Course Description
Environmental Enrichment: A Sensory-Based Protocol to Reduce the Severity of Autism – Teresa Garland
- A NEW sensory awareness and desensitization protocol:
- Decrease autism symptoms and severity
- Increase awareness of touch, temperature, vision and movement
- Increase tolerance of sound and scent
- Live demonstrations with children!
- Latest research
In this workshop, you will learn how to customize and implement a sensory awareness and desensitization protocol for a child with autism of any age in a home or school setting. This evidence-based protocol (Woo & Leon, 2013, 2015) has been shown to reduce autism severity in children of all ages. You will walk away with Ā 34 rotating activities Ā that develop the Ā child’s awareness to hot/cold, visual, touch, vestibular and sound sensations. Additional Ā activities Ā for Ā speech, physical exercise and emotions Ā are included and can be incorporated into the original protocol. You will learn how to adapt the 34 activities to give the child a just-right challenge. There will be live demonstrations of the activities.
- Customize a sensory awareness and desensitization protocol for a child with autism of any age.
- Administer 34 activities to develop the child’s awareness to hot/cold, visual, touch, vestibular and sound sensations.
- Explain how to modify the enrichment protocol.
- Incorporate activities for speech, physical exercise and emotions into the protocol.
Introduction to the Environmental Enrichment (EE) Protocol
- What is it?
- What evidence do we have?
A Step-by-Step Guide to the Enrichment Protocol
- The short and long versions
- The materials
- How, where and when to put the protocol in place
Activities to Enrich the Senses in Autism
- 34 activities
- Live demonstrations with children
Modifications to the Enrichment Protocol
- Grade the challenge with alternate activities
- Add in speech, physical exercise, rhythm and emotional activities
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