Blueprints: Tools and Resources to Build Strength, Developmental Skills, and Emotional Healing in the Lives of Children with Special Needs, Neurodivergent, or Dealing with Trauma Paperback – December 31, 2023

Rachel Jackson, an Occupational Therapist for over 20 years in various settings and working with a variety of professionals, patients, and their families has compiled key lessons from evidenced-based research and from her journey as a therapist. The purpose of this book is to encourage parents and caregivers, teachers and families, and provide tools and resources for these remarkable children with special needs to thrive, to be seen, heard, understood, and know they are loved and cherished; they are not defined by weakness or their challenges, but by their incredible spirit, resilience, and capacity to inspire. They are not here by chance, but specifically designed and wonderfully fashioned with a plan and purpose for their life. May we joyfully strive to equip them along their life’s adventure and intentionally take the time to richly learn from them.This book will serve the reader as a quick reference guide to help assess areas of weakness, provide functional strategies to make real change, and easy to understand explanations from topics such as:Developmental delays in areas of fine motor, gross motor, and visual motor skillsPrimitive reflexes and how they corolate to learning disabilitiesSensory processing difficultiesManaging and healing from traumaNeurodivergence Read more