Monday
06 Feb 2012
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Help children learn day to day skills By using the Off We Go! series, you can prepare your child for what is likely to happen when you, for example, go swimming or go to the dentist. By talking through what is likely to happen in advance, your child is less scared and better able to manage.
For more information on sensory integration disorder, see: http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/ Carol Stock Kranowitz’s book ‘The Out of sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Integration Dysfunction’ is excellent |
iPhone/iPad Apps:
Going on a Plane
Going to the Dentist
"These books, in my opinion are a must have for any parent who would like their children to feel secure and have a level of understanding as to what will...
The Autism Education Site has a list of 20 iPad Apps for Kids with Autism that it recommends, including the Off We Go! Going to the Dentist and Going on a...
At the recent Equal Measures event held by Booktrust UK at the London bookfair, Alex Strick had this to say about Avril and the Off We Go! books.
We wanted...
"Routine and structure are really important for small children. Predictability always reduces anxiety and so the more children know about what to expect the easier they find things and usually...
“These are beautifully illustrated and easily understood story books to help prepare children for what to expect from a range of daily-life activities.”
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Sometimes the reason why the child is nervous may be to do with having sensory processing difficulties. In other words their ‘senses’ (sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell) don’t coordinate together as they should. As you can imagine, this can make it very scary to go to new places and try out new things. One aspect is that it is harder to understand and follow what is going on in very busy colourful pictures. In the Off We Go! Series, we try to take away any unnecessary clutter but keep enough detail so that we can give the child a sense of that particular place or experience. All the pictures in the Off We Go! series are clear, easy to see and follow, and are particularly aimed at visual learners.
Our Facing the Future: Individualisation event last week went really well. Kathryn, Emer and I were nervous as we don’t organise events like this on regular basis! We were delighted with the attendance of more than 230 people.
Minister of...
I am delighted to be working with my two friends Emer and Kathryn to organise another information evening for people with disabilities, their families and for professionals working in the disability sector. This time it is on ‘Individualisation’, venue: the...
I recently attended this excellent conference in Maynooth Co Kildare. It was organised and run by the 
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