The Interoception Activity Cards

The Interoception Activity Cards
Author: Kelly Mahler
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578573427

Designed to enhance the concepts covered in The Interoception Curriculum, these educational cards provide 170 additional interoception-building activities that can be done on the go!

Interoception: How I Feel: Sensing My World from the Inside Out

Interoception: How I Feel: Sensing My World from the Inside Out
Author: Cara Koscinski
Publisher:
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2018-06-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781732196100

Many people struggle with sensory processing difficulties. Regulating emotions, knowing when to eat, drink, go to the toilet, and feeling your breathing and heart rate all depend on our internal awareness. Interoception is critical to feel and understand what is going on inside of your body. However, when someone has difficulty processing interoception, knowledge of emotions and regulation of basic body functions can be interrupted causing great frustration. This book contains all you need to know about interoception including the most recent research. Easy to read explanations followed by helpful ideas you can use immediately after reading, make the book an invaluable addition to your collection. Each activity is carefully chosen for both adults and children and will counteract poor interoceptive awareness.

Interoception

Interoception
Author: MS Otr-L Mahler, Kelly
Publisher: Aapc Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2015-10-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781942197140

Interoception, a newly identified eighth sense, allows us to "feel our internal organs and skin and gives information regarding the internal state or condition of our body." As such it is also a key component of our emotional experience. This is an area of difficulty for many, including those with autism spectrum disorders. The book reviews the research underlying the effects of poor interoception and outlines strategies for how to ameliorate these effects.--Publisher.

Interoception and Regulation

Interoception and Regulation
Author: Emma Goodall
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2022-03-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1787757293

There are some things that many of us take for granted - such as knowing when we are hot or cold, feel hungry, or need to go to the toilet. But how do we know these things, and why do some people struggle to recognise them? Interoception - the ability to identify and act on physical sensations inside the body - is crucial to human well-being. It underpins physical developmental milestones, such as toilet-training, as well emotional ones, such as the ability to self-regulate. Research shows that Autism often co-occurs with poor interoceptive sense. This practical and informative book demystifies interoception and provides tools to help boost interoceptive abilities. It summarises the latest research, explores how interoceptive difficulties can be identified, suggests strategies to manage feelings and emotions, and explains how to support individuals in 'tuning in' to themselves.

Hygiene and Related Behaviors for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders

Hygiene and Related Behaviors for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders
Author: Kelly J. Mahler
Publisher: AAPC Publishing
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781934575420

This innovative curriculum teaches important hygiene skills and associated social understanding using a fun approach that targets the core characteristics and learning styles of children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. The author's generous use of structure, predictability, self-monitoring, and ways to convey and check for social understanding is worked into all discussion and activities. Ranging from basic daily hygiene to picking, using public restrooms, burping, and farting, topics focus on healthy and socially acceptable behaviors. The book is the answer to the constant search for inventive and intriguing ways to teach often quite boring topics surrounding functional life skills. Lesson plans are well conceptualized and organized, showing that the author knows what makes children and adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and related disorders tic.

Learning About Friendship

Learning About Friendship
Author: Kay Al-Ghani
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-05-15
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0857003488

Making friends can be a challenge for all children, but those with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) can struggle more than most. This collection of ten fully-illustrated stories explores friendship issues encountered by children with ASD aged four to eight and looks at how they can be overcome successfully. Key problem areas are addressed, including sharing, taking turns, being a tattletale, obsessions, winning and losing, jealousy, personal space, tact and diplomacy, and defining friendship. The lively and entertaining stories depersonalize issues, allowing children to see situations from the perspective of others and enabling them to recognize themselves in the characters. This opens the door to discussion, which in turn leads to useful insight and strategies they can practise and implement in the future. Each story has a separate introduction for adults which explains the main strategies within it. This book will be a valuable resource for all parents and teachers of children with ASD, along with their friends and families, and anybody else looking to help children on the spectrum to understand, make and maintain friendships.

Making the Move

Making the Move
Author: Kay Al-Ghani
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2009-03-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1846429358

The transition from primary to secondary school is a time of great anxiety for most children. For children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) this anxiety can be overwhelming. Fear of the unknown, difficulty coping with monumental changes and the inability to imagine a favourable outcome, can all combine to make this unavoidable step in school life a time of great fear and dread. This book provides guidance for schools and parents on how to make the transfer from primary to secondary as easy as possible for children with ASDs. The book advocates the need for scrupulous preparation of transfer arrangements because children with ASDs struggle to predict the outcome of any new situation. No matter how much discussion has taken place, it is only when the situation has been experienced first hand that they will have a real understanding of it and be able to build up a 'real life memory bank' (RLMB). The authors' advice aims to ensure that any preparations lead to a favourable outcome, in order to build a positive RLMB. The book outlines term by term preparation in the final years of primary school and includes photocopiable resources and a "Moving to Secondary School" booklet. As most children with ASDs are visual learners and think in pictures, the booklet uses symbols to aid understanding. Making the Move provides a wealth of effective strategies and resources that will encourage and inspire greater confidence for pupils with ASDs, parents and schools.