This week at the site I added a new Featured Expert!
Her name is Karen Plumley. She has already made her presence known by sharing in the forums and writing articles about Sensory Processing Disorders. I found her on a The Mom's Entrepreneur group that I belong to online.
http://groups.google.com/group/mom-entrepreneur-support-group?hl=en&pli=1
Welcome Karen!
Featured Articles
A Sense of Disorder
Karen Plumley
Just imagine trying to pay attention in a classroom while someone rubbed your back and neck with rough sandpaper. For a child with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a tag on the back of her shirt would be an equivalent feeling. Suppose that you were trying to listen to a teacher in a room filled with buzzing chain saws. Would you be able to concentrate? To the SPD child, sitting under a ticking clock would have a similar effect. What would it be like if you were unable to trust the information coming from your five senses: those vital tools in your possession that help you grow and learn?
According to Michele Mitchell, Occupational Therapist from Ohio, SPD is a neurological disorder that can have a "huge impact on a child's well-being, daily functioning, social skills, relationships and self-esteem." It oftentimes co-exists with other diagnoses as well, such as those in the Autism Spectrum, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
Sensory Processing refers to our ability to take in the information gathered by our senses and communicate it to our brains so that our bodies can react accordingly. Children (and adults) with SPD many times misinterpret the information coming from their senses and react in inappropriate ways. There are many types of SPD.
Some children with the disorder will overreact to sensory stimuli and respond violently to sensations brought on by such things as loud noises, light, colors, sticky substances, swinging and other types of motion, and splashing water. Still others will not respond at all, even to pain. They tend to seek out sensory input, taking on such actions as head banging and finger flapping in an attempt to stimulate themselves.
If you notice that your child is demanding, nearly impossible to console, and has extreme sensitivities or behaviors that go beyond what you would consider to be normal, when is it warranted to take her to be evaluated by a specialist?
If you're child is school-aged and you are lucky enough to develop a relationship with her teacher, certain accommodations may be made for her at school as well. Simple things like assigning an SPD child the task of taking a load of books to the library or placing her seat away from a noisy door or distracting window may go a long way to helping her function better and navigate successfully through her day.
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Discussion Board News
In our “Discussion Board” we talk about many interesting topics every week.
Here we find a private place to share with others, make friends, and ask questions of the Featured Experts on the site.
This week some of the topics we covered were:
Programs using Mnemonics to teach memorization.
A website that makes candy and treats that don't contain synthetic ingredients. Perfect for Valentines Day!
How to deal with regression in your children. How to document what the problem is and then take steps to improve it.
What our Valentines day traditions are.
Come join us and tell us about your family.
Protege Retreat- My joint partner Rhea Perry is hosting a Protege Retreat. She is a great Christian woman who helps bring families together through home business. If you or your kids want to learn more about the internet and having a home business, you won't want to miss this! If you are a member of DealingWithLearningDisorders you get a huge discount to all of her conferences. Read more below.
"Don't Miss The First Annual
Protégé Retreat
To Learn Even More About Internet Marketing
And to Meet Members of
Rhea's Proteges!"
As a Member of DealingWithLearningDisorders, Your Family Gets to Attend The Protege Retreat for the Special Price of Just $297!
You Save $100, PLUS the Whole Family Can Come for One Registration!
If you've been around for very long, you've learned that there's no other group that involves children and teens in online entrepreneurial education like Rhea's Proteges does!
So get ready to take the family and join us in Huntsville, Alabama for a weekend that will change your life!
Who Is Invited --
- Only members of Rhea's Proteges
- Only guests of the Proteges.
- Members of DealingWithLearningDisorders.com
Where Is the Retreat --
Huntsville, Alabama
Special Guest Rate: $84/night
When Is the Retreat --
Check in: Thursday, April 2 from 7 -- 9 PM
Schedule:
Saturday: 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM
Sunday Non-denominational Service: 8:00 AM to 9:15
Sunday: 9:30 AM to 4 PM
*Basics of entrepreneurial education and philosophy
*Essentials for starting a home business
*How to set up blogs and web pages in 30 minutes or less
*Why an article a day will keep recession away and where to submit them
*How to have a membership site that isn't just another job
*What's the big deal about social sites?
John Hannah - Named by Sports Illustrated as The Best Offensive Linebacker of All Time
Jim Cockrum - eBay Expert and author of The Silent Sales Machine.
Jeff Herring - The Internet Article Guy
Zach McCullough - Co-creator of the Ask Database
Jennifer Navarette - Social Networking Expert
Drew Perry - eBay Real Estate Expert
Ken Pounders - Evangelist and my personal Levite
NOBODY invites teenagers to professional business conferences! Often, event planners turn young adults down because they are "kids." If they only knew what "kids" like that can do these days…
At Rhea's event, she invites teens to attend. After all, don't you wish someone had taught you how to use a computer when you were 15? (Like they HAD them way back then…)
So she always makes it possible to bring young adults.
At most conferences, registration is per person.
But at the 2009 Protégé Retreat, one price admits The Whole Family!
Bring the babies, bring Grandma, bring the dog!
Well, maybe not the dog.
Because Rhea professionally records her events, she must maintain a professional atmosphere and so she asks that you not bring babies and toddlers into the ballroom during the sessions.
You are welcome, however, to bring your younger children as long as they can sit still and pay attention through 3 days of workshops.
Please have an attendant assigned to take them out of the session if necessary.
I believe that families should learn and grow together. Even though there are times when adults need to attend sessions without the distractions of children, I believe children learn more than we realize when placed in the right environments and encouraged to pay attention.
Every attendee at this retreat will be expected to bring their own business cards for door prize drawings and networking with others. Yes, that includes kids of all ages.
(You can print your own at home or order 100 or so from VistaPrint.com.)
Where can you take your children to spend a fun-filled weekend learning how to build an online home business from Internet marketing experts who are family-friendly?
Other conferences offer charge between $497 and $2,000 for just ONE PERSON to attend.
The guest families who attend will pay $397.
But at this event, you and your spouse can bring all 10 kids plus Grandma for just one price.
Your Family Can Spend the Weekend
With Us for Just $297 per FAMILY!
So mark your calendar and plan to join us for one amazing weekend that WILL change your life! You'll literally never be the same again.
If you miss this, you'll kick yourself when you hear others talking about this life-changing event.
P.S. Don't put this off. Space is limited and as soon as they fill the room, they're cutting off registration.
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