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New Functional Strategies to Improve Social Skills and Address Challenging Behaviors in: Autism, Aspergers Syndrome, Sensory Processing Disorders and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
January 16-17, 2009

Course Description
Effectively treat children with sensory integration and behavior problems using a new approach that combines sensory integration and behavioral techniques to proactively address interfering behaviors and strengthen social skills and learning. This workshop emphasizes practical evidence based strategies involving handling, play, art, music, and movement activities. This approach synthesizes Sensory Integration, Behavioral, NDT, NeuroPsychology and Trager Body Work. You will leave this seminar armed with numerous strategies to implement immediately with children with Autism, Aspergers, Sensory Processing Disorders, and Pervasive developmental Disorders and other challenging behaviors.

Course Objectives

• Efficiently assess and differentiate sensory integration and behavioral problems in infants, children, and adolescents.
• Describe several strategies for managing behavior problems (e.g., inattention, screaming, kicking, biting) during individual and small group treatment sessions.
• Develop environmental adaptations (e.g., sensory areas) in school, home, clinic, and hospital settings that promote self-control and learning in infants, children, and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
• Demonstrate the use of new handling, play, music, movement, and art activities that address children’s combined sensory integration and behavior problems.

About the Instructors
Dr. John Pagano has twenty-five years experience and continues to practice full time as a pediatric occupational therapist in birth-to-three, sensory integration clinic, pre-school, school, group home, and psychiatric children’s hospital settings. He is certified in Neuro-Developmental (Bobath) Cerebral Palsy & Infant Treatment, Co-counseling, and Early Childhood Mental Health, with advanced training in Sensory Integration and Trager Body Work. John has a B.S. degree in Occupational Therapy, M.S. in Special Education, and Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies. He presents internationally and serves on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut Infant Mental Health Association.

Course Schedule
Day One:
8:30-9:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Identifying and Distinguishing Sensory Integration from Behavior Challenges
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 New techniques to improve Sensory Integration and Behavior Skills
   * Integrating Play and Music
   * Movement
   * Art and Puppets
12:00-1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15-2:45 Practical NeuroPsychology and Behavior Strategies that work.
   * Application to individual therapy sessions
   * Small Group Intervention.
   * Maximize your treatment time by learning to more efficiently help the child develop essential prerequisite skills
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:45 Family Centered Strategies and Home programs
   * Evidence based approaches to improve self-control, self regulation, awareness, attention.
   * How to enlist family members, teachers and other therapists in practical ways related to their interaction with the child.

Day Two
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00- 10:15 Therapy Ball & Trager Activities
10:15-12:00 Intervention
   * FAB Brushing
   * Sensory Integration
   * Intense Deep Pressure Strategies
12:00-1:15 Lunch (on your own)
1:15-2:45 Intervention Practicum
   * New handling techniques
   * Clinical problem solving
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:45 Environmental Adaptations
   * Proven strategies you can use immediately.

Course Fee
$425

Registration
Deadline for registration 2 weeks prior to the course. Cancellation will be accepted until that deadline, minus and administration fee of $75. NO REFUNDS AFTER DEADLINE.

Please make check payable and return to:
Education Resources
266 Main St., Suite 12
Medfield, MA 02052
(508) 359-6533 or 800-487-6530 (outside MA)
Fax (508) 359-2959
www.educationresourcesinc.com

Location
Texas Children’s Hospital
Feigin Center 1st Floor Large Conference Room
1102 Bates
Houston, TX 77030

Hotel Accommodations
Residence Inn Marriott
7710 Main St.
Houston, TX 77030
713-351-1399

For More Information
Mitzi Wiggin, MS, PT
832-826-6107
mmwiggin@texaschildrens.org

CEUs
12 Contact Hours (1.2 CEU's)