Preschool Sensory Scan for Educators (Preschool SENSE) : A Collaborative Tool for Occupational Therapists and Early Childhood Teachers

by Kranowitz, Carol Stock

• ISBN13: 9781931615181
• ISBN10: 1931615187
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Sensory Resources

Summary

Bestselling author Kranowitz ("The Out-of-Sync Child") has created this valuable new tool that helps teachers recognize the emerging patterns of sensory issues and sensory processing disorder among their most challenging students.

Table of Contents

About the Author	p. 4
Acknowledgments	p. 5
Introduction to Preschool SENSE	p. 7
Purpose and Uses	p. 7
Rationale for Screening Preschoolers	p. 7
Rationale for Development of Preschool SENSE	p. 7
Organization and Content of Preschool SENSE	p. 8
User Qualifications	p. 11
Development of Preschool SENSE	p. 11
Administration of Preschool SENSE	p. 11
Do's and Don'ts	p. 12
Interpretation of Preschool SENSE	p. 12
Letter to Occupational Therapists from the Author	p. 13
Materials for the Occupational Therapist to Direct the Program	p. 17
Introductory Letter to Parents/Guardians	p. 19
Selected Assessment Tools	p. 21
Sensory Strategies for Preschool	p. 23
Follow-up Letter to Parents/Guardians	p. 25
Materials for Educators to Participate in the Program	p. 27
Educator's Instructions for Participating in Preschool SENSE	p. 29
A Sense of This Child	p. 31
Individual Child's Checklist	p. 33
A Sense of My Whole Class at Work and Play	p. 37
Reference Materials for Occupational Therapist & Preschool Educators to Share	p. 41
Taxonomy of Sensory Processing Disorder	p. 41
Common Behaviors of Preschoolers with and without Sensory Processing Disorder	p. 43
Selected Therapies	p. 57
Glossary	p. 61
Selected Bibliography	p. 64
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