Sensory Integration: A Guide for Preschool Teachers

Sensory Integration: A Guide for Preschool Teachers

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<P>Do you have a child in your early childhood classroom who:</P><UL><LI>Climbs on top of furniture and jumps off? </LI><LI>Covers his ears when children are singing? </LI><LI>Refuses to touch clay, paint, or sand? </LI><LI>Often falls down and skins her knees? </LI><LI>Refuses to play on outdoor playground equipment? </LI></UL><P>If so, it is possible the child is having sensory processing problems. How can you help children with these problems so they can enjoy learning and grow in positive ways? <I>Sensory Integration</I> helps you identify children who have difficulties with sensory processing, and it offers simple, easy-to-use solutions to support the sensory needs of young children in the preschool classroom. Easy-to-implement solutions include adaptations and activities for children with different types of Sensory Processing Disorder. This book has a bonus chapter with instructions for creating low-cost items to help children with sensory issues.</P><P>Chapters cover concepts such as:<UL><LI>Explaining Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder </LI><LI>Defining sensory avoiders, seekers, and under-responders </LI><LI>Designing the environment to support the sensory development of all children </LI><LI>Helping preschoolers with sensory processing problems </LI><LI>Providing practical solutions to meet the needs of individual children during daily routines </LI><LI>Building and creating low-cost items such as a tire swing, sand pillow, and incline board to give children opportunities to get the sensory input they need </LI></UL>