{"id":108852,"date":"2019-11-05T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T18:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/?p=108852"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:19:27","slug":"a-sensory-friendly-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/insight\/for-our-wellness\/a-sensory-friendly-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"A sensory friendly Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"clearfix\"><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On October 25<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, The Chicago School<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dallas Campus partnered with Therapy &amp; Beyond to host a sensory-friendly trick-or-treat party for the North Texas Autism community. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Many children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder have sensory sensitivities<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u201d explained Dallas Campus Dean Dr. Lance Garrison. \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our goal was to provide a fun environment full of traditional Halloween activities such as face painting, cookie and pumpkin decorating, trick-or-treating, balloon art, and a costume contest in a way that avoided\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">typical v<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">isual and auditory sensory triggers such as loud noise and flashing lights.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"> \u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During the event, many members of the campus communit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">y including faculty, staff, and students helped provide an evening of fun to approximately 160 North Texas ch<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ildren and their families.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Campus has plans to make it an annual event.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more about The Chicago School of Professional Psychology\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to learn more about our academic programs, fill out the form below to request more information or you can apply today through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechicagoschool.edu\/apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">application portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 25th, The Chicago School\u2019s\u00a0Dallas Campus partnered with Therapy &amp; Beyond to host a sensory-friendly trick-or-treat party for the North Texas Autism community. \u00a0 \u201cMany children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder have sensory sensitivities,\u201d explained Dallas Campus Dean Dr. Lance Garrison. \u201cOur goal was to provide a fun environment full of traditional Halloween activities such as face painting, cookie and pumpkin decorating, trick-or-treating, balloon art, and a costume contest in a way that avoided\u00a0typical visual and auditory sensory triggers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":108862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[751,1094,223],"coauthors":[1062],"class_list":["post-108852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-our-wellness","tag-autism","tag-dallas","tag-mental-health","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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