January 2012
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Alerting and Calming Activities you can do at...
Alerting!
-Quick tempos
-Music — lower frequencies will elicit movement (drums), higher frequencies can engage attention (flutes, singing, cymbals)
-Cold Temperatures
-Cold shower or cold water in swimming
-Splash in cold water at a water table
-Light, Brushing touch
-Fast movement, especially spinning/rotational:
-Swinging, especially with sudden changes...
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Exercises to strengthen your childs hands and...
1. Play dough, modeling clay, or exercise putty – hide marbles or coins in them for child to dig them out using fingers
2. Vertical writing - Attaching a piece of paper to a wall is the simplest way to create this situation. The patient should stand in front of the paper and draw or trace existing figures, working from left to right and top to bottom. You can also do ink stamping...
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Best Practices in Psychology: Soothing angry... →
psychologybestpractices:
“Anger triggers a physical reaction that increases most people’s energy and tension levels. Learning to calm down before anger gets out of control presents a challenge for many children. Since anger causes increases in heart rate and blood pressure, sensory activities designed to lower those…
