How to be a superhero called self-control!: Super Powers to Help Younger Children to Regulate their Emotions and Senses

How to be a superhero called self-control! is a 112-page guide for children to learn strategies for self-regulation. It features a superhero who teaches children how to calm themselves using a number of strategies and techniques such as self-massage, deep pressure, breathing exercises, and activities. Written by a senior occupational therapist, the book has two parts; the first one for kids and the second one for their adults. The book also includes an appendix with super power charts, reinforcers, and reminder tools that can be photocopied to continue training in superhero strategies after the book has been read.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Spring Changes

"Spring Changes is a 32-page app for children aged 3-7. The most important changes of the spring season are told in brief, simple words and shown in beautiful seasonal photographs. This sensory-based exploration of the seasons is enhanced by textural backgrounds (leaves, clouds, sheep fur, and bird feathers, for example) that fill the pages behind the main photos and text. This is science for the early childhood set: brief text that teaches basic concepts and beautiful photographs that encourage children’s own observations of the world." -iTunes

For more information about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id516885900

Interoception: The eighth sensory system

Interoception: The eighth sensory system: Practical solutions for improving self-regulation, self-awareness and social understanding of individuals with autism spectrum and related disorders gives professionals and parents a new way to consider teaching individuals with ASD to understand signals from their body. How you know if you're hungry, thirsty, tired, etc. are key abilities to live a healthy life. These are also skills that those with autism spectrum disorder tend to lack.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu.

Mobile App Monday - Expressionist

Expressionist is an app this is designed to help users express emotions, senses, health and well-being, and more. The facial expressions and gestures of the cartoon character are easy to identify for any visual learner. 1000+ nouns are included to make it a flexible and practical learning tool.

To learn more about this app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/expressionist/id318022654?mt=8#