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Sensory integration difficulties can occur when the sensory signals that the body receives are too weak or too strong. This can lead to a sensory overload or a craving for more sensory input. Sensory integration continuing education training improves one’s understanding of sensory difficulties and the importance of a sensory diet. These courses will also provide effective interventions to help individuals with sensory integration difficulties to better receive sensory input in their environments.

Sensory integration courses for occupational therapy are especially popular; nevertheless, all professionals working with children will benefit from sensory integration training. Theramoves offers numerous sensory integration training workshops where professionals can learn techniques for implementing a sensory diet to ensure the child’s optimal level of arousal and ability to participate in the treatment. These sensory integration therapy training courses are given by leading continuing education presenters in the field and will provide you with the confidence to treat clients effectively, especially in the sensory processing domain.

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What Is Sensory Integration?

Sensory integration is the act of processing and organizing sensory input coming from one’s environment.

The ability to modulate incoming sensory input is a crucial foundational skill that sets the path for higher-level motor and learning activities. When all of a child’s energy is focused on handling what should be an automatic, subcortical response, he lacks the capacity to focus on engagement, attention, and learning. A child who struggles to process auditory input, for example, who is hyper-vigilant to background environmental sounds, who sits with his ears covered for large portions of the day, will not be ready to follow the many multi-step auditory instructions issued in a classroom.

A child who struggles with visual processing and cannot distinguish right from left or one shape from another will struggle to keep up with the demands required in reading and writing. Additionally, an individual with an underdeveloped vestibular system consistently seeks movement from his environment and is not ready to sit at a desk uninterrupted. Sensory integration training provides professionals with tools to help these individuals more easily integrate sensory input.

What Is a Sensory Diet?

Occupational therapist Patricia Wilbarger coined the term sensory diet to describe the incorporation of specific, targeted sensory-motor experiences into a child’s schedule to enable them to maintain an optimal level of arousal necessary for functional performance. Sensory diet training will equip professionals with the tools to create an effective sensory diet for their clients.


Training in senory integration is suitable for:

  • Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistants
  • Physical Therapists
  • Speech Therapists
  • Special Education Providers
  • Regular Education Providers
  • Pediatric Social Workers
  • Parents/Caregivers

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More on Sensory Processing Disorder

Well-integrated adults can intuitively meet their sensory needs; they may choose to take a short walk
after sitting endlessly at a computer, listen to soft music to unwind, or chew gum and tap their feet to
stay alert through a meeting. However, this won’t come naturally to all children. An estimated 5 to 16% of children are affected by sensory processing disorders; these numbers become even higher amongst those with autism and ADHD. Sensory diet training enables therapists to create an effective sensory diet for their clients. The activities chosen for a sensory diet may consist of various types of
sensory input – including vestibular, proprioception, tactile, auditory, oral-motor, and visual –
specifically chosen to bring a child to a calm, yet alert state. A good sensory diet takes the child’s
individualized sensory profile into account and consists of specific input that will target their personal
sensory needs.

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FAQS on Sensory Integration CEUs

When a child exhibits any of the following behaviors, he may be showing signs of difficulty modulating sensory input:
● Appears glazed over, disengaged, and inattentive
● Displays constant fidgeting (related: ADHD training for therapists )
● Shows difficulty remaining seated
● Exhibits movement-seeking behaviors such as running/crashing/spinning/hanging head upside
down
● Experiences difficulty focusing
● Displays physical aggression and/or emotional outbursts
● Overreacts to a trigger
● Tunes out auditory input
● Hypersensitive to background sounds

Sensory integration continuing education in occupational therapy is quite common. This is mainly because a sensory diet is often developed by an occupational therapist (OT) and given over to be carried out by a caregiver or paraprofessional on a daily basis. Therefore, the topic of sensory integration can be extremely useful when pursuing continued education in occupational therapy. 

When a child has strong sensory needs, those needs often eclipse their ability to learn or engage in other therapeutic activities. 

One of the keys to sensory integration is frequency and consistency. Sensory integration courses empower one to create a well-developed sensory diet. This will support a child who struggles with sensory processing and will create an immediate impact on the child’s ability to attend within the classroom.  It will also facilitate long-term development and brain changes regarding how sensory stimuli are processed.

Therefore, sensory integration training for educators is recommended, as all professionals working with children would benefit from a sensory processing course that helps them identify sensory needs and implement sensory strategies. This will ensure they can reach a child who has difficulty modulating sensory input. By learning to implement sensory integration, a professional will gain tools and skills to help a child who becomes dysregulated during treatment and will be able to use sensory strategies as a preventive measure to help the child maintain regulation and be an active participant throughout the treatment session.

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While sensory integration activities may include equipment such as swings or crash mats, they are often designed to be implemented at home or in the classroom. Additionally, by learning the science behind the different forms of sensory input and how to use them, you will be equipped to creatively adapt these concepts and provide the child with the necessary input, using the available space and equipment. A good sensory diet is not dependent on exercises that require expensive balls and suspended equipment; it requires a genuine grasp of how to precisely provide each child with the type of input they require.

Our sensory integration certification will provide you with much more information than just how to create a sensory diet. You will also learn:

● To recognize when a child would benefit from a sensory break
● To identify what form(s) of sensory input the child would benefit from
● Techniques to bring a child to a more alert arousal state
● Techniques to calm a dysregulated child
● A variety of activities that can be implemented with or without equipment
● Practical strategies that can be incorporated into the classroom

Currently, Theramoves is offering various courses for therapists, teachers, and parents who would like to pursue sensory integration continuing education.

After your sensory diet course order is placed, you will receive a thank-you email with FAQs that will
include all the information for the upcoming course.
● You will also receive a payment receipt via email.
● 2-4 days prior to the live webinar, you will receive an email from Theramoves which will contain
a link for the platform the course will be using, such as Go To Webinar, to complete the
registration process, please go ahead and complete that.
● The email will also contain the course PowerPoint and any additional handouts.

If you are using an I-Device once you download ’Go To Webinar’ or Go To Meeting, please restart your device.

  • Once you register with our online platform (Go To Webinar), you will receive a link to “Join the Webinar”. This link will be sent again an hour before the webinar.  
  • Join the sensory integration training course on the designated date and time.
  • We ask that you join 15-20 minutes prior to the commencement of the course to ensure proper access and avert any technical issues, then go ahead and make a coffee 🙂

After completing Theramoves courses, you will receive a sensory integration certification suitable for occupational therapy upon completing the post-course evaluation.

  • For CEU purposes, our system automatically logs your attendance when you sign in for a webinar and log out. (If you have technical difficulties and have to sign back on, do not panic! The system does recognize that.)  
  • At the end of the webinar, an email with the post-course quiz/course evaluation and learning outcome measure on the material presented will be sent out. 
  • Please check your spam/promotions folders, as it may have ended up there.
  • Congratulations! Score a 70% or higher and receive your certificate of completion via email.

A full refund of the $75 administrative fee per sensory integration CEU course will be given for cancellations received up to 3 days before the course. After that, no refunds will be given for cancellations unless a replacement participant is registered.

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Taking an online course on sensory processing disorder is a convenient way to add to your skill toolbox, ensuring you can best reach each child, no matter your domain of practice. While professionals may have significant knowledge and skills, one needs to teach a child in a way that allows them to learn in order to be successful. By learning to recognize the need for a sensory diet and understanding how to implement it, you can expand your ability to share the skills and knowledge you already have. For more information about sensory integration certification and other courses offered by Theramoves, contact Theramoves.

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