Resources to Support Understanding and Participation

My books reflect how I approach my work, looking beyond behavior to understand what is happening in the body and how that impacts learning, regulation, and participation. Each one is designed to support real-world application across home, school, and clinical settings.

Interoception How I Feel, Sensing My World from the Inside Out book by Cara Koscinski

Featured Resource

Interoception: How I Feel, Sensing My World from the Inside Out

A practical, neuro-affirming guide to understanding internal body signals and their role in regulation and participation.

Interoception is the ability to notice and understand the body’s internal signals, including hunger, thirst, pain, emotions, breathing, and heart rate. These signals shape how we regulate, feel within our bodies, and respond to the world around us.

When interoception is supported, participation, learning, and daily routines become more accessible and meaningful.

This revised and expanded second edition includes updated research, neuro-affirming language, expanded case examples, and additional practical tools to support interoceptive awareness across settings. It also introduces the Roots to Fruit™, Integrated Interoception Tree Model™, a framework designed to help professionals understand how underlying systems support regulation, participation, and behavior.

A detailed infographic illustrating the 'From Roots to Fruit' integrated interoception tree model, showing how internal bodily signals from roots (like proprioception, tactile, auditory, vision, gustatory, and vestibular senses) influence external experiences (identities, participation, regulation, and sensory outcomes) on the branches and canopy of the tree.

Additional Resources

  • The Executive Function Express Program Book by Cara Koscinski blue with train on cover

    The Executive Function Express™

    A visual, strengths-based framework that supports executive function through a structured, train-based model. Provides practical tools and strategies to support planning, organization, regulation, and attention in meaningful, real-world ways.

  • Interoception Activity Adventures Book by Cara Koscinski

    Interoception Activity Adventures

    A strengths-based resource featuring engaging activities to support interoceptive awareness, emotional connection, and regulation. Includes practical tools to help children build awareness of body signals, movement, and daily routines such as sleep, hunger, and self-care.

  • Sensorimotor Interventions Book Cover by Cara Koscinski

    Sensorimotor Interventions & VAMPS Assessment

    A practical resource focused on strengthening the sensorimotor foundations that support learning and behavior. Includes a quick assessment checklist and movement-based strategies integrating visual, motor, and postural systems.