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We teach and empower parents and teachers through sensory intelligence principles at home and at school. Our solutions are practical and make so much sense that it amazes people every time! Positive and lasting change is generated through simplistic, effective and easy to implement strategies.
Parents and teachers today face unique challenges. While having to embrace and facilitate positive change, we need to hang on to the basic components necessary for our children to learn, grow and socialise in order to develop into well adapted, positive and healthy individuals. At Sensory Intelligence we have strong roots based on neuroscience and our experience as occupational therapists. We use our specialist knowledge to empower parents and teachers towards implementation of practical, simplistic, effective, yet powerful sensory strategies that really work and make a difference.
Parent TrainingWe offer half-day interactive workshops for parents in order to become sensory intelligent and empowered for effective parenting. Our workshops are interactive and discussion-based to ensure enough time and opportunity for sharing. It is an experience which creates loads of "aha" moments and really gives insights and strategies that make a difference. All our parent workshop facilitators are skilled and competent therapists who are parents themselves.
We offer three types of parenting workshops:
Workshop 1: Healthy Sensory Habits for 21st Century Parents Workshop 2: Sensory Profiling and relationship building for families Workshop 3: Sensory Strategies for Parents
Teacher TrainingWe offer teacher training for schools and education organisations in order to assist teachers in practical strategies that can be easily implemented in order to optimise the learning environment for both the teacher and the learner within the classroom.
Our 6-series workshop includes:
Sensory profiling for teaching teams Sensory profiling for the classroom Sensory learning and sensory overload in the classroom Staying alert in class - a learner approach Movement is medicine Barriers to literacy and learning
Community ProjectsWe have a strong community-based focus with regards to our education offering and believe in empowerment for all aspects of our society. As a result we designed a short parent offering called: "Healthy habits for parents". This is a two hour session aimed at... Read more |
