Product Description
This book was written for parents and teachers, providing activities that are helpful to keep children alert at home and school. Many therapists recommend these low budget, easy-to-use activities. Teachers, parents, and therapists will love the quick movement breaks and other suggestions to expand their repertoire of self-regulation strategies for use in a variety of settings. This book does not teach children about their engine levels, but it is organized around th… More >>
Take Five!: Staying Alert at Home and School
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#1 by Erin Tourek on April 13, 2010 - 6:46 pm
This book is full of great self-regulation strategies and activities that can be used at home, in the schools and out in the community. The strategies are fun, very practical and inexpensive. Take Five! includes strategy lists, clear activity suggestions and ways to adapt activities. I have found this book very helpful in preparing treatment plans and sensory diets. Kids love the activities. This book is a great support to the “How Does Your Engine Run?” Leader’s Guide. Check it out, you will truly enjoy it!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by A. Blackburn on April 13, 2010 - 7:13 pm
This book is a great follow up to the How Does Your Engine Run Leader’s Guide. I got both on the recommendation of a friend to help my son who has sensory integration issues. I love the quick and easy format. This book is packed full of great suggestions that are easy to implement in a variety of settings. We have used several of these games for my son. My oldest, who is more adept at regulating his states, enjoys these games as well so it’s something we can do together as a family. This book will also grow along with my son because there are great ideas for the classroom and things he can participate in better as he gets older. I highly recommend this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Melissa Winkle on April 13, 2010 - 9:08 pm
Review: I see this book as a natural progression after the original Alert Program Leaders Guide. I start with the Alert Program Leaders Guide to teach clients and caregivers about how to identify and change arousal. My colleagues have begun with this book and are seeing great results even without the experience of using the original AP Leaders Guide.
I use the Take Five: Staying Alert at Home and School for designing treatment plans in a variety of settings. This book offers many activities that evolve around five different ways to change their response to environmental demands. It can be used for individual or group sessions. It offers teams, parents and kiddos more opportunity for self exploration and adaptive strategies to participate in the occupation of being a kid! The authors offer two games (”Alert-Go Fish” and “Alert- Bingo”) on their website that are a good buy, but I do not see them available on Amazon.
Rating: 5 / 5