Description
Sensory Awareness in Everyday Practice
A short online webinar for the whole NHS workforce, supported by reflective questions and practical resources to help staff apply the learning in everyday practice; “Sensory Integration is Everyone’s Business”.
Overview
Sensory Awareness in Everyday Practice is a short online webinar designed for the whole NHS workforce. The webinar is the main part of the learning and helps staff become more sensory-aware in their interactions with people across health and care settings.
It takes workforce development to the next level by helping teams move beyond the idea that sensory support sits only with AHPs, sensory inclusion facilitators, or sensory champions. Instead, it supports a culture shift where everyone can begin to understand their role as a sensory support through everyday interactions, environments, and activities.
This learning is grounded in the understanding that every person is a sensory being. Sensory integration and multisensory processing enable humans to participate in their everyday lives. Sensory patterns are unique to each person and are not limited to people who are autistic. Our unique sensory patterns matter, and attention to them matters for people who have experienced trauma, stroke, neurological change, mental health challenges, sensory loss, or changes linked to ageing, illness, or environment. Health and well-being, communication, participation, learning, development, comfort, and engagement can all be enhanced through the senses. The human race is neurodiverse.
Suitable for all roles, from reception staff, healthcare assistants, and support workers to psychiatrists, paediatricians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and wider multidisciplinary teams, this webinar offers a universal foundation for more thoughtful, person-centred interactions.
At the same time, it recognises the specialist role that AHPs and other trained clinicians play in delivering advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and a more in-depth evaluation when a person’s sensory-motor participation requires understanding and more targeted or specific intervention to support sensory integration and processing.
What the webinar includes
The webinar is supported by:
• reflective before and after questions linked to practice
• practical downloadable resources
• pocket guides to the seven sensory systems
• sensory roles across the workforce guidance
• an introduction to the PEAR TREE Lens
• access to free Sensory Ladders® starter resources
Together, these supports are designed to help staff notice sensory needs earlier, reflect on the impact of environments and activities, and make small changes that can improve people’s experiences of care, support, and participation.
Why this matters
This webinar helps services move beyond isolated sensory roles towards a more confident and sensory-aware workforce. It gives staff shape and structure through the PEAR TREE Lens, supporting the start of a learning journey that may later develop into further role-relevant study.
For some learners, this may be a first step into Part 1: Sensory First Introduction to the Science of the Senses and theories of sensory integration and multisensory processing, followed by Click-and-Connect modules linked to the area of practice, place of work, and clinical specialism.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this webinar, learners will be able to:
• describe the seven sensory systems and recognise that everyone experiences the world through their senses – that sensory integration and multisensory processing are how our minds, bodies and brains are connected and function.
• explain why sensory awareness matters in everyday NHS interactions across different roles and settings
• understand that sensory support is not only the responsibility of AHPs, sensory champions, or inclusion leads, but part of everyday workforce practice
• recognise the specialist role of trained professionals in advanced assessment, clinical reasoning, and support for more complex sensory integration and processing needs
• reflect on how person, environment, activity, and relational support interact to shape experience, participation, and wellbeing
• use the PEAR TREE Lens as a simple framework to support more thoughtful, person-centred practice
• identify simple, practical ways to make interactions and care environments more sensory aware
• use the downloadable guides and free Sensory Ladders® starter resources to support everyday reflection and action
• begin to consider next steps in learning, including progression into further sensory-informed study relevant to role and setting
Pricing statement
We have priced this webinar thoughtfully, in line with our belief that the neuroscience of health and wellbeing matters and should be accessible across the workforce.
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