The Multisensory Handbook: A guide for children and adults with sensory learning disabilities

177 Pages·2012·0.65 MB·English

by  Paul Pagliano

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Do you support a child or adult with sensory perceptual issues or cognitive 13
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For people with challenging sensory and cognitive conditions,everyday life 15
can become so unpredictable and chaotic that,over time,lack of engagement 16
can often lead to a state of learned helplessness.In this insightful text,Paul 17
Pagliano shows how ‘learned helplessness’ can be transformed into learned 18
optimism through multisensory stimulation,and explains how a programme of 19
support can be designed and modulated to match a person’s needs,interests and 20
abilities.Full of practical,easy-to-use multisensory assessment tools and inter- 21
vention strategies,this book will help the individual to 22
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• foster a feeling of ease with the environment; 24
• experience pleasure and happiness in their surroundings; 25
• kick-start their desire to explore; 26
• improve their learning,social wellbeing and quality of life. 27
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The author offers an abundance of exciting multisensory stimulation ideas that 29
can be applied to communication, play, leisure and recreation, therapy and 30
education.Practical resources also show how to monitor and review applications 31
to ensure they are being used in the most effective and enjoyable ways possible. 32
Informed by an astute,up-to-date,comprehensive overview of research and 33
theory,The Multisensory Handbook will appeal to primary professionals from a 34
wide range of disciplines including education,health and social care. 35
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Paul Pagliano is Associate Professor in Education at James Cook University, 37
Australia.He has an international reputation as a public speaker,and is on the 38
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The Multisensory 1
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A guide for children and adults 12
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Paul Pagliano
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First published 2012
by Routledge
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Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
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© 2012 Paul Pagliano
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pagliano, Paul J.
The multisensory handbook : a guide for children and adults with sensory
learning disabilities / Paul Pagliano.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sensory stimulation. 2. Perceptual-motor learning. 3. Perception–
Physiological aspects. 4. People with disabilities–Rehabilitation. I. Title.
QP442.P34 2012
616.8'4–dc23 2011049164
ISBN: 978–0–415–59754–8 (pbk)
ISBN: 978–0–203–11738–5 (ebk)
Typeset in Bembo by
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Contents 1
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List of illustrations xi 13
Acknowledgements xiii 14
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PART I 17
Multisensory stimulation 1 18
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1 The senses and the brain 3 20
Introduction 3 21
Basic terms 4 22
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Nervous system 4
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Neuroplasticity 5
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Our senses are everything 6
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Sensory deprivation 8
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Early sensory stimulation approaches 10
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2 Sense organs and sensory processing 12 30
Introduction 12 31
Sense organs 12 32
The senses of interoception 14 33
The senses of exteroception 15 34
Sensory processing 19 35
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Sensory thresholds 20
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3 Pleasure,happiness and Predictive Coding 23
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Introduction 23
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Down time 24
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It all starts with success 25
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What is success? 26 43
Learned helplessness and learned optimism 27 44
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What is pleasure? 28
Predictive Coding 31
4 Making sense:a developmental process 35
Introduction 35
Getting started 36
Halliday’s triptych 43
Making sense 44
The bridge is dynamic 45
5 Multisensory communication 47
Introduction 47
A bee story 48
Reflecting on the experience using semiotics 48
Tipping points 51
Multisensory communication 52
Care Theory 55
6 Design for multisensory stimulation 60
Introduction 60
The rationale 61
Design approaches 63
Olfactory space 69
Interoception space 71
White room 71
Dark room 71
Grey room 72
Acoustically sharp sound space 72
Acoustically dull sound space 73
Tactile space 73
Gustatory space 74
Interactive area 75
Water area 75
Soft play 76
Portable environment 76
Virtual environment 76
Inclusive area 77
Pluralist environment 77
Social space 77
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A unified approach 79 2
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7 Establishing a caring relationship 81 4
Introduction 81 5
Build on the relationship 84 6
Mindfulness 85 7
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Beneficence and non-maleficence 87
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Employ a non-pathologising approach 88
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Work with the participant 88
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Design approaches for empowerment 89
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Go deep 90
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Recognise treatment may be flawed 91
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Acknowledge that sometimes it might not be possible to help 91
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8 Assessment 92 17
Introduction 92 18
Types of assessment 94 19
First steps 96 20
Wellbeing 100 21
Stereotypy 103 22
Engagement 111 23
Assessing the senses 112 24
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Interoception 114
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Exteroception 118
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Introduction 132
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User-centred design 132
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Function-centred design 134
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Simplicity whenever possible 135
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Multiple methods to achieve the same outcome 135 34
Slow design 137 35
Design prototypes 138 36
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10 Beginning a sensory conversation 139 38
Introduction 139 39
Pleasure,power and meaning 139 40
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