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"How Does Your Engine Run?"
The Alert Program for Self-Regulation*
How the Alert Program works:
- Children are introduced to the concept of self-regulation through the analogy: "Your body is like a car engine, sometimes it runs on high, sometimes it runs on low, and sometimes it runs just right."
- Children learn how to choose sensorimotor strategies to attain and maintain an optimal state of alertness.
* Created by Mary Sue Williams & Sherry Shellenberger, TherapyWorks, Inc.
BENEFITS OF THE ALERT PROGRAM |
A “just right” alert state helps children to:
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“The Alert Program is a wonderful tool for helping children become more aware of their alert level. Therapy sessions are more productive when children are in a “just right” alert state. It also is very beneficial for helping children with their school experience”.
- Kristy Phelps, OTR