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Reach a thorough understanding of infant feeding and its related problems with this practical resource that integrates information in the areas of sucking, swallowing and breathing to aid in evaluation and treatment of infants from birth to 1 year.

A systematic and logical approach is provided for clinicians working with specialised infant feeding disorders. This research-based text addresses diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up for infants with varying types and degrees of feeding dysfunction. An interdisciplinary approach emphasises involvement of the entire team.

Valuable information is given on infant feeding problems including:

Normal infant feeding process
Areas of potential dysfunction
Integration of medical test results with clinical feeding evaluations
Framework for problem solving.          

€81.95

Use this collection of handouts to provide parent and caregivers with practical information on feeding and nutrition. You won't need to spend hours researching and designing home treatment programmes with this reproducible resource. Find a wide selection of uniquely integrated feeding and nutrition recommendations at your fingertips. Target feeding and nutrition concerns of parents with infants and children of all ages. Refer to this library of handouts for information on how to and what to feed children with special needs and improve home carryover programs with "parent friendly" illustrations.  Select from 195 reproducible handouts to guide parents in their understanding and implementation of therapy programs. All handouts are cross-referenced with a list of related materials to supplement educational activities. Customise recommendations by adding individual information in the special instructions section provided in each handout.

Ten sections include extensive information on:

Nutrition guidelines
Introducing foods from a spoon
Cup and straw drinking
Nutrition treatment strategies
Tube feedings
Breast and bottle feeding
Independent feeding
Oral-motor treatment strategies
Conditions affecting feeding and nutrition
Family mealtime interactions/communication.
Includes reproducible items   

€72.00

Facilitate community re-entry of adult clients by improving their capacity for communication and performance of activities of daily living with these picture cards. They are perfect for use with clients who have decreased cognitive skills produced by stroke, traumatic brain injury, dementia or neurological involvement.

Illustrations and photographs pertain to activities such as grocery shopping, dining out, transportation, and gardening. Questions require clients to examine the information provided before answering.

The simulated situations and activities require the use of one or more cognitive and executive functions, encouraging clear verbal communication skills.  

9729

€100.00

The first half of this compendium includes chapters by leading researchers in sensory integration (SI) based on the theory and research by Dr A Jean Ayres.

The second half is devoted to clinical application of SI principles in treatment with diverse populations and case studies. The organisation of this book makes it an ideal reference for occupational therapists and physiotherapists working with a variety of clients. This publication promises to be a popular textbook for university programmes.

Topics include:

SI Theory
Proprioception
Praxis and Motor Planning
SI and Visual Deficits
SI and Cerebral Palsy
Fragile X
 
12570A
€72.50

Help adolescents and adults with memory impairments increase their independence by means of internal and external memory-enhancing strategies with this step-by-step programme. Reproducible book pages increase carryover of memory strategies when sent home with a client. They include:

• Memory book pages
• Training worksheets
• Environmental cue stickers
• Informative handouts for clients, family members, teachers and employers.

Treating Memory Impairments also discusses the medical disorders that cause memory impairments, and describes the brain and memory and how they relate.

Includes reproducible items              

9727

€62.30

The classic handbook, from the originator of sensory integration theory, is now available in an updated, parent-friendly edition. Retaining all the features that made the original edition so popular with parents and professionals, Sensory Integration and the Child remains the best book on the subject. With a new foreword by Dr Florence Clark and commentaries by recognised experts in sensory integration, this volume explains sensory integrative dysfunction, how to recognise it, and what to do about it. Helpful tips, checklists, question-and-answer sections, and parent resources make the new edition more informative and useful. Indispensable reading for parents, this book is also an excellent way to improve communication between therapist, parents, and teachers.

The original edition was the first book to explicate sensory integrative dysfunction - and this edition offers new insights and helpful updates in an easy-to-use format.           

€25.00 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

This workbook provides a collection of more than 150 activities that are designed to help school-aged children who have sensory processing or sensorimotor difficulties. It's organised according to three specific approaches:

• The Systems Approach is provided for children who have specific sensorimotor processing problems in any of the six performance areas, including Gustatory/Olfactory, Praxis, Tactile, Vestibular/Proprioceptive, Upper Extremity/Fine Motor and Sequencing.
• The Themes Approach offers extra motivation, coherence and purpose to the performance areas.
• The Developmental Approach helps children with a wide variety of disabilities learn to interact with their environments independently by participating in movement patterns that require them to process sensorimotor information.     

