cognition, communication, socialization, movement, self-care, and safety.

Home Program Instruction Sheets for Infants and Children

These informative and easy-to-use instruction sheets include more than 200 reproducible exercises and accompanying illustrations to use with infants and children with motor dysfunctions. The physical therapist may use this as an effective resource in home carryover for parents, classroom aides, and other caregivers of infants and children with motor dysfunctions, such as cerebral palsy or motor delay. It is designed to augment therapy provided by the physical therapist.

Is It Sensory Or Is It Behavior?

Interpret a child’s behaviors and plan appropriate interventions

Learning Through the Senses Resource Manual—The Impact of Sensory Processing in the Classroom

Develop effective classroom intervention strategies based on sensory processing

Loops and Other Groups: A Kinesthetic Writing System

Use movement patterns to teach cursive writing—imaginative approach makes learning fun. Help your 2nd grade through high school students with learning disabilities and perceptual delays learn cursive writing—along with their nondisabled peers in a typical mainstreamed classroom. Letters are taught in groups that share common movement patterns. For example, a, d, g, q, and c can be visualized on a clock face, and are called "Clock Climbers. "Easy-to-remember motor and memory cues help students visualize and verbalize while experiencing the "feel" of the letter. Most students can learn formations of all lower-case letters in just six weeks.

Mealtime Participation Guide

The authors of the best-selling Pre-Feeding Skills bring you another invaluable resource for guiding mealtime experiences. The Mealtime Participation Guide expands on the participation experiences listed in the authors' first edition, Pre-Feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Feeding Development. This guide provides an extensive set of activities to guide you through the physical mealtime experiences, as well as imagined mealtime, developmental, sensory, and interactional experiences. You can complete the feeding activities individually or use them to guide group instruction. The guide is also helpful for training students, staff, and parents.

Motor Development Program for School-Age Children (Second Edition)

In Just 10 weeks improve the overall quality of movement patterns in your children who are developmentally delayed. Use this challenging program to assess a child's level of motoric development. Easily create individualized programs for your students 4 to 12 years old. You'll have the same sequenced activities for eight motor activity stations including perceptual motor, manipulation, body awareness/stunts, locomotor, and fine and visual motor. Plus, you'll get an expanded introduction and bibliography.

Mouth Madness Oral Motor Activities for Children

Find oral motor activities for improving articulation in one convenient source. Using games, rhymes, and manipulative tasks, this manual helps preschool and primary school children with hearing impairment, oral dyspraxia, and articulation problems. Children will learn verbal skills through oral imitation and motor planning. The games target higher organizational levels of motor planning for oral motor skills. Illustrations, photographs, and detailed instructions provide precise information for applying oral motor activities. Activities are appropriate for individual, small group, or large group therapy.

Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills The First Year of Life

Learn from renowned authors with one of the most complete normal development resource available. The complete resource you've been waiting for is now available. Add this comprehensive resource to your professional library today. You'll benefit from the expertise of these prominent NDT instructors. This illustrated book focuses on the normal development of infants birth through 12 months. Use Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills as a guideline for assessing functional motor levels in children. The first year of life is grouped into five developmental stages— 1-2 months, 3-5 months, 6 months, 7-9 months, 10-12 months.

Oh Behave! Sensory Processing and Behavioral Strategies

This useful guide provides specific strategies to help change difficult behavior due to sensory processing issues in pre-teen children and to determine the possible reasons for the behavior. It is also applicable for older students who have disabilities and those who qualify for OT and/or SLP services. The book includes simple explanations of technical behavioral terminology and practical examples of many concepts and suggestions. In addition, it addresses distinct ways in which sensory processing and behavior strategies work together. The guide is based on the study of behavioral research as well as the author's 25 year career as a behavior consultant. A checklist helps you follow the appropriate steps in developing a behavior change program.

OT GOALs Occupational Therapy Goals and Objectives Associated with Learning

Easy-to-use resource meets your needs as a pediatric OT in various settings. Now you can quickly and efficiently complete required paperwork for your preschool to high school caseload. This valuable resource helps you easily incorporate comprehensive, measurable therapy goals and objectives into your Therapy reports, Treatment plans, IEPs, Other programs requiring individualized lists of goals. Use OT GOALs to Clearly communicate target behaviors to be improved, Systematically organize long-term goals and objectives, Quickly and easily individualize programs, Develop uniformity and clarity in terminology of goals and objectives.

Pediatric Balance Program

Achieve early independence through balance training. Make these guarded unassisted balance activities part of your treatment sessions and home programs. The activities, which integrate balance training with treatment goals and strategies, are appropriate for children ages 1-18 with conditions such as myelomeningocele, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, or balance deficits.

