Resources - Books for teachers

Bissell, Julie, Jean Fisher, Carol Owens, and Patricia Polcyn (1998).
Sensory Motor Handbook: A guide for implementing and modifying activities in the classroom (2nd ed.).
Suggestions for classroom, physical education, and recess for children K-3. Authors have extensive experience providing occupational therapy using an SPD approach in the schools.

Henry, Diana. (1996).
Tools for Teachers.
Explains the impact of sensory processing problems in the classroom and illustrates how to adapt the school environment to help students with hyperactivity, distractibility, and sensory motor delays, including poor handwriting; shows how movement and sensory experiences are vital for learning.

Hickman, Lois E. Rebecca Hutchins, Jennifer Ellen (2002).
Seeing Clearly (2nd ed.).
Fun activities to improve visual skills.

Kashman, Nancy and Janet Mora (2005).
The Sensory Connection.
An OT and SLP team approach to treating sensory and communication disorders.

Kranowitz, Carol Stock, Deanna Iris Sava, Elizabeth Haber, Lynn Balzer-Martin and Stacey Szklut (2001).
Answers to Questions Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration.
Carol Stock Kranowitz and expert occupational therapists have assembled an extensive and easy-to-use set of checklists and other tools that are invaluable to every teacher and parent who has children with sensory processing challenges.

Kranowitz, Carol Stock (2005).
Preschool Sensory Scan for Educators (Preschool SENSE).
A valuable new tool that occupational therapists can provide to teachers who are striving to help preschoolers with Sensory Processing Disorder.

Szklut, Stacey, Kranowitz, Carol Stock and David Silver. (1999).
Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration.
Carol Stock Kranowitz, author of The Out-of-Sync Child, interviews occupational therapist Stacey Szklut about how to teach children with disorders in sensory processing; includes 60-page reproducible booklet with classroom checklists, resources, idea sheets.


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