About the Alert Program®...."If your body is like a car engine, sometimes it runs on high, sometimes it runs on low, and sometimes it runs just right." When teachers, therapists, or parents use these simple words to begin the Alert Program®, they enter an exciting adventure with children. The journey unfolds easily with the program's clearly defined steps for teaching self-regulation awareness. The book, How Does Your Engine Run?® A Leader's Guide to the Alert Program® for Self-Regulation (Williams & Shellenberger, 1996), describes an innovative program that supports children, teachers, parents, and therapists to choose appropriate strategies to change or maintain states of alertness. Students learn what they can do before a spelling test or homework time to attain an optimal state of alertness for their tasks. Teachers learn what they can do after lunch, when their adult nervous systems are in a low alert state and their students are in a high alert state. Parents learn what they can do to help their toddler's nervous system change from a high alert state to a more appropriate low state at bedtime. Leaders of the program not only learn what they can do to support self-regulation, but how to share the underlying theory so all can understand the basics of sensory integration. By reading the book or attending a conference, adults increase awareness of their own self-regulation thereby improving their ability to facilitate students' optimal functioning. The Sensory-Motor Preference Checklist (for Adults) is a tool used to support this learning process. For example by filling out the checklist, adults may discover that before work, they may drink coffee, take a brisk walk, or listen to jazzy music to get their engine up and going for the day. Or others may find that they drink hot chocolate, rock in a rocking chair, or watch the glow of a fireplace to get their engine slowed down after a busy day. Bringing to awareness what most people do automatically in their daily routines, fosters the understanding of how important self-regulation is for students' functioning. Although the Alert Program® initially was intended for children with attention and learning difficulties, ages 8-12, it has been adapted for preschool through adult and for a variety of disabilities. If children are intellectually challenged or developmentally younger than the age of eight, the program's concepts can be utilized by staff to develop sensory diets (Wilbarger & Wilbarger, 1991) to enhance learning. Join the group of teachers, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, adapted physical educators, educational assistants, counselors, social workers, and parents who are enhancing children's lives using the Alert Program®.

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Test Details:

Take Five! Staying Alert at Home and School

Earn: 0.3 AOTA CEU (three NBCOT PDU or three contact hours) Due to variations in state licensure laws, TherapyWorks, Inc. encourages you to verify that the courses listed here meet your individual state requirements for continuing education for your profession.

Level: Beginning & Intermediate

Cost: $45.00

Who is the course designed for:
This self-study CEU test is intended for a variety of professionals including OT's, PT's, SLP's, teachers, counselors, and parents. All who read the Take Five book will glean new information about how to support self-regulation with ease in classroom, home and therapy settings.

Continuing Education Objectives:
Learners will be able to:
1) Define the purpose of the Take Five book:
    why "take five?"
2) Name the five sensorimotor ways to change
    how alert one feels to obtain an optimal
    level of functioning.
3) Select appropriate Take Five activities to
    support self-regulation and learning
    in home, school and therapy settings.

According to AOTA's Content Focus*, this course meets the criteria for:

• Category 1: Domain of OT, Performance
                        Skills and Performance Patterns • Category 2: Occupational Therapy
                        Process, Intervention

*TherapyWorks, Inc. is an AOTA Approved Provider. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

How do self-study CEU tests work?
1. Once you purchase this CEU Test, you'll
    receive an email with a PDF file of test
    instructions, Take Five CEU final exam,
    registration sheet and answer sheet.
2. Just to clarify, you will need to purchase a
    copy of the required text, the Take Five
    book, if you don't already have it.
3. After you've read the Take Five book
    and complete the final exam, simply fax or
    snail mail your registration and answer
    sheets back to us at:
TherapyWorks, Inc.
7200 Montgomery NE,
Ste B9 Box 397
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Toll free 877-897-3478
Fax 505-899-4071
4. A score of 70% or better on this multiple
    choice test will be required to receive a
    Certificate of Completion. Successful
    completion is a minimum of 11 of 15 correct
    answers on the written test. You can repeat
    the test until you are successful (no
    additional charge).
5. You will be notified of your test results by
    email and issued either a Certificate of
    Completion for 3.0 contact hours (or 0.3
    AOTA CEUs) or an invitation to re-take the
    test again at no extra charge to you. Once
    TherapyWorks, Inc. receives your test, we
    will email you within two weeks.

TherapyWorks, Inc. cannot be responsible for the effects of individual email security settings and spam filters. We recommend that you add the following email address manager@AlertProgram.com to your address book to help allow your receipt of any communications about your written CEU test.

Specifics:
This 15 item multiple choice test will confirm the knowledge that you've gained by reading the required text, Take Five! Staying Alert at Home and School. If you already have a copy of this book, you can start your continuing education immediately. If you need to purchase a copy of the Take Five book, click here.

About the Authors:
Mary Sue Williams, OTR/L and Sherry Shellenberger, OTR/L, have lectured extensively across the country and internationally since 1991. As co-owners of TherapyWorks, Inc., they have published numerous books, CDs, and games related to the Alert Program. Mary Sue and Sherry continue to develop practical ways to teach people of all ages how to incorporate sensory integration and sensory processing theory into everyday living. AOTA recognized their contributions by honoring them with the "Excellence in Intervention Development and Dissemination" Award in June of 2003.

Cancellation Policy:
TherapyWorks, Inc. written CEU tests are non-refundable.

Once you order, you'll receive two separate emails (a receipt and a PDF for the written CEU test and instructions).

Price: $45.00 Each

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