This excellent workbook is targeted to the occupational or physiotherapist who works in either a private practice or school setting.

The reproducible activities are enjoyable for children, and adaptable to groups or individuals.

Includes reproducible items   €69.40

This book provides parents and teachers with fun and easy activities to implement at home or in the classroom. It provides hundreds of suggestions to help meet sensory and motor needs in preschool to 10 year olds. Therapists, teachers and families will find Sensory Motor Handbook an excellent resource for enriching the therapy of developmentally disabled children.

The book offers a repertoire of activities for occupational and physiotherapists to either implement or recommend as a follow-up to their consultation. Reproducible pages can be given to teachers and parents who will discover many fun, easy-to-implement activities that enrich opportunities at school or at home, developing sensory motor, gross motor, fine motor and oral motor skills.

Activities are organised by the equipment needed, making preparation easy. A chart analyses the primary sensory and motor components challenged in each activity. The teacher observation section alerts the teacher to be aware of specific behaviours and responses.

Includes reproducible items  

9781602510128

€58.00

Expanded information and a new look make this revised version of Pre-Scissor Skills an indispensable teaching guide. Focus on normal acquisition of skills, including NDT principles of development. Learn how improved stability helps pre-school and school age children achieve controlled mobile functioning for refined scissor use.

Brand-new features include:
Illustrations
Principles of normal progression
Lists of adaptive scissors
Adaptive techniques, and more.              

€53.50

The instructional ideas presented in this kit are specifically designed for teaching 7 to 17 year old students who possess English as an additional language (EAL).  The book includes a quick, easy to use criterion-referenced rating scale, an ideas matrix and 37 research-based strategies to improve students' skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and cultural awareness.  You can use these reproducible practical ideas and evaluation forms to assess behaviours that interfere with learning and social interactions.         

Manual
12180
€57.20

Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Disruptive, Defiant, or Difficult Behaviors includes two components:
An easy to use evaluation form to rate a student's behaviour, select and plan for appropriate interventions and document progress.
A book of practical ideas, containing suggestions for interventions, explanations of strategies, reproducible forms, helpful illustrations and examples.  The materials are organised into two age-appropriate versions. One is designed for students in Preschool through 9 years and emphasises visual communication strategies ideal for young students. The other version, appropriate for 10 to 17 years, focuses on interventions specially designed to meet the unique needs of older students. The behaviours addressed are organised into four categories, each focusing on an area of problematic behaviour commonly reported among school age students. Both the behaviours and their corresponding interventions have been well researched to ensure identification of high priority problems as well as maximally effective solutions.

The rating scale consists of 40 items measuring four areas: acting out behaviours/serious misconduct, noncompliance in the classroom, poor peer relationships, and emotional adjustment problems and is linked directly to the planning matrix, which allows for the selection of several appropriate interventions. It has been field-tested to ensure reliability and validity. Reliability coefficients range from .88 to .95. In addition the scale differentiates between students with serious emotional disturbance or behaviour disorders and students without serious emotional disturbance or behaviour disorders. Students with serious emotional disturbance or behaviour disorders were rated significantly higher on the scale than other students.            

Grade 4
10395
€57.20

Grade 5-12
10400
€57.20

Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students With Dyslexia and Other Reading Disorders is just what many educators have been looking for:
A tool to help teachers and reading specialists gather information about reading problems that impact students¹ performance in content area classes.  Practical strategies to help teachers improve students' reading skills. A resource for pre-referral teams, consultants, and other educators who must evaluate and document interventions. An easy to use Evaluation Form rates a student's specific reading problems, and allows you to select strategies that can help to improve reading skills.
A manual of practical ideas contains 38 instructional strategies, explanations, helpful illustrations and examples, tips, and over 85 reproducible forms. The rating scale consists of 23 items measuring three key areas:
Vocabulary/Word Recognition
Comprehension
Specific Content Area Skills
Items are directly linked to the planning matrix, which allows for the selection of several appropriate instructional strategies. The rating scale has been field-tested to ensure reliability and validity.

In addition, the scale differentiates between students diagnosed with dyslexia or a learning difficulty and students who do not have a reading disorder. Students identified with dyslexia or with a learning difficulty were rated significantly higher on the scale than other students.

Kit
10925
€57.20

These quick and easy-to-implement 'practical ideas' focus on the most effective and widely used strategies that have a research base.

