Tag: Horizons

 Everyone should reach for the STARS. The goal of The Original S.T.A.R.S. Guidebook is to promote positive relationships and prevent abuse. The revised second edition of this valuable resource presents new information about orientation, gender identity, cultural diversity, cyber security, and includes even more helpful materials. It provides assessment tools that can be used to identify the strengths and needs of each individual. Each activity can be catered to address specific needs. The STARS model is specially designed for teaching adolescents and adults with a broad range of disabilities, emphasizing these important areas: – Understanding Relationships– Social Interaction– Awareness– Assertiveness ... Read more

 Here are fifty-two weekly schedules that will incorporate quick movement activities into your day. These whimsical digital pages can also be printed and posted to brighten your walls at the clinic, at home and at school. Pediatricians, teachers and other early childhood specialists now recognize that early motor development is one of the most important factors in the physical, emotional, academic and overall success of the child. Each of these mini-moves addresses one or more sensory, perceptual and visual motor skills that are the foundation of all future physical, cognitive, and emotional development. Use these whimsical mini-moves at the beginning ... Read more

 Music therapist Yasmine White shares the insights she’s developed after decades of working with children, teens and adults on the autism spectrum, both in private practice and as founder of Voices Together, a non-profit music therapy organization that brings her effective techniques to schools across North Carolina. The techniques featured in this book are designed to bring back the connection of joy, motivation, and understanding that everyone needs in order to truly grow. As Dr. Terri L. Shelton says in her foreword, “To have an interaction that is affirming, fun, and successful, that builds on the child’s strengths and preferences ... Read more

 Children should be able to move in a safe and socially successful manner through their school years despite changing family culture, their activity level or degree of insight into the consequences of their behavior. One would also hope that they develop a positive character and good values about human rights and social responsibility along the way. The most important long-term goal, however, is that they grow into content, kind, and successful fellow human beings. This book illustrates more than 120 goals for developing positive personality features, adequate social behavior and communicative competence. Ideas for long- and short-term goals have been ... Read more

 Parents and teachers often struggle with the advice given by occupational therapists regarding support for children with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). What makes this book unique is the exploration of secrets that professionals sometimes hold close. This book helps readers see the big picture: A child’s strengths, sensory differences, the family’s role, and ways to support children in any context. The authors illuminate the complexities of choosing appropriate strategies and offer a framework to make creating a sensory lifestyle manageable. Any parent, teacher, or therapist can learn the common-sense strategies in this book to help a child with sensory or ... Read more