Building blocks for learning, occupational therapy approaches [[electronic resource] ] : practical strategies for the inclusion of special needs in primary school / / Jill Jenkinson, Tessa Hyde and Saffia Ahmad

• Autore: Jenkinson Jill
• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (450 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.9; 371.90472
• Soggetto topico: Special education; Occupational therapy for children
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HydeTessa AhmadSaffia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-422) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Building Blocks for Learning: Occupational Therapy Approaches; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Online resources; Foundation Skills; Introduction to foundation skills; FS 1 Introduction to sensory processing; FS 1A Vestibular processing (movement and balance sense); FS 1B Tactile sense and tactile processing; FS 1C Proprioceptive processing/sense; FS 1D Auditory processing; FS 1E Visual processing; FS 2 Introduction to gross motor coordination; FS 2A Motor planning; FS 2B Postural stability and balance; FS 2C Spatial and body awareness; FS 2D Bilateral integration ; FS 2E Midline crossing and lateralityFS 3 Introduction to fine motor control; FS 3A Visual motor integration; FS 3B Vision and ocular motor control; FS 3C Manual dexterity; FS 4 Introduction to perception; FS 4A Visual discrimination; FS 4B Visual spatial relationships; FS 4C Visual form constancy; FS 4D Visual figure ground discrimination; FS 4E Visual closure; FS 4F Visual memory; FS 5 Introduction to language; FS 5A Attention and listening; FS 5B Receptive language; FS 5C Expressive language; FS 5D Auditory memory; FS 6 Organisation; FS 7 Social and emotional aspects; Subject Areas ; Introduction to subject areasSA 1 General behaviour; SA 2 Literacy; SA 3 Numeracy; SA 4 Science; SA 5 Art and Design; SA 6 Information Communication Technology; Subject areas teacher observation summary chart; Personalised profile for child; Medical Conditions; Introduction to medical conditions; MC 1 Attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; MC 2 Autistic spectrum disorders, including Asperger's syndrome; MC 3 Cerebral palsy; MC 4 Developmental coordination disorder including dyspraxia; MC 5 Physical disabilities; Occupational Therapy Approaches ; Introduction to occupational therapy approachesOTA 1 Building firm foundations for spatial and body awareness; OTA 2 Building firm foundations for left/right awareness; General activities; Activities to help with left/right discrimination on oneself; Activities to help with left/right orientation on others; Activities to help with left/right discrimination of objects; Activities to help with left/right orientation and tracking when writing; OTA 3 Building firm foundations for fine motor control; Warm up for the upper limb; Handwriting warm up; Hand gym; Ideas for using therapeutic putty ; Pencil aerobicsDoodle games; Hand/finger relaxation strategies; OTA 4 Building firm foundations for handwriting; Handwriting; Development of pencil grasp; Efficient and inefficient grasps; Improving pencil grasp; Three easy stages for teaching pencil grip; Equipment to help develop pencil grasp and fluency; Commercially available equipment; Hand development for handwriting; Ergonomics; Table surface; Texture of writing paper or surface; Paper position; Position in class; Development of pencil skills; Pre-writing skills, based around using your senses; Multi-sensory handwriting approach ; Establishing correct pressure
• Sommario/riassunto: Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches is a resource book for educational staff and pediatric occupational therapists, especially those new to the field. It shows how the implications of physical, psychological, social, and learning difficulties impact upon children's abilities. This highly practical book will help readers recognize when a student's poor performance within the classroom is a result of a medical condition or underlying motor and perceptual deficits.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building blocks for learning, occupational therapy approaches
• ISBN: 1-282-34971-6; 9786612349713; 0-470-98813-4; 0-470-98663-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144392503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II