Measurement with meaning
How can scores, observations and datasets connect more clearly with lived experience and participation?
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ISIC 2025/2026 – Porto
International Sensory Integration Congress
ISIC Porto 2025/2026 · poster collection
Evidence explored. Practice shared. Participation kept in view.
Ten conference posters from ASI Wise, The Sensory Project and collaborators connect measurement, lived experience, co-production and fidelity with the realities of everyday practice.
From Porto and beyond
Ten posters. Three connected questions.
This collection brings together work developed in real services, professional communities and collaborative projects. Each poster has its own page, summary and downloadable resource.
The posters are designed to support reflection and clinical reasoning. They make methods and adaptations visible, while keeping participation and the person’s lived experience central.
Fidelity in complex settings
How can core Ayres’ Sensory Integration® principles remain visible when context requires thoughtful adaptation?
Co-production into action
How can assessment findings become shared language, practical decisions and support that matters in everyday life?
The complete Porto collection
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Pilot study
Percentiles, protocols and practice
Adult postrotary nystagmus metrics are considered alongside a co-produced self-reflection checklist, connecting vestibular measurement with lived experience and participation.
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Local audit
Sensory needs and hospital discharge
An Essex audit explores how unmet sensory needs, environmental mismatch and access to specialist occupational therapy may affect discharge for autistic adults and adults with learning disabilities.
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Practice translation
Bridging sensory-motor processing and human occupation
Sensory Ladders® are used to translate sensory-motor foundations into co-produced language, priorities and practical support for participation.
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Co-production
Translating the Sensory Ladders clinical tool
The Global Translation Project considers cultural adaptation, meaning and co-production so translated resources remain recognisable, useful and contextually responsive.
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Implementation
No one left behind
This poster explores how an ASI community of practice, peer learning and supervision can support confidence, consistency and safer development across services.
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Dataset analysis
Trends in sensory integration and processing differences
A retrospective-to-current UK dataset analysis examines patterns of sensory integration and processing need, assessment and participation-focused provision.
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Practice framework
Data-driven co-production in adult sensory integration
Sensory Ladders®, Spiders™ and Grids™ are connected with EASI and AASH findings to support shared priorities, testable plans and outcomes that matter to people.
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Case study
Supporting those who struggle to participate
A practice-based case illustration considers Ayres’ Sensory Integration® through adaptive response, meaningful occupation and person- and family-centred outcomes.
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Fidelity adaptation
ASI fidelity in high-security mental health
Methodological challenges and safety-led adaptations are made visible so teams can examine how ASI active ingredients may be upheld in high-security settings.
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Clinical reasoning
Using the EASI when assessing dyspraxia and DCD
This poster considers how motor performance and sensory-motor foundations can be brought together when occupational therapists and physiotherapists assess dyspraxia and developmental coordination disorder.
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Porto poster collection FAQ
Are all ten posters research studies?
No. The collection includes several forms of knowledge, including a pilot study, local audit, dataset analysis, implementation work, practice frameworks, translation work and a case study. Each poster should be interpreted according to its own methods and context.
Can I download and share the posters?
Each individual page provides the poster resource or download information. You may share the resources for professional learning while retaining the authors’ names, conference context and organisational acknowledgement.
Do these posters replace assessment or professional judgement?
No. They are conference resources intended to prompt reflection and knowledge exchange. Assessment, formulation and intervention remain the responsibility of appropriately qualified professionals working within their competence and the person’s context.
How should I cite a poster?
Use the authors and title shown on the individual poster page, identify it as an ISIC Porto 2025/2026 conference poster, and include the page URL and access date. Contact us if you need a formal citation checked.