Video: Getting ready to leave the house

﻿Hi, my name is Anele and I'm one of the occupational therapists. In today's lesson, we are going to think about vision. We're also going to think about what we need to get ready to go out of the house in the mornings. And the activity that we're going to do is to make a sensory passport. So I will tell you all about what you need in a little bit, okay. We as therapists have tried to think of the best way to continue to support children, young people and their families. We will be exploring topic areas that we regularly provide advice and support on across all ages and abilities. Each lesson will have ideas and activities that can be carried out at home or in school. This information is to be used alongside any specific strategies or resources which have been given by your child's school or therapist. If you have any questions or would like help tailoring this to your child's needs, then please contact your local therapy service. In today's lesson, we're going to learn a little bit more about what we can do to make things easier when we go out. We're still focusing on the visual things. And one of the things that we're going to make is we're going to start making a sensory passport together. So what you need to do is you need to ask your carer or your parent to help you. You will need some paper, some pens, maybe some magazines to get all of those things ready. Great. Let's think a little bit about things that may be difficult when we leave the house. It could be that there is a difference in light. So we know that inside light is less bright than outside light. It could be that we simply don't know where we going and that can, if we haven't got a picture in our head that can make us worry a little bit. You know, what will happen next if we don't know, then that can make us feel a little bit uncomfortable. And also if we go to an unfamiliar place, and it's really busy, or it's really noisy, all of those things can impact on our vision and also how comfortable we feel. So there's a few things that we can do to help when leaving the house. One thing could be maybe to wear a cap or some sunglasses, you know, maybe having a picture or photograph of where you're going, for some people it's having a map and you can follow the journey when you drive in a car or you go by bus. For other people it could be having a visual schedule. We've talked about that in other lessons. So a little plan of what's going to happen when you get there and what's going to happen next. Those things may really help. And then one other thing is when there's lots of things to look at in a new unfamiliar place. It may be an idea to chat to your parent or your carer, and that you have something that you can keep with you, it could be one of your favourite books, it could be a handheld game, or it just could be a fidget toy that you can kind of have a look on your lap. And then that helps to screen out all this information around you. So have a look, and I think and chat to your carer about what would help you to leave the house. Right, so let's have a look at making a sensory passport. So for this you all know, you may have a passport yourself. So a passport is something that we carry with us when we go travelling to another country. And it has information about us that tells the other country a little bit more about who we are, where we were born, what country have we come from. So it's something that we take with us when we go out and a sensory passport is going to be exactly the same as that. My sensory passport looks like this. So first, what I've done is I've made a front page, and it has a photo of me and it has a picture of my name. And on the front, it says my name is Anele. I have lots of sensory likes, I also have lots of sensory dislikes, and they can make you feel worried and upset. I will tell you a little bit more about this. And that's what you're going to make now with your parent or carer. So pause this video to complete your task and design your front page. And then when you're finished, you can come back and we will carry on with this lesson. Great, well done. Now we're going to make the second page of our sensory passport. This is going to be our visual page. And it's going to be about visual things that we like, visual things that we don't like. Maybe visual things that now help us to feel calm and visual things that help us to focus and also a few visual things that may help us to wake up. So these are the headings that I've used and you can copy that and use them to make your own sensory passport. So with your parent or your carer, take some time now and complete the visual section of your passport. Great, I'm really looking forward to seeing all of your sensory passports that you've created. Now, you may have done it on paper, which is great. So you can start making a little folder of all the pages because in lessons ahead, we will be adding to this passport. You may also want to make a digital one, using something like PowerPoint or slides is a great way to create your sensory passport. That's great! I can't Wait to see all of your sensory passports that you've created and I hope that you've had fun and that it has been helpful to talk through some of the things that will help you when you leave the house. Share your work with Oak National. If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer, to share your work on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and #LearnwithOak

Lesson summary: Getting ready to leave the house

Today we will think about leaving the house and ideas to make this easier.

Getting ready to leave the house

Visual Sense

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My visual sense

Regulation: Being over or under responsive

What is proprioception?

Getting ready in the morning: Waking up

Getting ready in the morning: Routines

When playtimes are tricky

When homework is tricky

Getting ready for bed

Fussy about food (Part 1)

Fussy about food (Part 2):  Strategies

Ideas to help me connect with others outside of the home

Getting ready to leave the house

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Lesson summary: Getting ready to leave the house

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