This book contains easy-to-use activities for therapists, educators and carers to provide fun and engaging sensorimotor groups for students with movement and sensory dysfunction. The activities span an entire year with a different main activity for each week. Themed by season, the activities can be linked to the school year and incorporated into the classroom.
Key Features
- Promotes socialisation, postural strengthening, improvement of gross and fine motor skills, and self-regulation of the body.
- Comprehensive instructions on how to run a group, including benefits and adaptations for severely affected individuals and wheelchair users.
- Sensory-regulating warm-up appetisers to increase body awareness and prepare the students for movement.
- Main course activities to strengthen fine and gross motor skills.
- Cool-down desserts to regulate the body and assimilate benefits gained during group activities.
- Suitable for use with any school-age students, including those without movement difficulties, particularly beneficial for students with mild to moderate motor disabilities.
Additional Information
The activities are designed for an entire year, with a different main activity for each week. There are sensory-regulating warm-up appetisers, main course activities, and cool-down desserts included.
Specifications
- Age: P-12
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Working with different kinds of Groups
- Influence of the sensory system on motor control
- How to use this book
- Appetisers or warm-up activities
- Main courses or main activities (January - December)
- Desserts or cool-down activities
