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Sensory Fun: Messy Play
One of the best ways to help a child with sensory processing disorder cope with tactile defensiveness is through the use of messy play.
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Therapy Techniques For Apraxia: Visual, Tactile, and Auditory Feedback
It is very important to utilize the five senses when doing therapy with someone suffering with the frustrating disorder of Apraxia. Here are some basic techniques therapists often rely on.
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Don't Touch Me!
Tactile sensitivity is common among ADDers. Find out what it is and how to deal with it.
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Tactile Defensiveness
A child who displays tactile defensiveness might miss out on special holiday foods such as Aunt Susie's red Jello salad. Here are ideas to overcome the Jello jitters.
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The Magic Touch
Creating using touch.
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Elementary Fine Motor Lesson Plans
Fine motor skills are important for academic success. Help students to develop tactile strength and dexterity with engaging arts and crafts activities.
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Wilbur’s ‘A Late Aubade’
A carpe diem theme runs through Richard Wilbur's poem, which relies heavily on imagery that appeals to all five senses.
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What's Differentiated Instruction?
Differentiated instruction is not easy to define. It is more of an idea, more of a philosophic approach than a method or pedagogy. But it is central to instruction today.
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Debunking the Paranormal
When investigating the paranormal or supernatural, proper debunking is just as important as using the right equipment. Let these examples show how.
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Reading Lessons and Learning Style
Reading lesson plans and activities that appeal to multiple learning styles help students to learn phonics and phonemes necessary to meet No Child Left Behind objectives.
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Building Handwriting Muscles
Memories of Playdoh: cookies, flowers, dinosaurs, and whatever you could dream up. Playdoh offers more for a child with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.
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Investigating Nature with the Sense of Touch
Engage children in their surroundings by encouraging them to investigate nature with their hands. Get kids to slow down to sample the textures around them.
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Ottawa, Capital of Canada
Ottawa is Canada's showpiece. The Parliament Buildings and several major museums are centrally located. Accessibility is a high priority in this easy-to-explore city.
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Sensory Integration and Autism
Sensory integration therapy provides a unique way to help autistic individuals regulate their sensory systems.
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Taurus Personality Profile
Taurus people are practical, reliable and stubborn. They possess great physical strength and endurance, and are inclined to be financially successful in the long run.
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The Importance of Safe Touch in the Healing Process
DID, PTSD, touch, healing, abuse, somatic memory, body memory, dissociation
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The Importance of Safe Touch In the Healing Process (Part 2 of 3)
It is important that we have at least a basic understanding of the physiology of touch. In this way, we may be able to understand why touch is so essential to our survival, and why safe touch can aid in the healing process.
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Disabled Kids and Cooking
November 17 is Recipe Day! These family-friendly ideas will help parents teach cooking to the child with a disability.
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Figurative Language Activities
Who says that memorizing literary definitions has to be boring? Children can use kinesthetic skills and sense of fun to understand and remember literary terms!
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Homeschool Spelling Energized
The use of unique teaching materials, humor, music, and technology can wake up your child's spelling routine.
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Playdough and Paper Mache Recipes
Elementary children develop fine motor skills using homemade playdough, and all K-12 students enjoy creative hands-on projects using salt dough and paper mache.
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Occupational Therapy for Autism
Occupational therapists help individuals with an autism spectrum disorder improve both fine and gross motor skills plus address sensory processing concerns.
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Gardening for the 5 Senses Part II: Gardening for Touch

Giving Thomas Credit
The Sunday after Easter is usually devoted to Thomas' seeing Jesus and his affirmation of our risen Lord. But Thomas gets bad publicity for this--ever hear of "doubting Thomases?" This article gives another view of the man and the event recorded in Scripture.
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Parrot Basic Instincts: Part 4 (Almost Done!!)
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Art for the Blind in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City offers a variety of ways for the blind and visually impaired to experience visual art such as paintings and sculpture.
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Blind-Accessible Museum Tours Grow
Next-generation handhelds and the Americans With Disabilities Act are availing those with sight and hearing impairments of more museums' content.
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Learning Styles
Students all learn differently. The four learning styles are auditory, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic. What can students do to enhance their learning curve?
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Christmas Is Coming!!
Here is an article to help you make decisions on appropriate toys for special needs children.
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Cerebral Palsy and Horse Therapy
Cerebral palsy can be mild or extremely severe resulting in wheelchair dependence. Therapeutic horseback riding can be very effective in preventing further disability.
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Toys for Boys
What about toys that require some imagination?
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"Should I, Shall I, Can I, Will I?" Part Two
Picking a style for your school
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B-D Sensability Breast Self-Examination Aid
Description of B-D Sensability, a breast self-examination aid
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Baby Play
Ways to entertain and engage your baby.
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Computers I: CD-Roms vs. books
Many people believe that computers will soon replace paper. There are many reasons to believe that this may not be the case.
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Free Association/Sand Art
Free Association,building block for writing. Sand Art for fun, therapy,hobby,or profit making.
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Herbs Enhance Life
Using and growing herbs can help in the overall enjoyment of nature and life.
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Playing the Art Game
Work a little art appreciation into your recreation time with the Art Games from Birdcage Books.
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Vicky Emptage: Artistic Dreamer
Interview with Vicky Emptage, illustrator of Russell Grant's <i>Dream Dictionary</i> and a woman who crafts her dreams into tactile imagery in waking reality.
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Winter Style Tips - It's All Surface
This fashion season, you can look fabulous and be felt up all day long!
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Buyer Beware! Part II: Fakes and Reproductions
Buyer Beware!-Part II: Fakes and Reproductions
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Calvin Hall: Conceptualizing Dreams
Article outlining Calvin Spring Hall, Jr., psychologist's, five conceptions in relation to the dreaming process as a cognitive function.
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Click Here for Storytime: E-Books for Millennium Kids
E-books for children are an excellent complement to traditional story books. Here are some quality e-books to get you started on your own virtual bookshelf.
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Please DO touch the plants
There is much to be learned from the plants around us with our touch.
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Psycho-Acoustics... Sensing music..
An introduction to the field of psycho-acoustics.
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Scientists, NOAA kick off tagging program
On a crowded beach in Florida last month, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration kicked off a research tagging program that allows biologists to study the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. Data from the tagging project will be used to help scientists determine when calving right whales are most vulnerable to ship strikes and whether the whales detect and react to passing vessels.
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Summertime Fun Activities
Summertime activities to do with young children.
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Technology Holiday Gifts
This year's Christmas wish list is sure to include some technology choices. Find out which technology picks are educational.
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THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
Even I am not perfect
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To Declaw or not to Declaw
The Great Declawing Debate, explored
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