Posts by Jennifer Cassell
(2010) “Growing an In-Sync Child” discussion with Marianne Russo
October 3, discussion with co-authors Joye Newman and Carol Kranowitz on The Coffee Klatch Click here The Coffee Klatch
Read More(2010) “Growing an In-Sync Child” discussion with Sandi Schwartz
September 1, on Leading Edge Parenting — Blog Talk Radio Click here and find #19 in list of audio podcasts
Read More(2010) SPD: What It Is and What It Is Not — Interview with Marianne Russo
Broadcast February 24, on The Coffee Klatch — Blog Talk Radio Interview with Dr. Lucy Jane Miller, Hartley Steiner, and Carol Kranowitz Click to hear discussion
Read More(2009) Making Sense of the Senses by Cynthia Ramnarace
Children who have sensory processing disorder find it hard to take in the world around them. By Cynthia Ramnarace Kiwi Magazine: Growing Families the Natural and Organic Way, January/February 2009…
Read More(2009) Sensory Learning, with hosts Linda Perliss and Sandra Burt
September 22, on Parents’ Perspective: Giving Parents the Tools to Help Themselves Click to hear radio program #413, about 28 minutes
Read More(2009) “The Out-of-Sync Child,” with host Heather Forbes
March 23, in the Ask the Experts series of Beyond Consequences Institute Listen in as Carol explains what it means for a child to not have control over his own…
Read More(2008) Recognizing SPD in Kids, with host Maria Bailey
March 6, on Mom Talk Radio, WJBW 1000 AM, South Florida Click here Interview starts 17 minutes into the show.
Read More(2005) Indoor Obstacle Courses for Parents and Teachers
Published in Sensations, Volume 3, Issue 2, September, a newsletter for the benefactors and friends of The KID Foundation (now STAR Institute for Sensory Processing Disorder)
Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and kids gotta climb, jump, and balance. While dangling from banisters, scooting under turnstiles, teetering on curbs, and jumping into puddles may dismay grown-ups, children persist with good reason.
How do kids learn to think and relate to the world around them? By scanning their surroundings; touching wooden, metal, rubber, or concrete surfaces; grasping and releasing handholds; changing body positions; maintaining equilibrium; and experimenting with different movement patterns. Furthermore, they are having fun, and “fun,” Dr. Ayres wrote, “is the child’s word for sensory integration.”
Read More(2005) “Great SI Resources for Families” — Review by Trinell Bull
Published in Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners (February 21, 2005) Finally, a book written in “kid language” to help children with sensory processing disorders understand their senses! The Goodenoughs Get…
Read More(2005) “A Wonderful Book” — Review by Jillian Copeland and Lois McCabe
Published in Washington Parent’s supplement, “All Kinds of Kids” (Spring/Summer, 2005) The Goodenoughs Get in Sync describes the varying degrees of sensory processing disorders that each of the five Goodenough…
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