Pediatric Strengthening Program Reproducible Exercises

Get your pediatric clients back on the right track with these strengthening exercises. Use these playful activities in your physical and occupational therapy programs to increase the strength of clients who have had selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) surgery, myelomeningocele, Guillain-Barré, spinal cord injury, or orthopedic surgery. You'll be able to customize exercise programs to meet the needs of individual clients. Save valuable time with reproducible instruction sheets you can give to caregivers, parents, teachers, and paraprofessionals.

Positioning for Play Home Activities for Parents of Young Children

Teach parents how to stimulate and develop motor skills in their children. This manual provides you with the appropriate therapeutic play activities. Use this collection of more than 70 reproducible activity sheets with parents of children birth to 3 years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk. Integrate activities into a family's daily routine. Easy-to-read sheets serve as great reminders at home for all caregivers. Clear illustrations and nontechnical instructions are ideal for parents with low parenting/play skills or who have limited English proficiency.

Posture and Movement of the Child With Cerebral Palsy

Offers an in-depth look at the development, evaluation, and treatment of children with cerebral palsy. Using a neuro-developmental treatment (NDT) approach, author Marcia Hornbrook Stamer provides a detailed, multidisciplinary book about the development, evaluation, and treatment of children with cerebral palsy. She includes information about the different types of cerebral palsy, the various systems to be considered, and general treatment strategies. Close to 250 line drawings are also included.

Practitioner’s Guide to Clinical Occupational Therapy

Increase your efficiency in analyzing data and designing intervention

Pre-Feeding Skills, Second Edition A Comprehensive Resource for Mealtime Development

This essential resource, now updated and expanded for mealtime and feeding development. This newly revised and referenced edition, by the authors of the best-selling Pre-Feeding Skills, is a must for pediatric feeding specialists working with clients from birth to adolescence. The book contains 12 new chapters with information about mealtime roles and influences, supportive diagnostic testing, gastrointestinal influences on feeding, autism, sensory influences on feeding, children who do not eat enough to grow, foundations for mealtime, and oral motor skills limitations. In addition, all sections have been greatly expanded to incorporate current research, references, and trends, especially the chapters on treatment, tube feeding, nutrition, blindness, prematurity, and anatomy.

Pre-Feeding Skills, Second Edition and Mealtime Participation Guide Combo

Save $20.00 when you purchase these valuable mealtime and feeding resources together

Preschool Education Programs for Children with Autism–Second Edition

Learn from ten distinguished service providers about creating a classroom to serve preschool-age children with autism. The book's contributors address the structure, financing, staffing, assessment procedures, curriculum, and support services of their programs.

Progressive Casting and Splinting For Lower Extremity Deformities in Children with Neuromotor Dysfunction

Complete information on casting and splinting. This innovative resource serves as a valuable professional text for those involved in general management of children birth through 7 years with cerebral palsy. It is also ideal for those who fabricate and recommend casts and splints.

Progressive Individualized Exercises (PIE)

Develop a successful individualized exercise program illustrations of 433 exercises in passive, active assistive, active resistive, isometric, and stretching stages. This complete collection of reproducible exercise sheets, divided by major body area can be used with adolescent and adult clients with orthopedic and neurological involvement who need to regain strength and range of motion. Each exercise sheet has space for length of time to hold a muscle contraction and for the number of repetitions of a movement. Categories of exercises include facial, upper extremities, lower extremities, neck, and trunk (including breathing). Along with the exercise sheets, you'll also have a page of general guidelines for performing the exercises.

Promoting Social Competence

This book provides a practical resource for enhancing the social competence of children between the ages of 3 and 12 years. It emphasizes peer interaction with age appropriate activities for effecting changes in social and play behavior, self-regulation, communication, prosocial skills, and social decision making. Use the book for program planning for children with special developmental, behavioral, or learning needs in segregated or inclusive settings. Critical information is provided on the assessment of social behavior and intervention to promote it. The book also includes detailed strategies and activities that have been successfully field tested for promoting social competence.

PT Activities for Pediatric Groups

Physical therapists now have an excellent resource to assist with children ages 3-5 years who have physical disabilities. Select from a variety of hands-on activities that are appropriate for small groups of children with similar abilities. The structure of the activities assists in the development of gross motor skills. The group therapy setting also encourages social interaction and increases self-confidence. The activities are also appropriate for carryover use at home. Reproducible activity cards with large type contain a description of the main activity, so that other adults can help the therapist conduct the group.

Sensorimotor Processing Activity Plans

This workbook provides a collection of more than 150 activities that are designed to help school-aged children who have sensory processing or sensorimotor difficulties. It's organized according to the systems approach, the themes approach, and the developmental approach. This excellent workbook is targeted to the occupational or physical therapist who works in either a private practice or school setting. The reproducible activities are enjoyable for children, and adaptable to groups or individuals.

