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Environmental IssuesEarly life events and environmental factors may interact significantly with genetic susceptibility in a child. Environmental stimuli may be disturbing or even painful to someone with autism. This may apply to any or all types of sensory input. Personal accounts of autism have emphasized this. The other characteristics associated with autism may be caused, in part, by a disorder in sensory processing. The extent to which sensory problems may contribute to other characteristics associated with autism is not certain. However, there is sufficient information to suggest that consideration be given to both the type and amount of sensory stimulation in the environment, and an individual's reaction to it.

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Relaxation Strategies
length: 
7 minutes

Jacquie Bezo, an Educational and Behavioural Consultant with POPARD, will discuss some of the challenges individuals with ASD may face in the area of stress & coping.

Examples of both concrete and abstract methods of relaxation will also be reviewed.

Emotional Regulation
length: 
6 minutes

Self-Regulation
length: 
5 minutes

Jacquie Bezo is a POPARD Educational and Behaviour Consultant.

Overview of Yoga in the Classroom Booklet
length: 
14 minutes

Leslie Burgess (POPARD Educational & Behaviour Consultant and Registered Yoga Therapist) discusses a booklet she organized called Yoga in the Classroom. This booklet outlines how to set up a yoga program with your students. She describes breathing techniques and simple poses. Within the related content area of this eLearning lesson there is a link to view a full 30-minute yoga program with Leslie. This yoga program can also be found on the Downloads page of this website, under Resources.

Yoga in the Classroom
length: 
7 minutes

Leslie Burgess (POPARD Education and Behaviour Consultant) interviews Karina Naples, a Vancouver secondary school teacher, about practicing yoga with her students with an autism spectrum disorder.

Yoga as a Relaxation Technique
length: 
9 minutes

Leslie Burgess (Teacher and POPARD Education and Bahaviour Consultant) is interviewed by Allison Adams (POPARD Education and Behaviour Consultant) about why yoga is a suitable relaxation technique for students with an autism specturm disorder.