More exciting research: ASI, Autism and the neuroscience revisited.
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Workshop: Ayres’ Sensory Integration, Trauma and Wellbeing
Our three days workshop is a “great opportunity to reflect on clinical practice and learn new skills”. Find out more about the application of Ayres’ Sensory Integration beyond childhood to support health and wellbeing. We can also offer 2 or 3 day onsite bespoke training and consultation for your organisation to support the development of […]
The Importance of the Sensory Environment for Premature Babies
Read more about one family’s journey through neonatal intensive care and what they have learned about the impact of the sensory environment on the developing nervous system of premature babies in this blog post By Anna Lee Beyer
The next step in my learning journey starts this week…
I’m so excited that 3 years after starting my postgraduate training in Ayres Sensory Integration, I have finally been able to take the next step in my journey and this week I have started to study the materials for ASI WISE CLASI CASI Module 2 online, with face to face M3 later in August. Next […]
CPD on the Sofa: Research in Neuroscience in the Future.
Where is neuroscience going in the future, how will we get here? Sam Rodriques talks to us about problems with current research methods, and why outcomes for clients haven’t changed in years. He proposes what the year 2100 might look like from the weather, to vacuum cleaners and finally what we will know more about […]
Research Update: Additional occupational therapy considerations for functional neurological disorders: a potential role for sensory processing.
Delighted to see this research article cited below as at the Merlin MS Centre in Cornwall Ayres’ Sensory Integration is a regularly used approach with adolescent and adult clients with functional neurological disorders. At the Merlin MS Centre, as well as assessment using Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT), Ayres’ Clinical Observations and the Adult/Adolescent […]
Supporting Practice – Your Questions Answered: So did Ayres’ consider the visual system?
So I was just asked “Why didn’t Ayres consider and put more importance of the visual system? I was a bit perplexed and so explored this further with the therapist asking the question. The OT explained that she has been taught that Ayres did not consider the visual and auditory systems and that this means […]
Research Update:Dark Chocolate May Boost Brain Function, Immunity, And Mood
Chocolate as therapy? Two small studies may provide more evidence for dark chocolate’s health benefits. And at reasonable doses. — Read on www.forbes.com/sites
Occupational Therapy and Trauma 3: A Tool for considering the physical environment in children’s residential homes to address sensory processing issues in trauma-affected children
This article by Clinical Psychologists Christopher Robinson and Alicia Madeleine Brown in the Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care includes a lovely environmental checklist (adapted from Simpson 2009) used in considering the physical environment in three children’s residential homes. Abstract: Sensory processing issues are generally considered to be clinically significant in children who have suffered […]
The Teenage Brain – Can neuroscience help us unravel the perplexing mystery of those often erratic and unpredictable years?
The teenage brain and the behaviours it can drive in young people can be perplexing and often scary to the parents standing by, watching and supporting. Knowing” what is sensory and what is “just teenage brain” can be tricky to parents of young people with neurological diversity. Neuroscience is helping us understand why teens can suddenly […]