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Movement Enhances Emotional Expression

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Coping Strategies, Feelings, Physical Self-regulation, Positive Behavioral Support, School intervention, Uncategorized / JLP96007

Strategies combining movement with expressing feelings motivates students to improve their self-regulation skills. Movement activities that involve emotion expression are especially helpful for motivating students who have behavioral, developmental, trauma history and/or sensory processing challenges. Movement activities are fun and can easily be integrated into strategies to encourage the expression and understanding of feelings. A strategy […]

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Reducing School Aggression, Restraint & Seclusion

1 Comment / Art, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Coping Strategies, Environmental Adaptations, FAB Strategies, FAB Trigger & Coping Forms, Feelings, Kindergarten, Mindfulness, Movement brakes, Physical Self-regulation, Positive Behavioral Support, School intervention, Sensory Integration, Sensory Modulation, Visual supports / JLP96007

School occupational therapists and teachers can combine functional sensory and behavioral strategies to reduce student aggression, restraint, and seclusion. School aggression, seclusion and restraint have become a major concern, particularly with students who have complex behavioral, mental health, trauma history, family, and/or sensory processing challenges. Reducing-Restraint-and-Seclusion Combined sensory and behavioral strategies help decrease aggression in students

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School Sensory Modulation Strategies

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Coping Strategies, Environmental Adaptations, Exercise, FAB Trigger & Coping Forms, Physical Self-regulation, Positive Behavioral Support, Sensory Modulation, Triggers, Visual supports / JLP96007

Sensory modulation strategies, a component of sensory integration intervention, help improve behavior and reduce the need for harsh discipline in schools. Sensory modulation strategies teach students to be aware of and regulate their arousal levels for appropriate behavior and learning. Sensory modulation strategies are particularly useful for students with behavioral, mental health, trauma history, developmental,

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Behavioral & Occupational Therapists Working Together

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Combining sensory processing and behavioral strategies is useful for students with complex behavior, developmental and sensory processing challenges. Integrating sensory processing and behavioral strategies is underutilized because of the theoretical rigidity of many behavioral and occupational therapists. However, I was lucky enough to work with a behavioral therapist who respected occupational therapists, and by working

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