Here's a garden that has been designed for different areas for differnt activities and games.
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Although the information in the last page has been broader and can
be used for different client groups, I am going to primarily aim this
posting on play for people with sensory processing disorder.The
environment can relax a child and give them the right impetus to
initiate activities and PLAY!!!!.
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As Etherington (2007) points out out
many children are specially sensitive to sensory conditions i.e sound
,light ,etc.A classroom is full of some rather smelly loud children with
overhead fluorescent lighting.This is not conducive for this child and
outside is a break from this sensory onslaught.
Play and Development Include opportunities for the child to develop gross
motor skills and exercise large muscle groups by adding objects for climbing
such as large boulders, stumps, nets, a balancing beam or a horizontal ladder
resting on the ground, and stepping stones placed several inches apart for
jumping and 'giant steps'.
To help increase upper body strength be sure to include a rope swing,
rings or a short horizontal bar. A separate grassy area is good for running and
active games.
Kissel and Luby (2006) suugests that the child during play
explores and manipulates objects, which helps them to become aware of function and
meaning. Therfore as the child learns the use for these objects and attributes meaning to them, he/she is
able to determine relationships between them and assign them to various
categories.
This environment creates a stimulating environment for the occupational therapist to create educative fun PLAY!!!
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Following ideas adpated from Carol
Stock Kranowitz ‘s The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with
Sensory Integrative Dysfunction
Sensory Garden play for the Hyper-responsive Child.
These children may need to be graded to sensory input i.e
sunglasses due to their high sensitivity.They may need to have small
amounts of time in the garden until they are able to concentrate
the sensory activities can be graded at an appropriate level for the child.
Sensory Garden play for the Hypo-responsive Child.
these children are the opposite and will require a great deal of
sensory stimulation. Strong fragrances like mint and tea-tree can
stimulate.
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Sensory garden play for the sensory seeking child.This
child can be very distracted alternating play with diversionary heavy
work duties can keep this child focused:i.e pulling pushing items to and
from the garden.
messy play such as mud pies paint foam bubbles incorporated with calming scents will work best.
To stimulate the proprioceptive system the use of an
obstacle course increases proprioceptive input and helps to develop motor planning.
Swings, slides, and climbing equipment offer unlimited opportunities
This fun site interactively gives you suggestions http://www.sensoryworld.org/explore-spring.html
heres some sensory water obstacle course ideas.
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Kissel, D,kos& Luby, L,. (2006) argue some of the skills children develop through play in the garden are:
- interpersonal skillscommunicating workin as part of a team
- body awareness
- using bothsides of their bodies for pulling ,pushing raking etc
- motor balance-being stable while carrying .lifting and loading objects
- coordianation
- occur training from scanning for bird ,butterflys
heres some more useful links
www.autism4parents.org/Community_Sensory_Garden.html Autism site looking into designing
www.autism4parents.org/Community_Sensory_Garden.html Autism site looking into designing
www.thrive.org.uk Great english site
References
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