Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Common Characteristics of Students With ASD
Common Educational Approaches Used With Students With ASD
Sensory Processing Disorders and ASD
Overview of the Book
CHAPTER 1 Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder
Our Senses
The Sensory Integration Process
Sensory Dysfunction
Sensory Dysfunction in Students With ASD
CHAPTER 2
Sensory Integration
Planning for Adolescents
Sensory Assessment
General Intervention Considerations
CHAPTER 3 A Sensory Buffet: Choosing the Right Interventions
Sensory Buffet
Sensory Systems
Putting It All Together: The “How To”
CHAPTER 4
Self-Regulation
Anxiety and Meltdowns
Ways to Teach Self-Regulation
CHAPTER 5
A Sensory Buffet as Part of Educational Programming
The Ziggurat Model
Case Study: Asid
Comprehensive Autism Planning System (CAPS)
Home-School Communication
Case Study: Miguel
CHAPTER 6
Sample Sensory Buffet Schedules for School
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
Teen Sensory Tools Survey
Adult/Adolescent Checklist (Age Twelve and Up)
Steps in Determining Intervention
Strategies for ROA (Registration Orientation Arousal) Difficulties
The Sensory Scan Worksheet
Ziggurat Worksheet
Comprehensive Autism Planning System Worksheet
The ECLIPSE Model
Self-Regulation Activity
Sensory Buffet School Communication Form
Sensory Buffet Home Communication Form
Website Resources