The Sensory Inclusive Schools Network gives educators expert training, practical tools, and a full year of professional support to create calmer, more inclusive schools

  • Online Course

    11 hours of CPD-friendly online training, around creating sensory inclusive school environments

  • Drop-in Sessions

    Weekly Q&A drop-in sessions with sensory experts, Occupational Therapists, and a community of like-minded educators

  • Sensory Tools

    Environmental audit and practical sensory inclusion tools, designed specifically for schools

Included In Your Membership

You'll be getting 12 months' access to:

  • 11 hours of CPD-friendly online training you can complete and implement at your own pace

  • Environmental Audit tool to assess and improve classrooms and communal spaces for sensory inclusion

  • Weekly Live Q&A Drop-Ins with Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner and OT, Beth Smithson, for topic-led discussions and open Q&As

  • Community Forum to connect with peers and experts, get real-time advice, and share your wins

  • Downloadable templates & tools to turn training into day-to-day practice

Who Is This Package For?

  • SENCOs, teachers, and school staff looking to create more inclusive classrooms

  • Staff who want practical strategies that fit into daily school life

  • Schools seeking a supported, step-by-step approach to sensory inclusion

Online Course Content

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the eight senses and sensory processing differences in everyday school life

  • Use the Person Environment Occupation (PEO) model to make sense of how individual students experience tasks, routines, and the school environment

  • Identify behaviours linked to fight, flight, or freeze responses

  • Learn practical strategies to support regulation and participation in your classroom

  • Apply 10 actionable steps to make your school more inclusive using your current resources

More Than Training...

Practical change for every classroom, corridor and playground

This isn’t a short course or checklist.

The Sensory Inclusive Schools Network combines expert on-hand Sensory Occupational Therapist guidance with practical tools, a self-paced online training course, and community support to embed sensory inclusion school-wide.

You’re not left to figure it out alone; our experts and your fellow educators are there to guide, encourage and support you throughout the year.

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By joining the SIS Network, you'll get to:

  • Build a deep understanding of sensory differences and how these support regulation

  • Understand how sensory inclusion supports all learners, not just those with recognised needs

  • Access guidance from leading Sensory Integration Practitioners and Occupational Therapists with decades of experience in the field

  • Implement practical environmental changes that support regulation and make classrooms more inclusive

  • Join a network of professionals who care as much as you do

  • Complete a structured, self-paced online training course covering sensory inclusion in schools

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Take a Closer Look at the Course Curriculum

Welcome

1.1 Sensory Processing and Integration: A Guide for School Staff

1.1a What are Sensory Processing Differences?

1.2 Personal Reflections on School Experience

1.2a Personal Reflections on School Experience: Activity

1.3 Using the PEO Model to Support Sensory Regulation

1.4 Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze

1.5 How to Calm a Nervous System That Feels Under Threat

The 10 Steps

Step 1: Sensory Inclusive Environments

Step 2: Sensory Supportive Occupations and Sensory Joys

Step 3: Reasonable Adjustments

Step 4: Predictability

Step 5: Pacing, Rest and Recovery

Step 6: Flight Paths in Every Environment

Step 7: Embrace Movement and Sensory Circuits

Step 8: Support Sensory Motor Skills

Step 9: Interoception

Environmental Audit Tool

Putting It Into Practice

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