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The book choosing for this assignment is Helping Hyperactive Kids-A Sensory Integration Approach by Lynn J. Horowitz and Cecile Röst. This book was created to help parents and professionals with tips and techniques to deal with hyperactive children. This assignment will review and state personal thoughts about the book. I Initially choose this book for personal reasons as I have a child who was diagnose with ADHD. There were some helpful tips that I can use as a parent and a professional among the students I am around on a daily basis. The authors started the book with an explanation on why they created this book. Throughout the book they will explain why children with sensory integration problems and ADHD behaviors is not necessarily the …show more content…

The processing takes place in various sensory systems (Horowitz and Röst,2007).” Many children who have ADHD and other disorders (Autism) benefit from sensory integration therapy. This therapy helps treat children who have problems processing sensory stimuli. SI therapy may not be enough for some children, in some cases, medication is needed for the child. According to the book medication and therapy combined can provide positive results. This book also touched on some history about SI therapy. The book then went into the problems children have in processing stimuli. There were examples throughout the book of different children with different sensory issues that cause their hyperactivity. They explained ways on how to deal with behaviors that are a result of stimuli problems. There was brief information about children being evaluated and then diagnosis. If a child was diagnosed, we can look at the different causes that may occurred why the child have SI problems. These causes …show more content…

Within chapter five a parent or professional can learn about adaptive response, what is the student inner drive, different goals for the child and the skills of the therapist. Inner drive is important because if a child really wants to do something they use all their energy to get things done that peeks their interest. A child goals and improvements should tie into their inner drive. Chapter six is about different tips for a hyperactive child. One of the main things that was highlighted in this chapter is fostering calmness. When a child is not calm their bodies moves in multiple directions and the child is not processing what the adult is saying to the child. When a child is calm they can now process and follow all

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