Tip Sheets

Why & How to use sensory tools? Holding an object in their hands can often enhance learning.

Sensory Issues

Describes to various sensory tools – how and when to use them and the benefits.

How to Use Sensory Tools

Behaviour or sensory? This is a big question! Being able to see the link between behaviour and sensory issues, or whether they are separate, will help us in understanding how to approach the behaviour that we need to tackle and the sensory issue that we need to desensitise the child to.

When a student engages in inappropriate behaviour it’s important to understand the purpose of the behaviour. The behaviour needs to be analysed to determine possible personal and environmental challenges contributing to the behaviour.

Students and Inappropriate behaviour-Article

Stress Scales also turn emotions, which are abstract concepts that require imagination to understand fully, into concrete examples of numbers or colours, which are easier to understand. See more soon in the upcoming book Effective Communication by Anna Tullemans and Rhonda Valentine Dixon.

Stress Table & Barometer

If you have a child who needs to keep their body moving or who bumps into people and objects while they are moving, they may have some proprioception or vestibular issues.

Tip sheet: Proprioception or Vestibular Issues