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Do you have a child in your preschool classroom who: Covers their ears when others are singing and playing? Refuses to touch clay, paint, or sand? Often falls down and skins their knees? And, climbs on top of furniture and jumps off?If so, it is possible the child may be having difficulty with sensory integration. How can you help children with this problem?""The Sensory Integration Book"" helps identify children who have difficulties with sensory processing, and offers teachers simple, easy-to-use solutions to support these children's needs in the classroom.

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The numbers of young children entering private preschools and the public school system exhibiting sensory processing disorders is increasing every year and currently are estimated to affect 12 to 17 percent of all children in the United States according to the Sensory Integration Education and Research Foundation. The collaborative work of Christy Isbell (Program Directory and Associate Professor for the Occupational Therapy Program at Milligan College in Tennessee) and Rebecca Isbell (Director of Tennessee's Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning), -Sensory Integration: A Guide For Preschool Teachers- focuses on providing teachers with the tools they need to help children whose brains are not correctly processing information brought in by their senses. This problem can manifest itself as oversensitivity or undersensitivity to touch, sights, sounds, movement, tastes, or smells; unusually high or low activity levels; coordination problems; poor attention span or difficulty focusing on tasks; and low self-esteem. In addition to helping teachers identify these children, -Sensory Integration- also offers practical, easy-to-use solutions to supporting children's sensory needs. Of special note are the chapters that show how to determine whether a child is a sensory seeker or avoider; create effective learning environments to support the sensory development of all children; and the implementation of practical solutions to meet the needs of individual children in the preschool classroom. -Sensory Integration- is recommended as require reading for all preschool teachers, and would be highly informative reading for the parents of children with sensory disorders as well. - Midwest Book Reviews

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Christy Isbell is Associate Professor for the Occupational Therapy Program at Milligan College, Tennessee. Rebecca Isbell is Professor of Early Childhood Education at East Tennessee State University.

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