Seasonal Activities for Sensorimotor Development

Following a tasty menu format, this book contains easy-to-use activity recipes for therapists, educators and carers to provide fun and engaging sensorimotor groups for students with movement and sensory dysfunction.

There are sensory-regulating warm-up appetizers to increase body awareness and prepare the students for movement; main course activities to strengthen fine and gross motor skills; and cool-down desserts to regulate the body and assimilate benefits gained during group activities. The recipes are suitable for use with any school-age students, including those without movement difficulties, but are especially beneficial for students with mild to moderate motor disabilities, who exhibit increased difficulty functioning in a group setting.


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.

The activities promote socialisation, postural strengthening, improvement of gross and fine motor skills, and self-regulation of the body.

Comprehensive instructions on how to run a group are included, as well as benefits and adaptations for severely affected individuals and wheelchair users.

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.

Readership
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech & language therapists, special education teachers, parents of children with dyspraxia, disabilities or sensorimotor difficulties

About the author
Ann Bavosa is a physical therapist currently practising in New Jersey in the United States. She works with a wide range of students and adults with physical disabilities and has extensive knowledge of sensorimotor problems.