Teresa Garland – How to Work with Children: A Sensory Approach

 Teresa Garland – How to Work with Children: A Sensory Approach

Check it out: How to Work with Children: A Sensory Approach – Teresa Garland

• Successfully deliver sensory strategies
• Eliminate control battles, while keeping the child regulated
• Design sensory add-ons to classwork, homework and therapy

This workshop focuses on the art of working with a child. Using the “10 core elements of good sensory interventions” as our guide, we will discuss strategies for therapists, educators and caregivers to deliver sensory interventions. Topics include: grading activities for the just-right challenge; making the child an ally and partner in interventions; keeping the child regulated; ensuring the child’s safety; and setting up the environment. We will also discuss ways to seamlessly incorporate sensory input into the day.

• Describe the 10 elements of good sensory interventions.
• Design sensory add-ons to classwork, homework and therapy.
• Develop a solid rapport with the child.

• 10 core elements of sensory interventions
• Make use of goals, opportunities and creativity
• Build a rapport with the child
• Use the room as an ingredient for self-regulation
• Design interventions: keep the workload down
• Make it fun!