Hurricanes in My Ears and a Fire in My Nose: My Sensory Life belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter home routines, treatment sessions, interdisciplinary consultation, and health-related skill support. In Hurricanes in My Ears and a Fire in My Nose: My Sensory Life, for this course, the practical stakes show up in safe, humane intervention that respects health variables and daily-life feasibility, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via National Converge Autism Summit
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Join Free →Life is a sensory experience. How the brain processes sensory information impacts engagement in all areas and influences how safe one feels in their mind, body, environment, and interactions. Imagine life where faces look like animals, sounds cause excruciating pain, food textures change in different lighting, your body has no boundaries, and movements are unpredictable. Experiences like these are reality for those with sensory processing challenges. Without adequate support, these individuals become stuck in a perpetual state of fight, flight, or freeze. In this session attendees learn about sensory processing challenges from an inside perspective. With the help of her husband, an autistic occupational therapist shares her inner experiences while also educating on the 8 senses and teaching evidence-based strategies to assist with sensory regulation. Creating sensory friendly environments, adapting activities, and making supports accessible are also explored.
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| BACB® | 0 | — |
| COA | 1 | — |
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| SCBPCMFTACPES | 1 | — |
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| SCBSW | 1 | — |
| SCBSLP | 1 | — |
| NBCC | 1 | — |
Kim Clairy OTR/L is a Brenau University graduate with a BS/MS in occupational therapy. Kim has been invited to share her expertise on autism for over 100 organizations in 7 countries. She is a frequent contributor to autism related projects and podcasts and has contributed to numerous publications on autism. Additionally, Kim is a private consultant and self-advocate who broke through barriers as she defied a healthcare system that said, “your autism is severe; you need to live in a nursing home.” Her difficult experiences forged a passion for educating others on autism. Through hands-on learning Kim uses personal experiences and professional expertise to educate on many facets of autism across the lifespan.
Dig into the research behind this topic — plain-English summaries written for BCBAs.
279 research articles with practitioner takeaways
258 research articles with practitioner takeaways
239 research articles with practitioner takeaways
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