Sensory Secrets: How to Jump-Start Learning in Children (Paperback)

~ Catherine Chemin Schneider (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...Catherine Schneider has turned three decades...working with children into a must-have guide for parents, professionals, and educators." -- Dr. Laura Schlessinger, The Reading Corner, www.drlaura.com

"...Schneider [uses] her book to educate parents of children with challenges - who otherwise might turn to medication..." -- Your Community Crier: Plymouth, MI

"...is loaded with practical, easy-to-implement sensory activities...could help promote changes in cirriculum design...to facilitate optimum learning..." -- Advance Magazine for Occupational Therapy Practitioners, February 25, 2002

"...topic accessible for the novice while including hard data on brain research...made easy...to help all children..." -- Farmington Community Library

"Perhaps most helpful...a skills inventory...for readers to investigate the holes in development...suggests homework activities for parents... -- Observer and Eccentric/Livonia, Canton, Garden City, MI etc September 23, 2001.

"While teachers may have been the intended audience initially, the non-technical writing style...make it a valuable learning tool..." -- The Eccentric/Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Birmingham, Rochester, Southfield, Troy, etc. Thursday, October 11, 2001

...a guide for parents, educators and others...giving examples of activities to engage children and...develop... sensory systems... -- The Oakland Press, February 7, 2002

...highly instructive...with...foundation skills in place...becomes easier...to...plan...for the acquisition...of...higher academic learning. Enjoy! -- Autism Asperger's Digest Magazine, May-June, 2002

Schneider promotes successful learning and positive behavior in children...shares how children's sensory systems relate to learning with practical solutions. -- The Oakland Press, November 24, 2001

[Sensory Secrets]...gives easy to use activities...illustrations...offers...tips, as well as books to read...to learn more. Great! -- Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists, January 16, 2002

Product Description

Sensory Secrets drives home the importance of using information from all the senses to develop foundational skills necessary for growing, learning, decision making, and communication. It is a guide to promote successful learning and positive behavior in people of all ages. Sensory Secrets is a must for parents; pre-school, kindergarten, and elementary education teachers; homeschoolers; and anyone who wishes to expand their understanding of neurology, thereby increasing positive outcomes. Sensory Secrets is written in an easy to read style with examples, ideas, and strategies. The Foundational Skills Inventory is included as a tool to assist educators and empower parents while locating possible areas of need to facilitate learning. Parents need this book the day they bring their newborn home from the hospital.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: The Concerned Group, Inc.; 2nd edition (September 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0936785950
• ISBN-13: 978-0936785950
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,778 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sensory secrets how to jump start learning in children, July 12, 2004

By	Michelle M. Turner (peoria, arizona United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Of everything that I've read this is the best book. Its a fairly quick read. It's broken down into very specific catigories. It gives you warning signs. It tells you how to work on a problem with professionals. It shows you hundreds of ways to work on each specific sensory motor problem. It also helps you to evaluate your own child and explains how certain holes in the learning foundation could quickly lead to learning diviculties later on in life (early grade school). If you feel that there is a problem with your child and you can't put your finger on it - this is the book that will give you invaluable stepping stones.

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy to understand, April 8, 2003

By A Customer

Sometimes books on the sensory systems are a hard read for non Occupational Therapists. This book was easy to follow with great examples of what to do to help with certain problem areas. I bought one and bought a second one for my son's teacher! I think the book is very helpful, hit vital points and actually made sense. I highly recommend it for a good read on sensory issues.

42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have resource for any pediatric professional, November 16, 2002

By	Lisa E. Cyzner, Ph.D., OTR/L (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

As a pediatric occupational therapist with a doctorate in private practice, I am continuously searching for resources for my clients who are desperately seeking information on sensory integration. I have found that Sensory Secrets is a great introductory resource especially for those families who are learning about sensory integration for the first time. They need a starting place, a way to fit all of the information they are being given about their child into the context of their own lives. This is a must-have resource for any pediatric professional to help guide families to a deeper understanding about their own child.