After a behavioral crisis, your first priority is safety, then calm, then connection. The post-crisis recovery caregiver steps that matter most, in order, are: ensure the area is physically safe, maintain critical distance, remove demands, offer a low-key calming...
A Social Story is a short, personalized narrative that explains a social situation to your child in calm, descriptive language. Carol Gray, who developed the method in 1991, designed these stories to help children understand what happens in a given situation, why it...
When a school emergency unfolds, caregivers on a crisis response team have three non-negotiable priorities: confirm physical safety, deliver Psychological First Aid for Schools (PFA-S) stabilization, and hand clinical needs to mental-health staff or external...
A sensory diet in a school setting is a personalized, OT-designed schedule of sensory-motor activities and accommodations that helps a student maintain the arousal level needed to participate, learn, and transition through the school day. The term “sensory diet” was...
Effective calming sensory interventions include deep pressure (weighted lap pads, firm hugs, body socks), heavy work activities (wall push-ups, carrying books), slow rhythmic movement (rocking, swinging), auditory supports (noise-reducing headphones, white noise),...
