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®.

Alert Program®

Therapy Works Children's Program: How Does Your Engine Run?®

Key Conference Information

Typically these parts of websites are not read...please take a moment...It's worth the time! Could be a way to avoid putting extra strain on your "engine" by reading the following:

 

Early Registration: $295
if postmarked (or faxed) 3 weeks prior to conference

Registration: $355
if postmarked after 3 weeks prior to conference

Group Rate: $250 (3 or more)
if postmarked (or faxed) 3 weeks prior to conference. Sorry, no purchase orders for group rate.
To get the group rate via mail:
  1. Print out the online registration form.
  2. Write the name of all other members of your group on the top of the form, so we know that you are in a group.
  3. Then make the number of copies you need of this form and fill out one per person.
  4. Mail all of the forms (one per person) in the same envelope to TherapyWorks at 4901 Butte Place, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120.
To get the group rate via our website:
  1. Gather your group and registration information.
  2. Enter everyone at one-time. We can only accept one credit card for online registrations. If your group has multiple payment types, please submit via snail-mail or fax.
Fax your purchase orders and registration form(s) to 505-899-4071

Required Text: The book, "How Does Your Engine Run?"® A Leader's Guide to the Alert Program® for Self-Regulation is a required text. If you purchased the text when you registered, it will be at the registration table. If you have your own book, remember to bring it with you, otherwise you will need to purchase another Leader's Guide at the registration door.

A Confirmation Letter: will be sent to you prior to the workshop, only if you provided your email address on the registration form.

Special Needs: If you require any special assistance, due to physical limitations, TherapyWorks, Inc. will make every effort to accommodate your needs. Contact us at least six weeks in advance to ensure that arrangements can be made.

Cancellation Policy: If you requested in writing two weeks prior to the workshop, refunds will be issued minus a $50 processing fee. In the unlikely event that this workshop would need to be canceled, TherapyWorks cannot be responsible for travel or hotel expenses.

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