Treadmill for Students with Autism and Apraxia Protocol 2: Providing Opportunities to Learn (TAAP 2) - Softcover

Debra Widmer-Reyes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934922285 ISBN 13: 9781934922286

Publisher: TAAP Project, a project of Clever Clover LLC, 2010

Synopsis

TAAP, Treadmill for students with Autism and Apraxia Protocol, published in 2009 was written to share an effective therapy program to help children learn. Children who receive Physical Therapy services in schools to support their educational programs face limitations. Effective programs face barriers of time, priority, space, equipment and peer engagement. TAAP is a visual-gross motor developmental program that expands expertise to the educational team, Paraprofessionals and families. The program can be performed for 10-minute intervals daily. A treadmill implies smaller space and can be easily moved. Non-therapists can easily follow the program precisely. TAAP 2, Providing Opportunities to Learn continues the explanations from TAAP. Students improve posture and gross motor skills that lead to enhanced fitness with engagement in recess, PE and recreational sports. Improved visual processing skills promote attention, regulation and organization, eye-hand coordination, imitation, and independence. Students completing performance modules using TAAP have documented increase in sitting posture with visual attention, classroom motor organization for transitions and independent access to learning centers. They have improved learning behaviors of initiation and completion of work, visual tracking and reading as well as performing non-preferred activities. TAAP 2, Providing Opportunities to Learn begins with milestones of visual-gross motor development. Key elements of development are related educational components necessary for learning. The visual processing system is further related to the motor system to provide insight to methods to improve independence. Case Studies and research projects are detailed in stages to indicate therapy and integration with the educational team. As a therapist, educator, or family member, read this book and discover the authentic, effective link to visual processing through the gross system that enhances learning.

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About the Author

Debra Widmer-Reyes, MPT attended University of Southern California. She graduated with two degrees, Psychology, AB-1977 and Physical Therapy, MS-1978. Physical Therapy internship study during Year I-1977 was in neurology and pediatrics at Rancho los Amigos Hospital-Downey, California, sports medicine and orthopedics at Southwestern Medical Orthopedic Group-Inglewood, California and school based Physical Therapy at Children Health Services, Los Angeles, California. Internships during Year II-1978 were Adult Rehabilitation at Northridge Hospital, Northridge, California, Pediatric Surgery and Out-patient services at San Diego Children s Hospital, San Diego, California and Pediatric/Adult Arthritis and Collagen Disorders at the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. As a student athlete at USC, Debra experienced training effects of visual motor training to enhance performance. The immediate improvements and lasting effects of visual-gross motor training and visualization planning on sport performance became a passionate interest as she studied Physical Therapy. Debra s interest in this area continued to grow in the specialized study and certification in pediatric treatment techniques: Ayers Sensory Integration and Neuro Developmental Treatment Approach. Throughout the years, Debra has combined visual training techniques in sports performance with pediatric techniques to develop TAAP. Her work experience was initially at Newington Children s Hospital. From Newington, Debra owned a private practice for 16 years servicing children in the school setting and at home. During this time, one of her contracts was Stonington Public Schools, Stonington, Connecticut and in 1996, she became a full time employee. Currently, her school system supports TAAP in each building: 3 elementary schools, 2 middle schools and 1 high school. The 6 Rehabilitation treadmills are in constant motion throughout the school day providing opportunities to increase visual gross motor performance to increase independent learning. In addition to PT, Debra has professionally coached High School Sports over 20 years as an Assistant and Head Coach in the sports of Volleyball and Track and Field. All of her concerns as a PT and coach are with efficacy of training enhancing performance through specific visual-gross motor training.

Edition details

• Publisher: TAAP Project, a project of Clever Clover LLC
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1934922285
• ISBN 13: 9781934922286
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: IBJ Book Publishing
• Illustrator: Matt Maynard