Helping Hyperactive Kids A Sensory Integration Approach or Kombucha Phenomenon

Helping Hyperactive Kids - A Sensory Integration Approach: Techniques and Tips for Parents and Professionals

Author: Lynn J Horowitz

Sensory integration has provided help to children with behavior, learning, and motor skills problems for over 40 years. A treatment based on play, it helps children absorb, process, and respond to information in an appropriate manner. This book provides a complete overview and explanation of the therapy, as well as practical sensory integration-based techniques that can be used by teachers and parents to help the hyperactive child. This non-medical approach can be used in conjunction with, or as a substitute for, traditional drug treatments.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Preface....................ix
Acknowledgments....................xii
Chapter 1: Why This Book?....................1
To the Parents....................1
Better Understanding....................1
Dealing with Unconscious Behavior....................2
A Different Approach....................2
Sensory Integration....................3
Sensory Integration Therapy....................4
A Brief History of SI Therapy....................5
How We Process Stimuli....................6
From Stimuli to Reaction....................7
Problems in Processing Stimuli....................7
Sensory Integration Diagnosis....................8
Dealing with Divergent Behavior....................8
Seeking Help and Evaluation....................9
SI Diagnosis....................9
Possible Causes of SI Problems....................10
One Way to Understand a Child....................11
Case Study: Problems with the Sense of Touch....................12
Questions about SI Therapy....................14
Chapter 2: The Hyperactive Child....................17
Active or Hyperactive?....................17
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder....................18
Attention Deficit Disorder....................19
Differences and Similarities Between ADHD and SI Problems....................19
Possible Factors that Could Cause Hyperactive Behavior....................24
Problems Planning and Organizing....................24
Allergies....................26
Sleep Problems....................27
Eating Problems....................27
Environmental Problems....................28
Parents, Children, andEmotions....................28
Understanding the Child....................28
Understanding for Parents and Caregivers....................29
Reacting to a Hyperactive Child....................29
Questions about the Hyperactive Child....................31
Chapter 3: What You Should Know about How the Brain Works....................33
Arousal....................34
Deep Sleep....................34
Awake....................35
Ready for Information....................36
Focused on Specific Stimuli....................36
Registration....................37
Modulation....................37
Processing Information....................38
Reacting....................39
Fight, Flight, Fright, and Freeze (FFFF)....................40
Planning Activities....................41
Questions....................42
Chapter 4: Understanding the Main Sensory Systems....................46
The Vestibular System: The Sense of Balance and Orientation....................47
The Importance of the Vestibular System....................48
The Normal Development of the Vestibular System....................50
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with the Vestibular System....................53
The Touch System: The Sense of Feeling with the Skin....................53
The Importance of Touch....................53
The Normal Development of Touch....................55
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with Touch....................56
The Auditory System: The Sense of Hearing....................61
The Importance of Hearing....................62
The Normal Development of Hearing....................63
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with Hearing and Communication....................67
The Visual System: The Sense of Sight....................68
The Importance of Sight....................68
The Normal Development of Sight....................71
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with Sight....................74
The Proprioceptive System: The Sense of Feeling in the Muscles and Joints....................74
The Importance of the Proprioceptive System....................75
The Normal Development of the Proprioceptive System....................77
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with the Proprioceptive System....................79
The Sense of Smell and Taste....................80
Smell....................81
Taste....................82
The Importance of Smell and Taste....................84
The Normal Development of Smell and Taste....................85
Problems Hyperactive Children Can Have with Smell and Taste....................86
Problems with Smell....................88
Chapter 5: SI Therapy....................89
The Adaptive Response and SI Therapy....................90
The Environment for SI Therapy....................91
Play as Therapy....................92
Structure Within the Treatment....................95
Inner Drive....................96
The Goals of Treatment....................97
An SI Treatment Session....................100
Involving Other Children....................101
Other Factors that Influence Success....................101
The Skill of the Therapist....................102
Training for SI Therapists: What Education Is Necessary?....................102
SI-Trained Therapists: Where Do I Find One?....................103
Conclusions....................103
Chapter 6: Tips for Dealing with Your Hyperactive Child....................105
Communicating....................105
Organizing the Day....................107
Fostering Calmness....................107
Giving Directions....................109
Avoiding Injury....................109
Making Necessary Adaptations....................110
Toys....................110
Sports....................111
Minimizing Tactile Defensiveness....................112
Chapter 7: Scientific Insight....................115
Chapter 8: A Questionnaire for Parents....................121
General Information....................123
Pregnancy and Delivery....................123
School Information....................124
Illnesses and Hospital Admissions....................125
Development....................126
Behaviors....................127
Current Behaviors....................128
Endnotes....................132
Glossary....................137
Additional References....................139
Resources....................141
Index....................143

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Kombucha Phenomenon: The Miracle Health Tea,2nd Edition

Author: Betsy Pryor

Three million Americans are drinking Kombucha tea, and their numbers are growing. All the information necessary to brew your own is contained here, graphically illustrated with appendixes of documented positive health effects.