Building Social Skills for Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders and Learning Disabilities: Over 105 Sttrategies, Activities and Sensory Tools for Children and Adolescents

Building Social Skills for Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders and Learning Disabilities: Over 105 Sttrategies, Activities and Sensory Tools for Children and Adolescents by Hamrick, Mary. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781559570244.

Nationally recognized experts Tara Delaney, OTR/L and Mary Hamrick, CCC-SLP have designed this revolutionary workbook to help professionals use the sensory system to teach complex social skills and build self-awareness in children with autism, sensory processing disorders and learning disabilities. This new framework for developing a dynamic social skills program using the sensory system is a way to explore why kids react that way they do socially. With this framework in mind, professionals can build on childrens self-awareness and social acumen. - Sensory-based activities for teaching social skills -Visualization strategies to prepare for social interactions -Step-by-step program for groups or therapy sessions -Activities to address both non-cognitive and cognitive aptitude of being social -Downloadable worksheets and activities -Can be used by teachers, professionals and parents -Bonus - includes 15 lessons that easily fit within a school calendar