Feb-Apr issue of Autism Asperger’s Sensory Digest.
Grandma comes to visit and has advice about disciplining her touchy grandson. His parents set her straight with lists of how sensory processing challenges affect his eating, sleeping, and shampooing. She begins to “get it.”
In April, Joye Newman and Carol talked with Jackie Flynn, Founder of EMDR & Play Therapy Integration Support and the host of Play Therapy Community, about the In-Sync Child philosophy and many fun activities.
Published in February – April 2019 issue of Autism Asperger’s Sensory Digest.
Part II of a two-part primer to help families, educators and professionals understand how Sensory Processing Disorder hinders daily functioning.
Published May 24, on Mother.ly
Envision two unique babies. Benjy has been on the go since Day 1. Constantly active, frequently fretful, easily startled, and a fitful sleeper, he sure keeps his parents on their toes. Speaking of toes, he skipped crawling and walked on tiptoes at nine months! Mom and Dad are exhausted—but that’s just how it is with an infant, they guess.
Q&A with Carol Stock Kranowitz, a former teacher who speaks internationally about SPD’s effect on children’s learning and behavior and how families, teachers, therapists and other professionals can help. Read more
June 2014, at the “Discover Your Resilient Self” Telesummit, with Christie Grant
May 5, telephone interview, at Autism Educates Community (formerly International Autism Association for Families and […]
Co-authored with Joye Newman and published in July on the blog of Home-Educating Family
No matter what their ages, children learn best when they move. Pediatricians, teachers and other specialists now recognize that motor skills are vital to a child’s physical, emotional, academic, and overall success. Yet, some educators and parents believe that sitting still is the best way to absorb information. We know that just the opposite is true.
Co-authored with Joye Newman and published in The Educational Therapist, Vol. 33, No. 2, October
Imagine what it is like for children who are expected to do more than their bodies are ready to do. Any one of the In-Sync components that is immature or lacking can significantly compromise a child’s ability to succeed in the world. (“In-Sync” components are the three interrelated sensory, perceptual-motor, and visual systems, described in Growing an In-Sync Child, Perigee, 2010.)
