One of the many ways to understand ADHD is by thinking about a brain powered by the pursuit of an internally determined pleasurable reward. What if this sought after reward could be offered through your interaction style with your child? You can become the reward that engages the children with whom you work or your child with ADHD through the use of intentional play, affect and sensation. This presentation will provide ways to activate the rewarding emotional experiences of confidence, persistence, and accomplishment through sensory attuned play to improve attention, planning, organization and time management in ADHD. We will begin by looking at the underlying motor planning (praxis) foundations that support attention, planning, organization and time management. We will then use the concept of sensory attuned play to understand how praxis-based play strategies can improve overall engagement and independence in children with ADHD. Participants will have an opportunity to identify play based sensory effective strategies that can be used with the children with whom they interact right away.
Presented at the Virtual Summit: Sensory
Processing in ADHD via Livestream
Presented live and recorded
August-September 2021
The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.
Length: 1 hour
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Learning Objectives:
- Explain how the development of motor planning capacities contributes to attention, planning, organization and time management capacities in children with ADHD
- Identify research that supports the importance of reward-based work and motor planning capacities when interacting with children with ADHD
- Describe the connection between emotion, sensation, action and play and how this can be used to engage children with ADHD
- Identify play based sensory affective strategies to use in
your practice or your interactions with your own child that will support
attention, planning, organization and time management
Presenter:
Michele Parkins is an Occupational Therapist specializing in working with children and families with Sensory Processing and Integration Disorder and challenges in social emotional development as the Founder and Director of Great Kids Place in New Jersey. Michele is faculty of STAR Institute, teaching Levels 1 and 2 Intensive Mentorships and Levels 1 and 2 SPD Certification. She is SIPT (Sensory Integration and Praxis Test) certified. Michele has co-authored two chapters and is contributing to research articles related to sensory processing and social emotional development.
Michele has Advanced Certification in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. She is DIR certified and is faculty of Profectum Foundation where she educates therapists all over the world on social-emotional development and the DIR model. She works closely with the New Jersey Association of Infant Mental Health providing training for early childhood workers on the impact of sensory processing differences on emotional regulation and relational health with caregivers and peers.
Michele’s passion lies in the use of play and affective interactions
to facilitate social emotional development alongside sensory motor
capacities. She has developed a play model reflecting this passion that
is used in her practice – Great Kids Place. She advocates for all
children and families impacted by Sensory Processing and Integration
Disorder to help them and others to understand the impact of differences
in sensory processing on social emotional development and well-being,
including challenges in emotional regulation, developing and maintaining
relationships and social skills. Michele is also a mother of two
children with sensory processing differences. She uses her real life
experiences to help her clients better understand the impact of SPD on
family dynamics and relationships and the day to day demands of life
with sensory processing differences.
Who should attend:
Occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech language
pathologists, educators, child development specialists, mental health
professionals, parents, caregivers, and other individuals seeking a better
understanding of Sensory Processing.
Instructional Methods:
PowerPoint lecture
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Course Completion Requirements:
Upon full completion of the course video, participants must
complete and pass a quiz with at least 80% accuracy to receive a certificate of
completion.
The views expressed in the following presentation are those of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect those of STAR Institute.