• Growing Hands On Kids

    This website features a lot of activities on fine motor, sensory processing, behavior, writing, life skills and more!

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  • TACSEI (Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention)

    You can access the Backpack Connection Series on this website.

    The Backpack Connection Series was created by TACSEI to provide a way for teachers and parents/caregivers to work together to help young children develop social emotional skills and reduce challenging behavior. Teachers may choose to send a handout home in each child’s backpack when a new strategy or skill is introduced to the class. Each Backpack Connection handout provides information that helps parents stay informed about what their child is learning at school and specific ideas on how to use the strategy or skill at home.

     

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  • Classroom Visuals and Social Stories

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  • The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

    The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5. CSEFEL is a national resource center funded by the Office of Head Start and Child Care Bureau for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.  Search this site for helpful articles on promoting your child's social and emotional development, as well as information on addressing challenging behaviors.

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  • Sensory Processing Disorder

    Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is the newest term for, and is used synonymously with, Sensory Integration Disorder, Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SI Dysfunction) and Dysfunction in Sensory Integration (DSI).

    What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
    Definition of SPD. Sensory processing refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into responses. For those with Sensory Processing Disorder, sensory information goes into the brain but does not get organized into appropriate responses.

    Sensory integration is a normal, neurological, developmental process which begins in the womb and continues throughout one’s life. Although, it is important to note, the most influential developmental time is in the first seven years of life. Sensory processing is the process by which the brain takes in sensory input and interprets this information for use.

    See website for more information including a symptoms checklist and signs of dysfunction.

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