Occupational Therapy intervention

School Occupational Therapy for Developmental Trauma

A. Jean Ayres, Coping Strategies, early trauma history, Exercise, FAB Strategies, Feelings, Lucy Jane Miller, Mildred Ross, Mindfulness, Physical Self-regulation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder teens, Pressure Touch, PTSD, Yoga /

School occupational therapists emphasis on therapeutic relationships, mental health, sensory processing, attachment, development, purposeful activity and self-regulation offer a unique contribution for improving the behavior of students with developmental trauma disorder. School behavioral problems related to developmental trauma are seen in students who have experienced early chronic abuse. Many students with developmental trauma difficulties have […]

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Environmental Adaptations for Improved Behavior

A. Jean Ayres, early trauma history, Environmental Adaptations, FAB Sensory Functional Behavioral Analysis, FAB Trigger & Coping Forms, Kindergarten, Positive Behavioral Support, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder teens, PTSD, Research, Sensory Integration, Sensory Modulation, Winnie Dunn /

Environmental adaptations are an important yet underutilized way of helping individuals with behavioral, developmental, and sensory modulation challenges. While environmental adaptations are often included in positive behavioral support and relaxation programs, they are not given sufficient attention. A third of children with significant sensory modulation differences were found to have major psychiatric diagnoses http://www.fyiliving.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/re-examiningsensoryregulation.pdf Individualizing and teaching

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Assessing Sensory & Behavior Challenges

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Environmental Adaptations, PTSD, Sensory Integration, Triggers /

Many clients have interrelated sensory processing and behavior challenges that interfere with their functioning. Sensory processing disorders are distinct from behavior disorders (e.g., Oppositional Defiant, Post Traumatic Stress, Autism Spectrum, and Bipolar Disorder) but clients who have these mental health diagnoses are significantly more likely to have sensory processing challenges as well. It is important

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Sensory Strategies For Teens With PTSD

Coping Strategies, early trauma history, Environmental Adaptations, Mindfulness, Movement brakes, Physical Self-regulation, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder teens, Pressure Touch, PTSD, Research, School intervention, Sensory Integration /

Adolescents with PTSD and sensory processing challenges can benefit from sensory strategies to improve their behavior. Sensory strategies are particularly helpful for improving attention and decreasing aggression. While too seldom used for PTSD I have found that deep pressure touch sensory strategies can be particularly effective for reducing aggression and improving attention in teenagers with

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Activities Teaching Feelings Improve Behavior

Art, Positive Behavioral Support, Visual supports /

Helping students understand and express feelings improves their behavior.  This behavioral improvement appears related to the neuropsychological processes of self-control (from the frontal cortex) and communicating feelings (between the brain hemispheres).  Positive behavioral support activities promote self-control through the Turtle technique, Simon Says, Freeze dance, and similar strategies that teach and reward movement self-control. Communicating

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Movement Enhances Learning Behaviors

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Appropriate behavior for learning is enhanced by engaging sensory activities that teach rule based inhibitory movement control.  Behavioral problems frequently involve inadequate inhibitory control of movement involving the arms (e.g., punching, slapping, scratching), legs (kicking) or mouth (e.g., spitting, biting, threatening, screaming, swearing).  Teachers can collaborate with occupational, physical, speech/language, and mental health therapists to

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Improving Functional Movement & Behavior

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Addressing functional movement skills is important in children and adolescents with functional movement and behavioral challenges.  The FAB Goal-Plan-Review strategy promotes functional movement, behavioral, developmental, and learning skills.  Teaching children and adolescents to use adaptive strategies and equipment addressing dyspraxia (e.g., direction following, organizational, printing, cursive writing, keyboarding, and/or shoe tying difficulties) can improve behavior

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