Relevant to practice
Participants described the content as relevant, beneficial, insightful and appropriate to the realities of everyday work.
Initial feedback
What people are telling us about Sensory Awareness
Early feedback from workforce learning has been encouraging. People are describing the programme as relevant, practical and manageable, with a strong focus on what sensory awareness means in everyday practice.
Early themes
Relevant. Practical. Thought provoking.
Across the initial acceptability feedback, several themes have appeared repeatedly.
Immediately useful
People particularly valued the practical “so what?” focus and the opportunity to connect sensory ideas with real interactions and environments.
Accessible to busy teams
The one hour format was positively received as substantial enough to learn something, without becoming difficult to fit into a working day.
Engaging learning
Participants valued the visuals, drawings, videos and the warm, accessible style of the learning.
In their words
Early participant comments
These short excerpts reflect the initial acceptability feedback gathered during early delivery and testing.
“Really insightful and relevant to practice.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
“The ‘so what’ section was really helpful.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
“Really good length… learnt something but it wasn’t too time consuming.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
“Loved the focus on in-patient.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
“Loved the PEAR TREE™ model.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
“More aware of individual sensory preferences…”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
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A particularly important reflection
“Training has helped me consider sensory factors… before moving to restrictive approaches.”
Early Sensory Awareness participant feedback
What may be changing
From knowing about the senses to noticing differently
The most encouraging early feedback is not simply about satisfaction with the learning. It suggests a shift in what people notice and what they consider doing next.
Individual sensory preferences
Participants reported greater awareness that people can experience the same environment, activity or interaction very differently.
Environment and participation
Feedback reflected increased attention to sensory environments and how these may affect engagement, comfort, distress and participation.
Thinking before reacting
Some feedback described considering sensory factors and possible environmental or sensory supports before moving towards more restrictive responses.
What people valued
Learning that connects directly with practice
Early feedback suggests that people particularly valued the parts of the programme that help translate sensory awareness into practical action.
- The practical “so what?” focus
- Real examples from everyday services
- Attention to inpatient and wider workforce settings
- The PEAR TREE™ Lens
- Sensory Ladders® as a route into further free learning
- Clear visuals, drawings and videos
- A manageable one hour format
About these findings
This page shares initial acceptability feedback from early Sensory Awareness delivery and testing. It is not presented as a final outcome evaluation. Feedback continues to inform refinement of the learning, organisational implementation and future quality improvement work.
Bring it to your workforce
Could Sensory Awareness support your organisation too?
Organisational licences allow staff to complete the one hour learning across a 12 month period, with options for manager support, implementation and evaluation.