Sensory training for parents and carers

Welcome to our Community Paediatric Occupational Therapy team’s sensory training page for parents and carers. This training is designed to help you understand and develop sensory strategies to support your child.

When you have completed this training we hope that you will practise some of the skills with your child for at least three months. If, after this practice, you feel that you need more advice, you can contact our administration team who will ask you to complete a self-referral form. If this self-referral is accepted, you will then be invited to attend a one-off virtual group where you will meet with other parents and carers and one of our occupational therapists for further advice.

Part one: introduction

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part one, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part two: touch

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part two, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part three: taste

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part three, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part four: smell

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part four, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part five: vision

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part five, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part six: hearing

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part six, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part seven: proprioception (body position and movement)

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part seven, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part eight: vestibular (balance)

Please watch the video below. You can also view and download a script of part eight, which may be of use to interpreters.

Part nine: interoception

Interoception is the sense of understanding what's going on inside your body. Please watch the video below. 

You can also view and download a script of part nine, which may be of use to interpreters.

Sensory day timetable

You can now choose a sensory day timetable to give you ideas about how to manage your child’s day. There are two samples available to view and download:

• Sensory day timetable for early years and primary aged children
• Sensory day timetable for secondary school aged children.

Please select the one that is right for your child.