Sensory Inclusive Schools Package for Professionals
Do You Support Schools to Support Students? Let Us Support You.
Working Together to Maximise the Impact of Your Specialist Services
Providing a High Quality Universal Level Service to Support Your Specialist Delivery
Specialist services face a challenging landscape where people and funding are often stretched. Sensory Inclusive Schools is acutely aware of the effort professionals like occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, educational psychologists, and specialist teachers invest in ensuring their specialist resources are applied in the most appropriate and effective manner.
Our universal offer to schools is designed with this understanding in mind, aiming to seamlessly integrate with your existing practices. By collaborating with us, you can incorporate our sensory-inclusive framework into your services, creating a relationship that maximises the impact of specialised support within the constraints of stretched resources. Together, we will navigate the challenges to provide a more inclusive educational experience for every child.
If you support schools, we can support you:
- Educational Psychologists
- Specialist Teachers
- Occupational Therapists
- Specialist Behavioural Teams
- Early Years Inclusion Teams
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Clinical Psychologists
- Any professional working to suppport students in state, independent and international schools
- Sensory Professionals
Enhance Learning, Build Inclusivity
The Sensory Inclusive Schools Package for Professionals includes all the learning, resources and support you need:
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Access to the Core On-Demand Online Learning: You will have access to the core online training for school staff so you are able to support and guide your schools by signposting them to appropriate training and support. This training platform provides a high quality universal level of support for schools.
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Specific Training to support professionals: You will have access to on demand, online training courses of greater depth than the core offer, meaning that you feel confident in supporting and leading schools to implement sensory informed practices at the universal and targeted levels.
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Access to the Teachers and Support Staff Online Community of Learning: You will have access to the main Teachers and Support Staff online forum. Although we encourage you to post in your own dedicated professionals forum, having access to the main forum will give you insight into the questions and learning being asked by schools. This will support you to build and develop your own specialist services.
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Online Community of Learning for Professionals: An exclusive online forum for professionals supporting schools. Moderated by a sensory integration trained therapist, you are guaranteed a response to your questions within 3 working days.
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Downloadable Resources: Access our wide range of downloadable resources for use within your schools and services. Collaborate with our sensory integration qualified therapists to develop additional resources saving time and duplication of resources across services.
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Professionals Drop-in Support Session: A half-termly live group video call exclusive to professionals supporting schools (UK times only). Hosted by a sensory integration trained therapist.
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BONUS: Your Sensory Insights Briefing Video from an advanced sensory integration practitioner will summarise and expand learning from the comments and questions in the online community of learning and peer support sessions - keeping everyone up to date.
Courses Included in Your Package
Access to our comprehensive Sensory Inclusive School Training package, empowering you to assist schools in completing their training effectively. Our core Sensory Inclusive School training comprises five modules authored by our Sensory Inclusive Schools Team.
All Accessible Via Our App
All this is accessible via the Sensory Inclusive Schools app (for smartphones and tablets) and our website for your convenience.
Affordably priced, the Sensory Inclusive Schools Package for Professionals is available to purchase individually or in bulk licences.
Sensory Inclusive Schools is run by Sensory Integration Education (SIE). SIE is a not-for-profit UK-based organisation, providing the international gold standard in sensory integration and processing training for 30 years.
What are the benefits of a Sensory Inclusive Schools package?
Benefits for Sensory Professionals
- Enhanced Intervention Efficacy: Improved effectiveness in interventions tailored to students' sensory needs.
- Greater Understanding of Sensory Processing: Deeper insights into how sensory processing impacts behaviour, aiding in more nuanced and targeted support.
- Collaborative Professional Community: Access to a collaborative network of professionals, fostering knowledge-sharing and support. Our forums are moderated by sensory integration trained therapists, giving you the confidence that you can rapidly access evidence-based advice.
- Real-world Application of Strategies: Practical strategies that can be seamlessly applied in school settings, enhancing professional efficacy.
- Early Identification and Prevention: The ability to recognise and address sensory needs early, preventing escalation to more specialised services.
- Aligned with SEND Reforms: Alignment with SEND reforms and the SEND Green Paper, supporting timely and tailored support for students.
- Financial Efficiency: An affordable package that can be funded from delegated funds or high block needs funding, ensuring cost-effective access to valuable resources.
- Professional Growth and Development: Ongoing opportunities for professional growth and development, improving skills and knowledge and staying updated on best practices and strategies.
- Positive Impact on School Environment: Contribution to the creation of more inclusive and accommodating educational environments, positively influencing the overall school atmosphere.
Students Benefits
- Students will enjoy a more supportive and inclusive educational environment that accommodates their unique needs.
- Students and their families will benefit from a better understanding of their sensory needs.
- Students will experience a better opportunity to thrive and excel academically and socially within school.
- Students can be supported by their school faster with Sensory Inclusive Schools, rather than joining long waiting lists.
