In ASI2, we returned to the body. Not as a theory alone, not as a checklist, but as a lived experience.
We explore how movement and sensory input form the foundation of doing and participation in daily life. How vestibular input, triggered by head movement and contributing to balance, and proprioception, arising from stretch receptors in muscles, ligaments and tendons, contributes to body awareness, and shapes the person’s capacity to feel safe enough to act.
On ASI2 and beyond, we get to slow down and ask deeper questions.
- What is the body telling us?
- What is being registered? What is not?
- How does this impact praxis, planning, sequencing and follow-through into everyday life?
- How does this impact executive function?
ASI2 learning then starts to ask harder questions. It asks therapists to move beyond surface-level presentation and explore the mind-body-brain connections that shape everyday life.
ASI2 invites careful observation, pattern recognition, and hypothesis-building grounded in Ayres’ theory. We considered how sensory integration supports the adaptive response, and how, without stable somatosensory and vestibular foundations, participation can feel uncertain, effortful or unsafe.
There are times when we are face-to-face for a rich discussion about fidelity in therapy. About the difference between data and no data. Exploring and understanding neuroanatomy and movement analysis are essential for clinical practice. Starting to apply and explore the differences and evidence for recommending sensory strategies, and when Ayres’ Sensory Integration intervention is needed in practice settings. About the critical importance of assessment-driven clinical reasoning. This live module is about protecting the integrity of the work, sharing skills for robust assessment of body movement and reinforcing why this is a therapy across our allied health professions.
Most importantly, we returned to the person. Every pattern we identify links to real participation challenges. Real classrooms. Real homes. Real relationships. When we understand the sensory foundations of doing, we do not reduce behaviour. We expand possibilities and create the space for development and the meeting of unmet needs.
Thank you to everyone who shows up with curiosity, rigour and care. The depth of thinking we teach in ASI2 each week is inspiring. The work you are doing changes lives, it changes how people experience their bodies, impacting learning, development, and participation in everyday life
Onwards.
