The Everything Parent's Guide To Sensory Integration Disorder: Get the Right Diagnosis, Understand Treatments, And Advocate for Your Child (Everything (Parenting)) [Paperback]

Terri Mauro (Author), Sharon A. Cermak (Technical Editor)

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Publication Date: August 9, 2006 | Series: Everything (Parenting)

The Everything Parent's Guide To Sensory Integration Disorder

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About the Author

Sharon A. Cermak, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is widely published and internationally known for her work in sensory integration, dyspraxia, and in development and sensory processing with children from orphanages in Eastern Europe. Dr. Cermak is a charter member of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation's Academy of Research, a recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award, and a Fulbright Scholar. She is the coauthor of a multidisciplinary book, Developmental Coordination Disorder: Theory and Practice. Sharon lives in Boston, MA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (August 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593377142
• ISBN-13: 978-1593377144
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Terri Mauro is the About.com guide to Parenting Special Needs, and the author of two books, "50 Ways to Support Your Child's Special Education" and "The Everything Parent's Guide to Sensory Integration Disorder." Her personal website Mothers With Attitude, offering "humor and help for adoptive moms, special-needs moms, any old moms at all," was recognized as a USA Today Hot Site and a Good Housekeeping Site of the Day. She has two teenagers with special needs, a 19-year-old with language-based learning disabilities and a 16-year-old with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, both adopted from Russia in 1994. She has been working as a writer for nearly 30 years, and has been an editor for Hallmark Cards, First for Women magazine, and Food and Wine cookbooks.

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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy read... Helped me understand my child better..., August 8, 2007

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A. bauman "Mother, Wife, Artist" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Everything Parent's Guide To Sensory Integration Disorder: Get the Right Diagnosis, Understand Treatments, And Advocate for Your Child (Everything (Parenting)) (Paperback)

There were things that were a mystery to me about my daughter from the moment she was born.

She had to be swaddled tightly, or she would scream for hours. She could not sleep, unless she was in a swing. As she grew, she could/would not eat anything that was not soft in texture. She screamed like she was in pain when I brushed her teeth. Screamed and frantically cried in the bathtub. Cried when we sang. She acted like rain was burning her skin and would cry and try to pull her arms and head in her shirt. She never walked anywhere barefoot. Would not swim in a pool, run through the sprinklers, or fingerpaint. She wouldn't get "messy" without being frantic about washing the dirt off. There were certain outfits or shoes she would refuse to wear...

If this sounds like your child, this book will help. I thought my child was a "bad baby", and could not figure her out... Until I read this book. I even found that my father and I have MANY sensory integration issues. This book helped me relate to my child better, and find ways to "desensitize" her to her surroundings. With the help of this book (she did not qualify for Occupational Therapy), my husband and I figured out ways to get her to live without being defensive to everything.

A year later, she is taking showers, swimming in creeks, running through sprinklers, asks me to help her brush her teeth, plays in the mud, etc. She seems nothing like the child we knew back then. This book will help you calm your child's senses, and make him/her more comfortable in their world.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, Easy to read and Informative, October 18, 2009

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This review is from: The Everything Parent's Guide To Sensory Integration Disorder: Get the Right Diagnosis, Understand Treatments, And Advocate for Your Child (Everything (Parenting)) (Paperback)

This book is great! It is very detailed (using very simple, non medical language) in discussing signs, symptoms and strategies for Sensory Processing Disorder in every aspect of your childs life. There are IEP suggestions and strategies for school, home, and play. I am passing this book along to my family members so they can better understand my son. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a child with sensory processing disorders or who may think thier child has sensory issues. It is also fantastic to share with others who interact with your child.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learn what to tell to those unbeleivers!, June 26, 2010

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This review is from: The Everything Parent's Guide To Sensory Integration Disorder: Get the Right Diagnosis, Understand Treatments, And Advocate for Your Child (Everything (Parenting)) (Paperback)

This book will tell you exactly how to make a difference between diagnosis. And is also going to tell you what the pediatrician will probably say, what your insurance is going to claim.

Will explain as well what does your child feels toward with his/her environment.