An in depth look at sensory overload: what it looks like and feels like, causes, prevention, and how to relieve overstimulation.
To avoid giving your students more than their working memory can hold, you need to know why cognitive overload happens – and how to overcome it.
Many people do not know that fibromyalgia can cause sensitivity to sights, sounds, tastes, touch, and smells. Even fewer people know that the heightened senses can cause an increase in pain. Here is the explanation of that connection, and what you can do to alleviate it.
“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” --Teddy Roosevelt As technology has evolved, so too have the way people assess and consume information. Google “information overload” and you’re likely to be on the receiving end of an onslaught of articles and news stories about the matrix of data that we
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An in depth look at sensory overload: what it looks like and feels like, causes, prevention, and how to relieve overstimulation.
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I find there is great value in giving a child a transitional item that bridges the work we do in the play therapy room to home, school and other settings. I've recently begun making some transitional items that are gaining positive feedback from both children and their caregivers. They're also affordable and easy to make. I draw these free-handed, copy onto colored card stock and hang them on the bulletin board in my office waiting room. A parent and child often engage in a brief discussing over which tabs they will tear off and take with them when they leave my office. I've encouraged parents to make these and use them at home. And since I believe strongly in doing the things I encourage my clients to do I too am tearing off these tabs and putting them in my car, on my mirror, etc. as a reminder of what I need to be an emotionally healthy person. DISCLAIMER: I need to mention that these are not my original ideas. If I knew the originator I would give them credit and thanks for a simple concept that has a powerful I have stumbled upon variations of these on the internet and found this simple idea to have a powerful impact. Are you using this idea or plan to use it? I'd welcome your feedback on how you've adapted it to your setting and how it's been received.
Don't let sensory overload wreck your child's functioning, or create distressing meltdowns. Find out what is sensory overload, and what you can do about it.
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Sometimes the best apps are not on the App Store in the education section. Check out collage apps! These little 'photo organisers' that function like digital album pages, are usually found on instagram and collections of selfies abound! Sure, these compilations are cute, but having seen what these apps can do, we got
We asked our MS community to share environmental factors that are prone to triggering sensory overload. Here's a collection of the best responses.
