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Is the child in your life presenting with challenging behavior and or delays in functional skills? Are these difficulties compromising the child’s ability to learn, cooperate with daily routines, get along with others, and/or function at home? Is the child experiencing deficits in sensory processing? If so, these tools will help!
These informational resources and handouts are written in an understandable and comprehensive manner targeting many consequences of difficulties with sensory processing.
Use these handouts to help children manage the following Sensory Challenge Areas:
Section 1: Tactile
Section 2: Auditory
Section3: Vestibular
Section 4: Daily Living Skills
Section 5: Community Skills
Section 6: Attention & Challenging Behavior
Read our Blog Post all about our Sensory Challenge Educational Series for Home here.
Be sure to check out our Sensory Challenge Educational Series for School too!
Welcome to our Sensory Challenge Educational Series for Home! This PDF includes an introduction to this Series, a Cover Page, and Sensory Challenge Areas and Topics.
Does your child show poor concentration, “act out†while in noisy places, cry or withdraw when exposed to loud or unexpected noises in your home that do not bother others, and/or cover his/her ears frequently during the day? This PDF will provide you with tips and strategies to help!
Does your child seem as if he does not hear you or are “tuning you outâ€, frequently make loud sounds (scream, hum, bang objects) that disturb others, and/or seem unaware of the source of voices that are calling him or the source of other sounds? This PDF will help!
Does your child avoid the bathtub or bathroom, cry or scream when put in the tub, and/or get very upset about having his or her hair washed? This PDF includes tips and strategies to: 1) prepare the bathroom environment, 2) use during bath time, and 3) after bath time.
Does your child avoid going to bed, have trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep, demand to sleep with you, and/or appear irritable due to lack of sleep during the day? This 2 PAGE PDF is packed full of strategies and ideas to help with a difficult to wake child. It will provide you with daytime, evening routine, and bedtime tips/strategies.
Does your child get very upset; cry, scream or have tantrums when required to have his/her nails trimmed? This PDF will provide you with ti[s and strategies to prepare your child for nail care and during nail care.
Does your child get upset when required to brush his/her hair? Are they intolerant of having his/her washed or brushed? This PDF provides tips and strategies for hair brushing and hair washing.
Does your child refuse to allow a toothbrush into his/her mouth? Does your child gag or show other physical reactions to tooth brushing? This 2 PAGE PDF includes tips, strategies, and techniques to prepare your child before and during tooth brushing. It also includes tips and recommended tooth brushes.
Does your child refuse to wear certain types of clothing, repeatedly take off some or all articles of clothing/shoes, complain about certain parts/features of clothing, and/or have a poor ability to sequence the dressing steps and show the coordination needed to place clothes on correctly? This PDF is packed full of tips and strategies that will help!
Does your child get very upset and/or refuse to go to a barber shop/hair stylist? Does your child only tolerate a very brief visit to the hair stylist? This PDF will provide you with tips and strategies to help your child get a hair cut.
Does your child have difficulty sitting still, refuse to cooperate and be confrontational, and/or move quickly from one activity to another? This 3 PAGE PDF is packed full of ideas and strategies that will help you and your child!
Does your child appear “unmotivated†or “lazy� Do they appear uninterested in his/her environment, need extra support and encouragement to get “involved†and/or to notice things, or have a short attention span and/or appear bored? This 2 PAGE PDF will provide you with strategies and tips to help!
Does your child show a poor ability to choose and then use the toy for prolonged periods? Does your child not tolerate the way a toy looks (sight), the sound it makes (auditory), or the way it feels when touched (tactile). This 2 PAGE PDF will provide you with tips and strategies to help!
Does your child show a poor ability to cope with changes that are imposed by adults? Experience behavior problems when expected to stop one activity and begin another or move from one place to another place? Show a poor ability to stop playing to take turns? This 2 PAGE PDF will provide you with tips and strategies that will help!
Does your child get very upset when his feet leave the floor or when he/she is held in the air? Does your child refuse or rarely climb, jump, or move over uneven surfaces? This PDF will provide you with tips to help a child who over-reacts or avoids movement.
Does your child always or frequently seem to be moving? Do they seem to have poor balance or seek out fast and intense movements? This PDF includes tips to provide heavy work, strategies to offer opportunity for safe movement and other ideas that will help!
Does your child become upset in response to harmless touch from others, refuse to touch certain objects/materials (ex: paint, glue), and/or complain about certain clothing, intolerant of seams and tags?
Does your child appear under-sensitive to touch? Does your child not get sufficient touch “input†by exploring tactile medium (such as sand) in the traditional manner (pouring, scooping, etc.)? Do they bump into others and objects in the house to gain extra touch input, and/or get very close to others or “invade their space� This PDF is full of great tips and strategies to help your child!
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