Sensory Spider animation
A calming Sensory Spider
An established animation from the original Sensory Ladders page exploring a calmer route through sensory experience.
Open on YouTubeResources and current learning
Move from an introduction into real learning and practice.
This page connects the Sensory Ladders Project with established Sensory Project resources, free learning and courses that are available now. Each link opens the current published page, so dates and availability stay in one reliable place.
Start here
Four useful ways into the wider project.
Begin with the route that fits what you need today. Free access, practical resources, further learning and research remain clearly connected without becoming the same thing.
Project hub
Sensory Ladders®
Visit the established Sensory Project page for the framework, free resources and connected learning.
Free learningSensory Ladders for Social Care
A free course that introduces the process and supports thoughtful use across social care and wider services.
Practical librarySensory Project resources
Explore established tools, downloads and materials that can support person-led sensory understanding.
EvidenceResearch library
Continue into research and evidence gathered by The Sensory Project.
Original animations
The Sensory Spiders remain part of the practical resource collection.
These two animations have moved from the old news page to Resources and Learning, where they can be found without duplicating the article archive.
Sensory Spider animation
An alerting Sensory Spider
A companion animation exploring a more alerting sensory route and the individual nature of sensory support.
Open on YouTubeAvailable learning
Current Sensory Project courses and pathways.
These links go directly to the live course pages. The destination page holds the latest details, availability and purchasing information.
Workforce learning
NHS Sensory Awareness Training
A supported introduction to sensory awareness, Sensory First and the PEAR TREE™ Lens for NHS workforces.
View current course Three part seriesSeeing Differently
A learning series that builds sensory understanding across people, activities, environments and relationships.
View current course Practice frameworkPEAR TREE™ Model
A neuroaffirming framework for meaning making, co-production and thoughtful practice.
View current course Service contextEmergency Services
Learning for supporting people with neurodivergence and trauma in emergency service settings.
View current course CommunicationBeyond Words
Learning that keeps embodied communication, sensory experience and participation in view.
View current course Optional recognitionSensory Ladders CPD certificate
An optional certificate route for people who have completed the free Sensory Ladders learning.
View current courseChoose the right depth
Awareness, practice development and specialist learning have different purposes.
Free Sensory Ladders learning can create a shared starting point. Current courses can deepen reflection and implementation. Specialist occupational therapy assessment and sensory integration training remain distinct when greater complexity or impact means more is needed.
Explore the published learning routePlan what comes next
Keep dates, scope and community connections easy to find.
Learning route
See how introductory, targeted and specialist learning can connect.
Upcoming learning
Check the live programme for courses, workshops and new opportunities.
Course calendar
Browse dates and plan learning around current availability.
Sensory Shots
Explore concise webinars that make sensory integration more accessible.
Levels of practice
Understand how learning maps to NHS levels of practice and professional boundaries.
Sensory Ladders Ambassadors
Meet the community helping to share the work while protecting its values.
Read alongside practice
Explore published articles from the project.
Follow the development of Sensory Ladders, examples of use, research updates and the project’s position on professional scope.