by Carla Lowe | Sep 26, 2024 | ADHD, Multi-Sensory Approaches, Sensory
Our focus this month is on sensory processing and provision which you can find out more about in our previous blog posts: What is Sensory Processing? Why is an Understanding of Sensory Processing and Provision Important? In addition to our training course on sensory...
by Carla Lowe | Oct 9, 2023 | Educational Psychology, Learning Environments, Multi-Sensory Approaches
If you have read our previous blog posts regarding sensory processing or have accessed our training courses on Sensory Processing and Sensory Provision, you will hopefully understand the importance of sensory circuits. If you are unsure what a sensory circuit is,...
by Carla Lowe | Oct 8, 2023 | Educational Psychology, Multi-Sensory Approaches
You may have heard the term ‘sensory circuit’ being used in schools, but if you are unsure what a sensory circuit actually is, you are in the right place! A sensory circuit is a fairly short (usually between 15-20 minutes long) set of activities that a child or young...
by Gary Lavan | Nov 23, 2014 | Multi-Sensory Approaches
A team of researchers from Cambridge University have demonstrated that whereas synaesthesia only occurred in 7.2% of typical individuals, it occurred in 18.9% of people with autism. Synaesthesia describes the experience of a ‘mixing of the senses’, for example, seeing...
by Gary Lavan | Nov 12, 2014 | Multi-Sensory Approaches
A recent study, using a randomised controlled trial design, has provided the first research evidence that sensory integration therapy can provide measurable improvements in daily function in children with autism. Sensory integration is widely used in practice but has...
by Gary Lavan | Aug 27, 2009 | Multi-Sensory Approaches
Music Therapy Music therapy has gained favour in British education since Juliette Alvin founded the British Society for Music Therapy in 1958. Her book Music Therapy for The Autistic Child studies some very effective ways in which music therapy can help create diverse...
