Description
Product ID: | 9781911186113 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Sensory-Being for Sensory Beings |
Subtitle: | Creating Entrancing Sensory Experiences |
Authors: | Author: Joanna Grace |
Page Count: | 186 |
Subjects: | Disability: social aspects, Disability: social aspects, Social work, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Social work, Teaching of students with specific learning difficulties / needs, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating If you support people who understand the world in a sensory way, such as people with PMLD or Dementia, you will recognise that they are usually either being strongly encouraged to join in with an activity, or doing nothing at all. This unique, practical guide helps you to bridge that gap by planning and delivering sensory stimulation that leads people into a calm, focused state. Sensory-being: the enveloping of natural presentness and awareness in an unfolding sensory moment. Sensory Beings: people whose experience of the world, and meaning within it, is primarily sensory. Often these are people who do not have access to language. If you support someone who understands the world in a primarily sensory way, for example someone with PMLD or later stage dementia, you will recognise that they often face periods of time in which they are left without an activity they can access. This unique, practical guide helps you to plan and deliver sensory activities that lead people into a calm, focused state. You are even invited to let the person you support lead you into a state of sensory focus. Written by a leading sensory specialist this book will help you to:
Tried and tested in a diverse range of settings prior to publication, these techniques and practical tools have already helped many people provide an enriched experience of life for those in their care. Throughout the book you will find numerous case studies and insights from parents, carers, special school practitioners, therapists, research institutions and more so that you can benefit from this broad body of experience. |
Imprint Name: | Speechmark Publishing Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-06-26 |