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Environmental Enrichment: A Sensory-Based Protocol to Reduce the Severity of Autism


Total Credits: 2.0 Addiction Counselors - NAADAC (SAS/NTA AP 1/2) (Self-Study), 2.0 California Counselors, 2.0 California Counselors, 2.0 Florida Counselors, 2.0 Ohio Counselors, 2.0 Florida Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Pennsylvania Counselors, 2.0 South Carolina Counselors, 2.0 Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 California Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Florida Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Ohio Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Pennsylvania Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 South Carolina Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.25 South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists, 2.0 Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Canadian Social Workers, 2.0 North Carolina Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 North Carolina Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 California Social Workers, 2.0 Pennsylvania Physical Therapists and Assistants, 2.0 Pennsylvania Physical Therapists and Assistants, 2.0 California Social Workers, 2.0 Florida Social Workers, 2.0 Utah Physical Therapists And Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 Florida Social Workers, 2.0 Ohio Social Workers, 2.0 Ohio Social Workers, 2.0 Pennsylvania Social Workers, 2.0 Florida Social Workers, 2.0 California Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists, 2.0 Other Professions, 2.0 California Nurses, 2.0 Florida Nurses, 2.25 Illinois Psychologists, 2.0 Iowa Nurses, 2.0 Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.4 New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 Montana Counselors, 2.25 New York Counselors, 2.0 Texas Counselors, 2.0 Texas Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists, 2.0 Montana Social Workers, 2.0 Montana Marriage & Family Therapists, 2.0 California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CADTP), 2.0 Pennsylvania Social Workers, 2.0 Montana Educators, 2.0 New Jersey Educators, Administrators & Education Services Personnel, 2.5 Pennsylvania Educators & School Personnel, 2.0 Texas Educators, 2.0 Arizona Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, 2.0 Utah Physical Therapists And Physical Therapist Assistants, 2.0 Florida Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 2.0 **, 2.0 Social Workers

Speaker:
Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L
Duration:
2 Hours 05 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video


Description

  • A NEW sensory awareness and desensitization protocol:
    • Decrease autism symptoms and severity
    • Increase awareness of touch, temperature, vision and movement
    • Increase tolerance of sound and scent
  • Live demonstrations with children!
  • Latest research

In this workshop, you will learn how to customize and implement a sensory awareness and desensitization protocol for a child with autism of any age in a home or school setting. This evidence-based protocol (Woo & Leon, 2013, 2015) has been shown to reduce autism severity in children of all ages. You will walk away with 34 rotating activities that develop the child’s awareness to hot/cold, visual, touch, vestibular and sound sensations. Additional activities for speech, physical exercise and emotions are included and can be incorporated into the original protocol. You will learn how to adapt the 34 activities to give the child a just-right challenge. There will be live demonstrations of the activities.

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Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L, is an occupational therapist and author specializing in sensory and modulation issues. She has worked in schools, sensory clinics and medical settings with children and adults, treating sensory disorders, ADHD and autism. Ms. Garland works closely with other health professionals, teachers and doctors to understand and treat underlying sensory, timing, and coordination/motor planning issues as well as overlying socio/emotional behaviors in the symptoms of autism. She is trained/certified in the SIPT, Interactive Metronome®, Integrated Listening Systems (iLs), Therapeutic Listening, Wilbarger’s Sensory Defensiveness, the Natural Heart Approach, Mindfulness Training, and Food Chaining. Her bestselling books are titled Self-Regulation Interventions and Strategies: Keeping the Body, Mind and Emotions on Task in Children with Autism, ADHD or Sensory Disorders (PESI, 2014) and Hands-on Activities for Children with Autism & Sensory Disorders (PESI, 2016).

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Teresa Garland is a presenter with Michigan Job Rehabilitation. She receives a speaking honorarium, book royalties, and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Teresa Garland has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Teachers/Educators, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

  • Customize a sensory awareness and desensitization protocol for a child with autism of any age.
  • Administer 34 activities to develop the child’s awareness to hot/cold, visual, touch, vestibular and sound sensations.
  • Explain how to modify the enrichment protocol.
  • Incorporate activities for speech, physical exercise and emotions into the protocol.

Outline

Introduction to the Environmental Enrichment (EE) Protocol

  • What is it?
  • What evidence do we have?

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Enrichment Protocol

  • The short and long versions
  • The materials
  • How, where and when to put the protocol in place

Activities to Enrich the Senses in Autism

  • 34 activities
  • Live demonstrations with children

Modifications to the Enrichment Protocol

  • Grade the challenge with alternate activities
  • Add in speech, physical exercise, rhythm and emotional activities