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Barbara A. Smith – Motivational Activities Using Everyday Materials for Children with Special Needs
- Fun, affordable and effective activities you can use right away
- Cognitive, sensory, and fine skills are developed-motor skills
- Integrate iPad® apps and animal-Assisted therapy
- Reduce deficits in the visual, auditory and tactile sensory systems
Find a wide range of innovative and ‘ready to use’ strategies to increase children’s functional skills in the areas of:
- Cognitive/communications abilities
- Visual processing and functional vision
- Sensory processing and motor skills
- Social emotional skills
- Executive functioning (i.e. attention, persistence, organization, problem solving skills)
Through the hands-On activities, demonstrations, case studies and video clips that you will leave with Evidence-based strategies and motivational activities that will facilitate your student’s unique growth patterns in all areas of learning, at all skill levels. Integrate animals-Assistance therapieswith a focus on hippotherapy) and iPad® technologies to promote engagement, communication, and motor skills. You will leave with This collection includes intervention tools that can increase student motivation and engagement in order to support educational and therapeutic goals. It also contains adaptations that make it accessible. for Children with Physical disabilities
Have fun! This is an important aspect of learning. for a multi-It’s a sensory experience that will make you smile. It’s very satisfying to know you can implement these ideas and help children. Dress comfortably and come prepared to take part.
- Define key types of activity adaptations that support cognitive and sensory functions-motor, social-Communication, emotional and play skills.
- Explain the benefits of different evidence-Interventions that can be backed up by anecdotally or based evidence when it comes to working with Children with developmental delays are often called developmentally delayed.
- Discuss the use of iPad® apps to promote cognitive, motor, communication and daily living skills.
- Determine the role of each animal-Assistive therapies for children with Disability and its role in many therapies.
- Design support, adaptations and activities for Students with Functional vision challenges
- Plan age-Proper pre-Vocational activities for For older students.
Diagnoses & Types of Assessment Tools
- Multiply Handicapped with Bewildering/Severe Delays
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Other developmental disabilities (i.e. Other Developmental Disabilities (i.e. Down Syndrome)
- Sensory Processing Disorders
- Learning Disabilities/Mild Fine Motor Delays
- Functional Vision Deficits
Early Child Development Activities/Adaptations
- Cognition
- Communication/Play Skills
- Sensory-Motor Skills
- Fine and gross motor skills
Evidence Classification-Basal Interventions
- Play-Based
- Direct Skills Training
- Behavioral Approaches
- Sensory-Based
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Teaching Strategies
- Adaptations for Visual Motor and Visual Deficits Activities
- Adapting/Simplifying Activities for Success
- Integrating Movement into Academics
- Movement Break Activities
- ABA Guidelines Based Behavioral Techniques
- Forward Chaining
- Backward Chaining
- Hand-over-Hand Techniques
- Only Success Can Be Created Activities
- Preparing-Vocational Skills with Developmental Disabilities
- Behavioral-Based Interventions: Sensory components can be added
- The 80/20 Rule for Building Competence
- Apps that Engage Sustained Attention, Eye Contact, Basic Learning Concepts, and Motor Skills
Adaptations for Older Students (4th-8th Grade)
- Improve Communication and Writing Skills by Using a Team Approach
- iPad® Apps for Communication, Organization, and Social/Emotional Function
- Meet the Older Students’ Sensory Motor Needs
Types-Assisted Therapies
- Dolphins
- Dogs (Therapy Dog Vs. Service Dog).
- Horses (Therapeutic Riding, vs. Hypotherapy)
- Small Animals (Bunnies and Cats)
Skill Areas Address (Animal)-Assisted Therapies
- Sensory Processing
- Cognitive and visual perceptual skills
- Communication Skills
- Motor Planning, strength, motor control, and muscle tone
- Social Emotional Skills
- Fine-Motor Skills
Contraindications and Information on Training/Certification
Resources for Continued Learning
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration Lifetime access
- Skill level All levels
- Students 37
- Assessments Yes