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Self Regulation - Our Approach

Koru’s multidisciplinary team focuses on working with the child’s senses (tactile, vestibular, proprioceptive, olfactory, gustatory, visual, and auditive) as they are the foundation for emotional regulation.

Sensory Integration Therapy based on Dr A. Jean Ayres’ concepts, Neuro-sequential model (Dr. Bruce Perry) and Self Regulation model (Dr. Stuart Shanker) contribute to the development of:

Self Regulation
Body Awareness
Balance and Posture
Fine and Gross
Motor Skills
Motor Planning
Visual Perception
Visual motor Integration

Self-Regulation is not a programme but rather an ongoing, lifelong, process of understanding stress-behaviour and involves interrelated practices for maintaining a healthy energy and tension balance.

Shanker Self-Regulation is a process for enhancing self-regulation by understanding and dealing with stress. In Self-Regulation, we focus on our responses to stress and the underlying state of energy and tension when we encounter stress.

Once the child is in a regulated state, they may be able to increase attention and decrease distractibility, decrease anxiety, increase self-motivation, promote communication, increase self-esteem and improve independence.