"Book Study: Is It Sensory Or Is It Behavior"
Monday, June 01, 2020, 8:00 AM to Sunday, August 09, 2020, 5:00 PM CDT
Category: Statewide
Beginning June 1, 2020 and ending on August 9, 2020 Facilitated by: Elizabeth (Beth) Goodrich, OTR, ATP, PhD, FAOTA Eileen Garza, OTR, ATP/SMS, PhD, FAOTA An opportunity for special education and related service practitioners working in school-based settings to learn through a facilitated book study on the book, “Is It Sensory or Is It Behavior” by Carolyn Murray-Slutsky, MS, OTR, and Betty A. Paris, PT, M.Ed. This book, published in 2005 provides a foundational perspective from which to view sensory differences as they impact participation in schools.
At the completion of this course participants will be able to: 1. Differentiate Sensory Integrative Theory and Sensory Processing Differences. 2. Analyze behavior through the lens of obtaining or avoiding sensory input, social interaction, or communicative function. 3. Identify a format for designing sensory diets to facilitate self-regulation in sensory processing. 4. Discuss the integration of behavioral and sensory based interventions into the therapeutic process. Course will be offered as an interactive, asynchronous discussion of topics based on chapters beginning June 1, 2020 and ending on August 9, 2020. Participants are expected to contribute to the discussion at least one time per week by responding to guiding questions after reading the chapter(s) assigned for that week. Weekly Topics Setting the stage-Differentiation Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing D/O Deviations in Development: The impact on Behavior Basic Concepts, Analyzing Behavior Sensory: Analyzing the Behavior Analyzing Behaviors that are Not Sensory Environmental and behavioral interventions Handling Temper Tantrums and Challenging Behaviors Sensory Diets Pulling it all together-discussion of cases Participants will need the book "Is It Sensory or Is It Behavior” by Carolyn Murray-Slutsky, MS, OTR, and Betty A. Paris, PT, M.Ed to participate in the course. The book can be purchased from SouthPaw for $68.00 (https://www.southpaw.com/is-it-sensory-or-is-it-behavior.html). Registration Required: https://forms.gle/TGJqU55Nqv5YGgG76
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