"How Does Your Engine Run?"® The Alert Program® and Autism
“If your body is like a car engine, sometimes it runs on high, sometimes it runs on low, and sometimes it runs just right.” Through the evidence-backed Alert Program®, parents and staff learn practical “engine strategies” to help change children’s levels of alertness, thereby enhancing attention, learning, communication, and social skills for those with autism, ADD, or other learning challenges. All can benefit from learning how to support self-regulation.
Mary Sue Williams, OTR/L
Mary Sue and Sherry, occupational therapists, have dedicated their 30-year careers to developing practical ways to teach how to incorporate self-regulation strategies into every day living. Since 1991, over 25,000 parents, teachers, and therapists have attended Alert Program® trainings. They have published books, songs, and games relating to self-regulation that have received enthusiastic reviews. AOTA honored them with the “Excellence in Intervention, Development, and Dissemination” Award.
