Creating Safe Spaces for Sleep: How Sensory-Adapted Beds Support Children with Neurodisabilities
By ASI Wise & The Sensory Project Team Sleep is not a luxury. It’s a necessity for development, regulation, healing, and learning. But for many children with neurodisabilities, sleep is anything but simple. New research published in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (2025) offers robust evidence that sensory-adapted sleep environments, like Cubby […]
Research Update | Sustaining Progress: Parent-Caregiver Insights on OT Interventions for Children with Sensory Challenges
McQuiddy VA, Ingram M, Vines M, Teeters S, Ramstetter A, Strain-Riggs SR. Long-Term Impact of an Occupational Therapy Intervention for Children With Challenges in Sensory Processing and Integration. Am J Occup Ther. 2024 Jul 1;78(4):7804185060. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2024.050449. PMID: 38805003. Sustaining Progress: Parent-Caregiver Insights on OT Interventions for Children with Sensory Challenges IntroductionPaediatric occupational therapy for […]
EHCP: Are Private Reports Recognised?
and what to do when they are not! Reports by therapists outside of the NHS must be recognised by Local Authorities when the additional support needed by a child is required for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The SEN and Disability Code of Practice (2015) is quite clear on this point – there […]
Coffee and Chat | Sensory Integration, ARFID and Travel
FREE| Wednesday 2 March 7.30 pm GMT Book Here Dr Yana Wengel is an associate professor at Hainan University. Yana takes a critical approach to tourism studies; her interests include volunteer tourism, tourism in developing economies and nature-based tourism. Her dissertation examined the social construction of host-guest experiences in volunteer farm tourism. Her current projects are focused on nature-based tourism […]
Coffee and Chat | Q &A with Chewigem and Sensooli
Join us for coffee and chat this week. We will be hosting a Q & A session tonight. Come and join us to hear about Sensooli and Chewigem products. We will be joined tonight on the call by Jenny McLaughlan and Loz Young, who will be telling us more about Chewigem and their new initiative […]
Coffee and Chat: The ABC’s of Sleep with Jan Jenner
Invited to Coffee and Chat by popular demand, Jan Jenner, Sleep Consultant from Hunrosa, will be discussing the ABCs of Sleep | 3 Top Tips to support Sleep. This topic is very relevant to both therapists and parents alike. There has been lots of social media traffic this week about sleep difficulties being experienced by some children and […]
Research Update: Early Deprivation and Brain Development
A new article has been published which adds more to that we know about deprivation on development of the mind, body and brain. Millions of children worldwide live in nonfamilial institutions. We studied impact on adult brain structure of a particularly severe but time-limited form of institutional deprivation in early life experienced by children who […]
Respect the Intelligences of Kids with Intellectual Disabilities
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ASI and Supporting Parents of Children With Autism: The Role of Occupational Therapy
“…When creating an intervention plan, occupational therapy practitioners evaluate children with autism using observation and parent and teacher reports and also interview parents about their child’s relationships and eating, self-care, and daily living skills…” Ayres Sensory Integration intervention is one of the most frequently requested and highly utilized interventions in autism. This intervention has specific […]
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