In this audio CD, three expert occupational therapists discuss a wide variety of issues related to sensory processing disorder and how to treat it. The CD format is wonderful for parents' and teachers' busy schedules! Those new to SPD will appreciate the easy-to-understand language, while SPD veterans will pick up new strategies and ideas to add to their tool box.
Topics include:
- An Introduction to Sensory Integration
- How Sensory Processing Disorder Affects a Child's Development
- How the Different Types of Sensory Processing Disorder Affect Children
- Evaluating Sensory Abilities in Children
- How Sensory Disorders Affect Family Life
- How Sensory Disorders Affect Children's Learning and Schoolwork
- Treatment of Sensory Disorders
- Summary and Recommendations
The accompanying booklet provides even more information, such as How to Get the Most Out of Making Sense of Sensory Integration, Questions and Answers, Finding a Therapist, Recommended Reading, and more!
Listen and learn!
Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is owner and executive director of Occupational Therapy Associates - Watertown, in Watertown, MA. There they train university students and therapists in occupational therapy, and treat about 250 clients a week. They diagnose and provide intervention for children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities, ADD, fine & gross motor disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. She and her colleagues have also established The Spiral Foundation in 2002, to support continuing research on Sensory Integration Disorder.
Stacey Szklut, MS, OTR/L is an expert occupational therapist.
Sharon Cermak, Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, is Professor of Occupational Therapy at Boston University, Sargent College, and Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Cermak is the Director of Occupational Therapy in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program at the E.K. Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and at the LEND program at Children's Hospital. Dr. Cermak also has a small private practice where she provides evaluation and consultation services to families with children adopted from orphanages.
"These articulate and reassuring occupational therapists answer the most frequently asked questions about sensory integration---a subtle, hidden neurological problem that can have a huge impact when it prevents a child from just being a kid."
Carol S. Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child
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