Sensory Motor Handbook – Second Edition A Guide for Implementing and Modifying Activities in the Classroom

Provide parents and teachers fun and easy activities to implement at home or in the classroom. This text provides hundreds of suggestions to help meet sensory and motor needs in the preschool to 4th grade classroom. Therapists, teachers, and families will find Sensory Motor Handbook an excellent resource for enriching the therapy of developmentally disabled children. The book offers a repertoire of activities for occupational and physical therapists to either implement or recommend as a follow-up to their consultation. Reproducible pages can be given to teachers and parents who will discover many fun, easy-to-implement activities that enrich opportunities at school or at home, developing sensory motor, gross motor, fine motor, and oral motor skills.

Sensory Motor Issues in Autism

Gain a new understanding about sensory processing disorders and autism. This manual, developed for therapists, teachers, and caregivers of autistic children, explains the interaction between sensory processing disorders and autism. Information is provided to show teachers and parents how to help improve a child's responses to sensation using sensory diet and sensory motor circuits in the classroom, and how to teach motor skills using daily living activities such as eating and dressing. A sensory environment checklist is included for teachers and parents to use in determining the most effective learning environment for the autistic child.

SI: Applying Clinical Reasoning to Diverse Populations

Operationalize sensory integration principles and apply them to real clinical situations

SI: Applying Clinical Reasoning to Practice with Diverse Populations and Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration With Diverse Populations Combo

Special Combination Offer - Sourcebook for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, Second Edition and Attention Deficit Disorder Strategies for School-Age Children

Sourcebook for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, Second Edition and Attention Deficit Disorder Strategies for School-Age Children

The Consulting Therapist: A Guide for OTs and PTs in Schools

Effectively with educators and other team members implementing a consultation modelProvide consultation to educators and work with classroom teachers to develop intervention plans for your preschool and school-age students with special needs. Assist students in achieving academic success and enhance their non-academic performance in the gym, lunchroom, and on the playground. The Consulting Therapist offers effective strategies and case studies to help you implement a consultative model. Learn how to apply your knowledge in sensory, motor, neuromuscular, perceptual, and psychosocial domains.

The Recycling Occupational Therapist Hundreds of Simple Therapy Materials You Can Make

Find everything you need to know about creating therapy materials from common household items in this new resource. Make the items yourself, or include your clients in the creative process. Use the recycled therapy materials to assist clients of all ages with the fine motor activities, gross motor skills, and sensory activities described in the book. The activities are presented with a brief description of the material or activity, a list of necessary equipment, construction directions, and suggested uses and adaptations. The appendixes provide six lists to guide you in selecting activities for clients, based on age-appropriateness, type of activities, and skills addressed.

Training the Physical Therapist Aide A Guide for the Rehabilitation Professional

Keep costs down while solving your personnel shortage problemsThese reproducible outlines and illustrations help you provide comprehensive and consistent training for your physical therapist aides. You'll save money and valuable explanation time. The easy-to-use material provides a basic science background and psychomotor information. Three sections of modules include— General Orientation—contains daily activities, a sample job description, standards for performance, and sample policies and procedures, Basic Principles—covers basic anatomy, concepts of exercise, patient handling skills, modality setup, and terminology , Diagnostic-Specific Training—covers common neurologic diagnoses, including specific exercise regimens and information on disease/injury.

Transferring and Lifting Children and Adolescents (Revised) Home Instruction Sheets

Give caregivers the reproducible instruction sheets they need for transferring and lifting infant through adolescent clients who have motor disabilities. Save time by giving parents and caregivers the easy-to-understand illustrations and step-by-step instructions.

Understanding the Nature of Autism A Practical Guide

This guide applies to all ages and covers the spectrum of autism from mild to severe, including Asperger's. Understanding the Nature of Autism provides information about autism from its definition through a review of learning styles, communication, placement, and program decisions, followed by the development of programs, management of behavioral problems, and assessments. As a primer in autism, it is an excellent resource for training parents, teachers, and program personnel for working with individuals of all ages.

Understanding the Nature of Autism, Second Edition: A Guide to the Autism Spectrum Disorders

This comprehensive and updated resource now addresses Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD), including Asperger's Syndrome and the various co-occurring conditions. It is appropriate for occupational therapists, teachers, parents, and program personnel in any setting, including those new to the field of ASD as well as experienced professionals looking for new processes and tools for solving complex learning and behavioral problems. The information and processes are suitable to those of any age and ability level. The book presents an integrated approach to teaching and intervention and incorporates strategies from recognized models that match the specific needs of each child.

Understanding The Nature Of Sensory Integration: Practical Approaches with Diverse Populations

Find theory, research, and treatment applications in one source. This first half of this compendium includes chapters by leading researchers in sensory integration based on the theory and research by Dr. A. Jean Ayres. The second half is devoted to clinical application of SI principles in treatment with diverse populations and the organization of this book makes it an ideal reference book for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech-language pathologists working with a variety of clients. This publication promises to be a popular textbook for university programs. Topics include SI Theory; Proprioception; Praxis and Motor Planning; SI and Visual Deficits; SI and the Child with Cerebral Palsy; SI and Fragile X; Autism and ADHD.