How to Create a Sensory-Friendly Halloween Event
Halloween is a very exciting and fun time of the year. Families get together, children dress up, and many communities and businesses organize Halloween events
Sensory Friendly Solutions at School
Manage students’ sensory sensitivity and sensory overload at school to foster their learning and development.
Small sensory-friendly changes have a large impact.
Find helpful podcast episodes and blog posts below.
"It takes a great deal of strength and effort to show up every day in a world that does not accommodate for sensory needs."
-Alison I., parent, Ontario, Canada
-Alison I., parent, Ontario, Canada
The classroom, online education, virtual school and any combinations thereof bring many sensory challenges.
This is especially true for children and adults who experience sensory sensitivity or sensory overload.
Create an environment for at home for study, at school or online that is sensory-friendly and help students learn.
Become A Parent Detective Guide
Are you wondering or worried if your child is a ‘sensory kid’? Do you think that they have an underlying problem with sensory sensitivity? Experience sensory overload? Have trouble with their senses?
Then become a Parent-Detective. You become the investigator, uncovering your child’s needs and find solutions at home and school for your family. Get this guide to learn who the five people are to interview to solve the mystery of your child and the questions you need to have answered.
- Become a parent detective
- The five people to interview
- Solve the mystery of your child
At School-Related Blog Posts
How to Manage Sensory Overload in Adults
Did you know that adults can experience sensory overload? Oftentimes, sensory overload is only talked about among children. However, sensory sensitivities is not something that
What Are the Signs of Sensory Issues?
As more and more children and adults experience sensory sensitivity and sensory overload, it is important to understand sensory issues. However, many people are confused
What Is a Sensory-Friendly School Bus?
For many students, taking the school bus is stressful and overwhelming. A crowded bus, traffic noise and a high-energy environment induce anxiety for many children.
How to Create a Sensory-Friendly Classroom
So you might think that a sensory-friendly experience or environment is something that happens at the movies, the theatre, or a store. Consider that a
Fidgets: Not Just for Children
You often hear about and see fidget toys created for children. However, have you ever considered how these devices may also be helpful for adults?
Sensory Preferences: Yours, Mine, & Ours.
There are simple changes you can make so that an event or location is sensory-friendly. When thinking of common sensory-friendly changes, consider dimming bright lights,
Sensory Overload and COVID-19
Have you considered the effect of COVID-19 on sensory overload? For instance, face masks, physical barriers, constant hand washing or sanitizing and social isolation are
At School-Related Podcast Episodes
The Eighth Sense with Maureen Bennie
Maureen Bennie, parent of two adult children with autism and founder of the Autism Awareness Centre teaches us about our eight sense, interoception, and how consistency and commitment make all the difference. She also introduces us to the concept of developing fluency in what works for each one of us in managing sensory overload.
Dr. Bill Wong is Fighting On as an Autistic Adult
Dr. Bill Wong, occupational therapist, reveals his unexpected path to being diagnosed as an autistic adult while studying occupational therapy. He also shares the power of finding another adult occupational therapist with autism as a key turning point in his life. Dr. Wong’s motto is Fighting On and he works to mentor autistic adults and fellow occupational therapists around the globe about life with autism.
Carol Stock Kranowitz: The Out of Sync Child
Carol Stock Kranowitz, best-selling author of The Out of Sync Child talks about her 10-year journey to writing what many parents, therapists and people with sensory processing disorder consider a life-changing book that is their go-to resource. Carol also shares her best personal strategy for managing sensory overload: when we move, we are in sync.
Sensory Tools: Innovation with Karine Gagner
Karine Gagner, parent and sensory tool innovator is on a mission to promote everyone’s development to their fullest. Her company, FDMT not only sells sensory products worldwide, but they create their own phenomenal sensory tools, like their line of weighted products, Manimo. Karine wanted something that not only helped children with sensory overload, but also that was like a friend to them.
Living Sensationally with Dr. Winnie Dunn
Dr. Winnie Dunn, occupational therapist, is a world-renowned expert the sensory experience, researcher and author of the book Living Sensationally. She has pioneered our understanding of our senses and helps us recognize that sensory processing is fundamental to our brains. Dr. Dunn fills us with hope and inspires us to live sensationally.
Understanding My Autistic Mind: Dr. Temple Grandin
Dr. Temple Grandin is renowned for her work as a spokesperson for people with autism and her research in the field of animal behavior. Dr. Grandin shares her understanding of her own autistic mind along with different types of human thinking and the need for that neurodiversity. She also shares how her mother and mentors helped her along her life’s journey and how she hopes to help other autistic people and their families.