Description
Who should attend?
- Occupational Therapists, mental health professionals, educators, and anyone passionate about sensory-informed care and emotional wellbeing.
- Registered clinical staff with special interest in Sensory Integration
- Registered staff in any clinical setting with clients who experience mental health problems/conditions
Pre-requisite learning
- Sensory Ladders online course
- Consider clinical challenges
Learning outcomes
- By the end of this workshop, you will be able to describe the neuroscience of the tactile system and explain the links with Occupational Participation.
- You will be able to illustrate to others the importance of considering the tactile system when working using a trauma-informed approach.
- You will be able to identify the implications for practice, in relation to the therapeutic use of tactile input within a mental health setting.
- You will be able utilise an evidence-based practice approach with reference to the latest research to using tactile input in your clinical setting.
- You will be able to determine appropriate sensory-based strategies to use as part of your clinical-based interventions
- You will be able to advocate for the importance of therapeutic use of touch within mental health services for your client group
