Life constantly throws us for loops. For the child with sensory needs, daily tasks can be HUGELY overwhelming...leading to meltdowns, overstimuation, or breakdowns. We need a plan that guides and adjusts to meet each child's specific needs in meaningful and authentic ways.
We need a strategy guide to create sensory diets and turn them into a lifestyle of sensory success!
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A Sensory Diet can help SO many kids:
Taking the specific and individualized activities that make up a Sensory Diet and transitioning them into a lifestyle of sensory modifications, stategies, and techniques is a Sensory Lifestyle!
It can be a real struggle to help kids manage tricky sensory-related challenges.
It is frustrating and difficult to weed through all of the information and pull out what will work for a child.
You struggle with kids who fall out of their chairs, can’t focus, and feed off classmates. Educaors feel compelled to help these students but lack resources, time, or tactics.
Therapists may search for fresh ideas that provide the right kind of sensory input and will be carried over at home and at school, all while fitting into the child’s occupational performance sweet spot.
A Sensory Lifestyle creates confidence. It boosts self-esteem in our kids who struggle with so many sensory needs. A Sensory Lifestyle is a blueprint for improving attention and focus that kids NEED to succeed in school, at home, and in the community.
A Sensory Lifestyle is evidence-driven. It uses speific sensory strategies that ae woven into a child's day, ensuring carryover. It works because it's developed based on a child's needs, interests, strengths, and daily tasks.
A Sensory Lifestyle takes the chaos out of daily activities. Parents will tackle the feelings overwhelm and chaos using motivating and authentic sensory activities of a Sensory Lifestyle...
Whether you are a parent or teacher, this handbook will help you better understand "sensory" and use the recommenations to address sensory needs in a whole new way.
Therapists will find valuable resources to explain sensory proessesing and transition "what we know" about a child into action plans guided by evidence-based strategies, resources, and guidlines.
Use sensory accomodations, sensory stategies, and sensory routines integrated right into the various tasks within a child's day in order to navigate kids toward a "just right" state, with better attention, focus, and confidence...using activities based on the child's strengths, needs, and interests.
This book is for therapists, parents, teachers, or anyone who works with kids with sensory needs.
The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook is for you!
The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook provides a step-by-step process that shows you exactly how to create a sensory diet based on the whole child and specific environments. It shows you exactly how to turn sensory diets into a lifestyle of sensory success using meaningful and motivating sensory activities and tactics.
In The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook, you get valuable insight into how to create a sensory diet that works. You discover strategies to ensure carryover of sensory diet techniques. And you get tips to turn sensory diet tactics into a lifestyle of sensory-filled days.
There's more: The book includes printable resources including data collection sheets, screening forms, checklists, sensory diet schedule sheets, special interest lists, and other resources for creating motivating and meaningful sensory strategies to ensure a successful sensory lifestyle.
The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook is a strategy guide for sensory processing needs. With valuable insight into the sensory system and the whole child, the book details how sensory diets can be incorporated into a lifestyle of sensory success.
You are not alone!
It can be a real struggle to help kids manage tricky sensory-related challenges.
Parents find it difficult to weed through all of the information and pull out what will work for their child.
Teachers may struggle with kids who fall out of their chairs, can’t focus, and feed off other students. They may feel compelled to help these students but lack resources, time, or tactics.
Therapists may search for fresh ideas that provide the right kind of sensory input and will be carried over at home and at school, all while fitting into the child’s occupational performance sweet spot.
Empower the child with interest-led strategies.
Boost self-confidence and self-esteem through sensory support all day long.
Tackle meltdowns with meaningful and authentic sensory diet tactics based on the environment, interests, and sensory needs of each individual child.
Guide and advocate for the child!
Explain and understand the sensory systems to better meet the needs of every child.
Struggling to create sensory activities that meet a child's needs in motivating and meaningful ways?
Be the EDUCATOR with a toolbox of strategies to improve focus.
As a THERAPIST, use the worksheets to GUIDE clients in occupation-centered sensory strategies.
Be the confident and encouraged PARENT with a guide for everyday tasks.
THE SENSORY LIFESTYLE HANDBOOK is your blueprint to resources and tools for creating sensory diets based on the individual's specific needs and interests...So that effective sensory strategies are carried out!
HOW TO BUY THE SENSORY LIFESTYLE HANDBOOK:
NEED STRATEGIES TO HELP KIDS REGULATE SENSORY INPUT TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR CLASS OR FAMILY LIFE?
THE SENSORY LIFESTYLE HANDBOOK gives you a formula to create a sensory lifestyle that works and meets the needs of your child/client/student.
More information about THE SENSORY LIFESTYLE HANDBOOK:
The Sensory Lifestyle Handbook is available in both printed form or digital form.
This book is for me!