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Learn to Move, Move to Learn: Sensorimotor Play-Based Activities

Presented by Jenny L. Clark

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Join Jenny Clark, OTR/L, BCP and acquire skills to develop sensorimotor play-based activity lesson plans from the ‘Learn to Move’ complimentary sensory-based curriculum program. This course explodes with creative and practical sensorimotor interventions that can be easily implemented in the classroom or clinic. You will learn to apply strategies that target motor skills, language, social skills, learning, and behavior to your practice. This unique evidence-based treatment approach for children incorporates sensorimotor theme activities that facilitate development to enhance learning through play.

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Jenny L. Clark

With over 35 years of pediatric occupational therapy experience, Jenny L. Clark brings passion, expertise, and creativity to her work supporting children with sensory and developmental challenges. A graduate of the University of Kansas, Jenny is an advanced mentored clinician in sensory processing disorder through the STAR…

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Chapters & learning objectives

"Learn to Move" Curriculum Foundation

1. "Learn to Move" Curriculum Foundation

Jenny Clark begins by identifying four foundational aspects of the “Learn to Move” curriculum. She discusses Ayre’s Sensory Integration Frame of Reference and its influence on the development of the “Learn to Move” curriculum. Participants will analyze the role of children’s literacy, value of a transdisciplinary team, and implementation in inclusive settings of the “Learn to Move” curriculum.

"Learn to Move" Structural Elements

2. "Learn to Move" Structural Elements

Chapter 2 describes the seven-sequence structure in each lesson plan of the “Learn to Move” curriculum. Participants will learn how to assimilate themes into lesson plans for therapeutic intervention and continuity. They will acquire expertise for integration of school readiness skills and learn how to integrate cognitive, language, motor, and social skills into theme lessons.

Evidence-Based Practice

3. Evidence-Based Practice

In the final chapter of this course, participants will understand why play is essential to therapeutic intervention. They will learn to identify supportive preliminary evidence for the “Learn to Move” curriculum program and accomplish the ability to incorporate modifications into program development.