"After 18 years in the school, I can honestly say that this is the best investment the school has ever made!" KH, Classroom assistant.
April 2023 is the first cohort of the virtual 'Sensory Super Educators', created by Anne Laure Jackson, Sensory Integration Occupational Therapist. This successful Sensory Super System has been rolled out into both special and mainstream schools in Jersey, with great results! Going virtual allows for greater reach so more children's daily school experiences can be understood, validated and supported.
Schools are often overwhelming places for children with sensory processing needs. The constant noise, the jostling of the cloakroom, the smells of the dining hall or the flickering of the lighting in the hallway can build to sensory overwhelm that ends in meltdown. This total dysregulation leaves the child in a state of fight, flight or freeze. I'm sure you've seen it, a dysregulated child seemly belligerently arguing, but what is really at the root? Have you got a runner in your class? What about a child that hides in tight spaces or under blankets? Do you have a child who is quiet in class but the parent comments they are explosive at home? Have you had the time or the tools to start to dig a bit deeper?
The aim of Sensory Super Educators is that all schools become Sensory Healthy environments. Instead of sensory needs being met by the OT plan or in special schools, we support schools as they learn to meet the sensory challenges of both their pupils and staff; creating learning environments that support healthy nervous system regulation, routines that allow for movement, have staff who are curious to find the root of a behaviour and support the child with the appropriate sensory strategy. "I taught many children with some form of sensory challenges - the problem was, I didn't know it at the time! As a parent of a child with sensory processing difficulties and now having worked through the Sensory Super System, I wish I had known back then what I know now! My practice with those children would have been so different and I hope would have created a learning environment that would better meet their needs and help them to achieve" Ian M
I partner with Anne Laure Jackson, working alongside both teachers and TAs to gain understanding of sensory processing and the challenges their children face. When confident with the language, we then explore the sensory strategies which might benefit the child based on skills, interests and tuning into the child's sensory preferences. Overtime, we create the unique 'Sensory Thumbprint' for the unique child and match a sensory diet of regulating activity. This process is a co creation of observation and skill from the teacher alongside the on demand training, expertise and coaching of the Santé team.
The BETA test of Sensory Super Educators will run from April - July 2023 at a special rate of £30 per month (normal price £199 per month). If you would like to start looking at children's behaviours, your environment, your routines and even your curriculum through a sensory lens, we'd love to work with you and your school.
Here is an overview of what is included in Sensory Super Educators:
Weekly 15 minute on demand video content - term time.
Guidebook to take you through the system to help you to understand, manage and problem solve one child's sensory thumbprint and become a certified Sensory Super!
Mastery thumbprint workbook to apply to every child in the class.
Time in between modules to reflect, talk, and put plans into action.
1 online coaching session a week.
Private community online group for 24/7 support.
1 year membership to follow the system and have time to change lives.
"It has given me a way of looking at children as a whole. It gives you lots of tools to help identify things that are going on and tiny steps to follow to put them right." N.B.
Discovery Calls with Anne Laure Jackson can be booked through this link: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=14336538&appointmentType=26911708
or book directly into Sensory Super Educators here: https://www.sensoryprocessing.co.uk/offers/t26okoBL/checkout?coupon_code=30SPECIAL
For more information: https://www.sensoryprocessing.co.uk/sse
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