The Book of Practical Ideas contains 34 instructional strategies that can be used to improve students' social skills, organisation and communication. The ideas in the manual are presented in an easy-to-use format that includes:

• a one page explanation of each 'idea' or instructional strategy
• handy tips to increase each idea's effectiveness
• helpful illustrations and examples
• reproducible masters for most 'ideas'.

The Evaluation Form consists of a rating scale and an ideas matrix. Use the rating scale to evaluate behaviours that interfere with student learning and social interactions. Items on the scale aligned with the DSM-IV-TR indicators for Asperger Syndrome.                

€50.60 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Practical Ideas That Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders—Second Edition was revised and written to provide intervention strategies to promote students’ ability to learn and to function in social situations.  The second edition is intended for use with students who are preschool age through to 17 years old.  It includes two primary components:
Evaluation Form with a Rating Scale and Ideas Matrix
Practical Ideas Manual.
The Rating Scale portion of the evaluation form is a criterion-referenced measure for evaluating behaviours that impact student learning and social interactions.  The Manual includes an “Ideas Matrix” of 40 ideas, many with reproducible matters, and all grounded in research and the collective experience of the many educators who advised and shared information with the authors.  Each idea is provided with specific supporting references such as Show You Know, Talk Prompters, Teaching Independence and Social Skills in Pictures.
Five easy steps are also included for guidance:
Collect Student Information
Rate the Behaviours of the Student
Choose the Ideas to Implement
Read and Review the Practical Ideas that Have Been SelectedEvaluation.           

€50.60 (DISCOUNT INCLUDED)

Pediatric Videofluoroscopic Swallow Studies is a professional manual that focuses on videofluoroscopic studies in children and reviews a child's anatomy and motor development as it relates to feeding.  It gives a brief history of the modified barium swallow study, outlines the phases of swallowing and anatomic differences between infants and adults, and lists the reasons why most adult studies are not applicable to paediatrics. Using detailed illustrations and tables, the authors describe the procedures for conducting a videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) in infants and older children, discuss interpretation of results, and define needs for future research. It also presents guidelines for referring clients for videofluoroscopic studies and describes the procedure.  Reproducible guidelines for caregivers explain the process in easy-to-understand terms. They explain what parents and children can expect from the VFSS process and clearly describe and illustrate swallowing function.

9780761632283

€120.70

Learn about the benefits of massage, the medical needs to consider before giving a massage and detailed massage strokes. This guide is designed for use with newborns, infants and young children with special needs up to 11 years.

Children with cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, autism, sensory integrative disorders, developmental delays, and other impairments will benefit from massage. However the techniques can be beneficial for infants and children. A bond between massage giver and child can promote interaction and calming. Reproducible pages may be given to the parents and caregivers for use at home. Detailed illustrations show how to accomplish different massage strokes for targeted areas, including arms, legs, stomach, chest, back, and face.

Updated research, medical contraindications, resources, and an extensive bibliography are also included.

Includes reproducible items              

€51.10

This useful guide provides specific strategies to help change difficult behavior due to sensory processing issues in pre-teen children and to determine the possible reasons for the behavior. It is also applicable for older students who have disabilities and those who qualify for OT and/or SLP services.

The book includes simple explanations of technical behavioural terminology and practical examples of many concepts and suggestions. In addition, it addresses distinct ways in which sensory processing and behaviour strategies work together.

The guide is based on the study of behavioural research as well as the author's 25 year career as a behaviour consultant. A checklist helps you follow the appropriate steps in developing a behavior change programme. The book also includes tables to help you determine how to prevent difficult behaviours and to determine appropriate interventions. A glossary of terms commonly used in behaviour psychology and a bibliography featuring helpful references are also included.            

12539

€52.00

The complete resource you've been waiting for is now available! Add this comprehensive resource to your professional library today. You'll benefit from the expertise of these prominent NDT instructors.

This illustrated book focuses on the normal development of infants birth through 12 months. Use Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills as a guideline for assessing functional motor levels in children. The first year of life is grouped into five developmental stages: 1 to 2 months; 3 to 5 months; 6 months; 7 to 9 months; and 10 to 12 months.

Each developmental stage includes an overview of these categories:

• Anatomical/structural
• Respiratory/phonatory
• Oral-motor/feeding
• Postural control
• Gross motor
• Fine motor.

You'll find well-researched, current references and a convenient summary chart for quick reference at the end of each developmental stage. In addition, this information can be used in planning treatment for children with neurological involvement and developmental disabilities up to age 3.You'll also find information on concepts underlying movement development and on speech and language development.           

9781602510098

€68.00