Full-Length Books from Janet Oliver, PhD. & Plan for Learning

Plan for Learning & Living E-Booklets

Begin a journey into the inner senses for new and powerful methods all ages can use to improve learning and living with simple, straightforward activities described in this book. As a private practitioner, I have seen my clients benefit from them. We are on a cusp of a new age when the physical and psychological can no longer be easily separated. Start your journey today.

This booklet leads the reader through the developmental steps of the grasp and the motor organization needed for fine motor activities, particularly handwriting.

Booklet designed to help parents and teachers who want young students to excel or find their students missing some of the subskills of academic learning in handwriting, reading, spelling, writing, math, and study. Find efficient, well-tested activities to improve learning for young learners or those missing foundational learning.

Gentle Encouragement is one way to work with stressed people. Stress is anything that causes pressure to a system. Some stress in our sensory-motor system is optimal under normal conditions because a bit of stress can add challenge and even fun to a task. People need challenges to feel accomplishment and meaning.

Readiness for Learning in the 21st Century: 10 Principles of the Sensory-Motor-Reflex Approach, is a compilation of basic understandings that I have used to help my clients’ and their parents’ program. These principles are important, because the Sensory-Motor-Reflex approach asks people to understand a dynamic, interacting body-brain system, rather than just looking for a silver bullet, label or quick fix.

Learn how the cranial nerves serve as critical sensory motor highways for the brain's processing and response of all information. Understand what can go wrong and how to correct issues when they occur.

Do you find yourself as a parent occasionally perplexed in various situations involving your different tasks as a parent? Change hats! Clarifying my different jobs as a parent made a big difference for me in handling the daily small and big stuff.

This booklet is a simple, powerful start addressing one behavior: toe walking. Toe walking is really a symptom of other sensory-motor-reflex concerns. Many people have had good results from gently doing these activities 3 to 4 times a week. If after 4 to 6 months, toe walking is not resolved, you may need a more individualized program. An individualized program can give a series of activities that build to a goal