Sensorimotor Interventions

Author: Cara Koscinski
Publisher: Sensory Focus LLC
ISBN: 9781935567721
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"This book provides education about using movement to improve overall function; Step-by-step procedures; Fun-based movement activities"--Page 4 of cover.

An Evidence-Based Guide to Combining Interventions with Sensory Integration in Pediatric Practice

Author: Erna Imperatore Blanche
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000481670
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description
This book offers practical ideas on the combination of sensory integration theory principles with other evidence-based approaches in the evaluation and treatment of multifaceted issues in children with disabilities. Using the ICF Model, a Clinical Reasoning Model, and featuring numerous case studies, the opening chapters focus on the evidence for combining intervention approaches with diagnoses most often encountered in clinical practice. The latter half of the book covers the delivery of services using blended intervention approaches in different settings, such as the school, the hospital, and in nature. Featured are existing community programs illustrating the combination of approaches in practice. Appendices include reproducible resources, a guide to assessments, and approaches. The text will guide occupational therapists and other health professionals working with children and adolescents across a variety of settings in using clinical reasoning skills in a systematic manner that will lead to better interventions.

Active Imagination Activity Book

Author: Kelly Tilley
Publisher: Future Horizons
ISBN: 1935567284
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
The activities in this book tap into what kids love best--play. The 50 sensorimotor activities provide fun, easy, and imaginative exercises to build a child's skills that are necessary for meeting the challenges of everyday life at home, school, and out in the community.

Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

Author: Pat Ogden
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393704572
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 363

Book Description
Psychological trauma profoundly affects the body, often disrupting normal physical functioning when left unresolved. This work provides a review of research in neuroscience, trauma dissociation and attachment theory that points to the need for an integrative mind-body approach to trauma.

Interventions, Effects, and Outcomes in Occupational Therapy

Author: Mary C. Law
Publisher: SLACK Incorporated
ISBN: 1556428804
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 386

Book Description
Occupational therapists are expected to maintain their knowledge of best practice by independently keeping up to date on the latest research. With this work, the authors have assembled the evidence for effectiveness of occupational therapy for adults and older adults. It brings together the latest published peer-reviewed literature, conceptual approaches, outcome measures, and intervention approaches to address the three main areas by: Identifying a finite set of interventions which occupational therapists deliver most often, and providing details of those intervention approaches; Identifying where the research evidence shows that occupational therapists can achieve specific positive effects as a result of those interventions; Identifying the outcome measures most commonly and reliably used by researchers in occupational therapy to demonstrate the effects of interventions. The authors have comprehensively reviewed all of the intervention effectiveness literature for occupational therapy provided for adults. The material reviewed crosses all diagnostic categories and areas of practice for adults and older adults. Analysis of over 500 research studies and systematic reviews form the basis for this book.

Trauma Healing at the Clay Field

Author: Cornelia Elbrecht
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857006878
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Using clay in therapy taps into the most fundamental of human experiences - touch. This book is a comprehensive step-by-step training manual that covers all aspects of 'Work at the Clay Field', a sensorimotor-based art therapy technique. The book discusses the setting and processes of the approach, provides an overview of the core stages of Gestalt Formation and the Nine Situations model within this context, and demonstrates how this unique focus on the sense of touch and the movement of the hands is particularly effective for trauma healing in adults and children. The intense tactile experience of working with clay allows the therapist to work through early attachment issues, developmental setbacks and traumatic events with the client in a primarily nonverbal way using a body-focused approach. The kinaesthetic motor action of the hands combined with sensory perception can lead to a profound sense of resolution with lasting therapeutic benefits. With photographs and informative case studies throughout, this book will be a valuable resource for art therapists and mental health professionals, and will also be of interest to complementary therapists and bodyworkers.

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Author: Frank I. Tarazi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1592598560
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 271

Book Description
A comprehensive, systematic, and advanced review of the scientific, preclinical, and clinical aspects of several major mental illnesses. The illnesses covered range from neurological disorders including Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease, to psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, Tourette's syndrome and tic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. For each disorder, the authors uniformly discuss its incidence and prevalence, etiology, molecular targets and mechanisms of action, brain structures and pathways, animal models, signs and symptoms, genetics, treatments, and related medical terminology.

Sensory Integration

Author: Marlaine C Smith
Publisher: F.A. Davis
ISBN: 080366141X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 657

Book Description
Drs. Bundy and Lane, with their team of contributing experts and scholars, provide guidance and detailed case examples of assessment and intervention based in sensory integration theory. They describe the neurophysiological underpinnings and synthesize current research supporting the theory and intervention.

Best Practices in School Neuropsychology

Author: Daniel C. Miller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119790557
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 644

Book Description
The latest edition of the gold standard in school neuropsychology references In the newly revised Second Edition of Best Practices in School Neuropsychology: Guidelines for Effective Practice, Assessment, and Evidence-Based Intervention, a team of psychological experts delivers a thoroughly updated treatment of modern issues and challenges in school neuropsychology. The editors provide comprehensive discussions of current assessment and intervention models, best practices in assessing cognitive processes, and the important task of collaborating with parents, educators, and other professionals. This latest edition includes: Explorations of the unique challenges posed by working with culturally diverse student populations Clinical advice for learning specialists and neuropsychologists engaged with special populations and students with academic disabilities, processing deficits, or medical disorders New chapters on assessment and intervention with children suffering from trauma or substance abuse Perfect for psychologists, neuropsychologists, clinicians, and academics working in or studying school environments, Best Practices in School Neuropsychology is a must-read reference for practitioners working with children and students who seek a one-stop reference for evidence-informed assessment and intervention guidelines.

Controversial Therapies for Developmental Disabilities

Author: John W. Jacobson
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1135636117
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
What approaches to early intervention, education, therapy, and remediation really help those with mental retardation and developmental disabilities improve their functioning and adaptation? This book brings together leading behavioral scientists and practitioners to focus light on the major controversies surrounding such questions.