Manual with CD-ROM A practical guide to teaching self-care skills to children through pictures and rhymes. The skills in Self-Care with Flair! are arranged in manageable steps - a uniform, step-by-step approach designed to help the child achieve incremental successes. All skills are presented in a rhyming format to help maintain the child's attention and retention and make it fun. All self-care skills are accompanied by a list of pre-requisite hand skills. Also included are useful "tips" to make the learning experience more successful. Section 1 is divided into four categories of self-care skills: Dressing - Grooming - Toilet Training - Eating Section 2 describes the essential hand skills that are helpful for learning all the daily living skills; Finger Strengthening, Finger To Thumb Opposition, Forearm Strengthening, Lateral Pinch, Power Grasp, Thumb Strengthening and Wrist Extension. In each category, a set of activities is presented with illustrations and descriptions. Parents and teachers can provide skill-building opportunities by teaching a daily living skill, one step at a time, while concurrently practicing several of the prerequisite hand skills.

Self-Care with Flair!: Teach Self-Care Skills with Pictures and Rhymes

Bhanu Raghavan

Ginger McDonald

Therapro

Designed for adults and adolescents,The Sensory Connection Program Curriculum for Self-Regulation teaches self-regulation skills through the use of sensory strategies and social engagement. The ten-session skill building program, based on evolving neurological research, uses the mnemonic "Pause-Connect-Engage" as a way to short circuit. Impeding crisis situations and to facilitate the use of our higher level stress response system. Group members "tune into" physical and emotional responses and learn to make adjustments for comfort and function. They explore sensory preferences, identify helpful strategies for times of emotional upset, and they learn to weave this information into plans for stress management healthy living. This curriculum can be used by occupational therapists and also by psychologists and mental health clinicians trained in the use of sensory modalities. The curriculum is designed to be used for: acute and long term mental health care, behavioral programs, outpatient treatment, partial hospitalization programs, substance abuse treatment, trauma informed care, restraint and seclusion reduction initiatives. The program is easy to implement. Interactive games, posters, movements, and sensory input are used to hold attention and teach skills in ways that are experiential and fun. The Curriculum is flexible and can be used for a two week program, or spread out over 10 weekly sessions or integrated into ongoing groups including DBT and cognitive behavioral groups. Sessions can last between 60 to 90 minutes and they are divided into five stages with specific directions for all activities. Leader guide sheets are provided for each session listing supplies and an outline of stages and activities. Includes a CD with printable versions of over 60 handouts and 10 colorful games.

The Sensory Connection Program Curriculum for Self-Regulation

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Karen M. Moore, OTR/L

Mental Health

M.O.R.E. is an acronym for Motor components, Oral organization, Respiratory demands, and Eye contact and control; elements of toys and items that can be used to facilitate integration of the mouth with sensory and postural development, as well as self-regulation and attention. The text presents a theoretical framework for the treatment of both sensorimotor and speech/language problems, methods for evaluating therapeutic potential of oral motor toys, and activities designed to improve integrated development of sensory/postural and speech/language functions.

M. O. R. E.: Integrating the Mouth with Sensory and Postural Functions

Patricia Oetter

Eileen W. Richter

Sheila M. Frick

Appropriate for all ages, this Inventory and accompanying User's Guide is a preliminary assessment for occupational therapists who serve people with developmental delays and disabilities. It is designed to screen for clients who might benefit by a sensory integration treatment approach. Since these behaviors are not addressed in standardized assessments and the behaviors themselves interfere with formal test taking skills, this is an effective and appropriate tool for this population. This tool provides information on the subject's sensory processing abilities and specific self-stimulating or self-injurious behaviors.

Sensory Integration Inventory - Revised

Judith Reisman

Bonnie Hanschu

Designed to provide group leaders easy access to structured plans for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Groups. Organized into five modules: Personal Hygiene, Laundry Skills, Money Management, Leisure Skills, and Nutrition, each including introduction, assessment guidelines, worksheets to copy, suggested board-work, and wrap-up discussions. Appropriate for adult or adolescent psychiatric units, adult day care programs, community living programs, school systems, and programs for the learning disabled.

Activities of Daily Living Manual: Group Activities and Written Exercises (Pmh 1502)

Karen McCarthy, COTA