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The Royal United Hospital Children's Therapy team have previously run a series of two sensory groups. You can access recordings of these groups here or if you prefer you can access the wide range of bite sized targeted videos we have collected on this padlet to help you complete the making sense of my senses document.

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Understanding Sensory Difficulties around Mealtimes and Feeding

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Understanding Sensory Difficulties around Mealtimes and Feeding

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A document which breaks down understanding sensory issues and their impact on feeding at mealtimes, this document also includes some useful strategies and idea's.

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Video recording: ·         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqg3rGZgTTM

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‘Making Sense of My Senses’ is a working document designed to help you capture and share your child’s sensory needs and the strategies that support them. You can share this document with family members, school staff, nursery, out-of-school clubs, and other caregivers involved in your child’s care.

Please watch the video below for guidance on how to complete the document. A copy of the document is also provided for you to fill in.

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A short video detailing how to support your child with any feeding difficulties.

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Whilst ear defenders can be a great tool to support your child with particularly tricky noises or times of day we do not advise that your child uses these for significant portions of the day or all day. Using ear defenders all of the time can ultimately start reduce your child's ability to manage even more sounds as they become less accustomed to hearing every day noises.

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Video recording: https://youtu.be/dTm5DAL-8Nw

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A short video providing tips on how to reduce stress levels around wearing clothing.

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This video describes an overview of how our brains interpret and respond to sensory information from the environment. It explains the process of sensory integration and the various senses such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell, as well as internal senses - vestibular, proprioception and interoception.

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Sensory processing explained, observable behaviours of sensory processing difficulties and strategies to try.

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This video explains how to fill out the making my senses form. Subtitles are available as an option.

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Filling in the 'Making Sense of MY Senses' document

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A video on the different strategies you can try at home to help meet your child's sensory needs.

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An image explaining the 8 different senses.

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A short video sharing strategies on how to help children who may be avoiding teeth cleaning due to sensory difficulties.

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Information around idea's to support children with dressing.

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Connect NHS - Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire

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Dressing - Humber Sensory Processing Hub - Connect NHS

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Dressing Bathing and Showering Brushing Teeth Hair Care Nail Cutting Dressing Toileting Dressing involves many sensory challenges for children who have sensitive (over responsive) touch systems. Tags, seams and clothing textures can be irritating and even perceived as painful to children whose touch system is over responsive. Sensory challenges also exist for children who have

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A document or video providing different strategies that may help meet your child's needs when dressing.

Video link: Meeting Your Child's Sensory Needs - Dressing

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A short animated video on the vestibular sense, how it can impact everyday life and what we can do to help.

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A video explaining the taste and smell sense, and how these are closely linked together.

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NHS Tayside CYP Occupational Therapy Service

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A very short animated video about the touch sense, how it helps development and some ideas to help with this sense.

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Brain Highways: The proprioceptive System 

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Brain Highways: The proprioceptive System 

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Brain Highways: The Proprioceptive System

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A short introduction video about the proprioception sense, and how this sense can impact our daily life.

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A document around strategies to help with brushing teeth.

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Meeting your child's sensory needs around toothbrushing

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Meeting your child's sensory needs around toothbrushing

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A video explaining the sensory behaviours your child may be displaying during Tooth brushing. This provides strategies for you to try at home with your child, helping you to meet their needs.

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Meeting Your Child's Sensory Needs - Toothbrushing

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Information around idea's to support health care to meet your child's sensory needs.

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Connect NHS - Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire

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Hair Care - Humber Sensory Processing Hub - Connect NHS

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Hair Care Bathing and Showering Brushing Teeth Hair Care Nail Cutting Dressing Toileting The head is particularly sensitive to touch, which can make hair washing, brushing and cutting an uncomfortable and sometimes distressing experience for some children. For a child over-responsive to vestibular inputs, moving their head out of vertical can be very distressing; making

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A video explaining the interoception sense and how this functions with the body. While the video is designed for individuals with autism, the information is relevant to everyone.

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Tips and strategies to support with hair brushing

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Tips and strategies to support with hair brushing

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A useful guide on how to support sensory issues with hairbrushing.

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How to Support Sensory Issues with Hair Brushing - The OT Toolbox

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Tips to help sensory issues with hair brushing, eliminate nightmares of brushing hair, find great resources

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This document helps explain the different strategies that can help individuals who may have difficulties with their interoception sense.

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A short video providing tips and advice on how to raise your child's alert levels.

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Eating for Children with Sensory Difficulties

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Eating for Children with Sensory Difficulties

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Eating for Children with Sensory Difficulties

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A short video providing strategies for children who finding bathing and showering difficult.

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Information around idea's to support children with bathing and showering.

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Connect NHS - Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire

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Bathing and Showering - Humber Sensory Processing Hub - Connect NHS

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Bathing and Showering Bathing and Showering Brushing Teeth Hair Care Nail Cutting Dressing Toileting Bath and Shower time can provide a variety of sensory experiences that can be fun and can help the bedtime wind down routine. However for a child with sensory sensitivities, this activity can be emotional and anxiety provoking. Children with postural

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Advice around toileting difficulties and preperation.

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Occupational therapy advice: Toileting (Sensory Differences) - Children and Family Health Devon

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Toileting is a complex task requiring motor planning and co-ordination to get to the bathroom, fine motor skills to undo buttons and remove clothing, body awareness to wipe and clean and good sensory awareness to recognise the ‘need to go’. General information Toileting is a great step towards achieving independence and each child will vary […]

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Sensory Processing - Supporting your child with toileting.

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Sensory Processing - Supporting your child with toileting.

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Sensory Processing - Supporting your child with toileting.

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS (HWHCT_NHS)

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Sensory processing - Supporting children with toileting

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Strategies for sensory based eating difficulties 

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Strategies for sensory based eating difficulties 

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Strategies for sensory based eating difficulties - Children and Family Health Devon

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The reason for eating difficulties can vary greatly. It may relate to low muscle tone, the ability to sit and maintain balance, issues with swallowing, difficulties with crossing midline or using both sides of the body. It could also be psychological relating to episodes of choking, gagging or intrusive feeding interventions such as a naso-gastro […]

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A short video sharing strategies to help children who struggle getting to sleep.

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This video provides sensory strategies for children who like to chew.

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This document provides strategies for individuals who struggle with attention and concentration.

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This video provides general strategies for Calming activities.

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS (HWHCT_NHS)

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Sensory Processing  - General Calming Strategies

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Out and about in the community strategies

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Out and about in the community strategies

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This video provides sensory strategies for being out and about in the community

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Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health and Care NHS (HWHCT_NHS)

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Sensory Processing  - Out and About in the Community

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Whilst weighted blankets can be a great tool to support your child with meeting their need for deep pressure and settling for sleep they can carry risks and it is very important that they are used safely. Please read these guidelines carefully before introducing a weighted blanket at home or school.

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General sensory strategies for at home.

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This PDF explains what the auditory sense is and strategies for auditory sensory difficulties.

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Outdoor sensory activities and strategies 

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Outdoor sensory activities and strategies 

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This video provides information around sensory outdoor activities and tools to help keep your child regulated whilst outdoors.

When opening this link- click watch on youtube.

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How to choose the right chewing product for your child.

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How to choose the right chewing product for your child.

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A document that provides guidance on how to understand what your child's chewing toy preference may be.

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This video provides sensory strategies for car journeys.

When opening this link- click watch on youtube.

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This video is explaining movement breaks and how to implement a movement break for a child.

When opening this link- press watch on youtube.

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This video provides Heavy work sensory activities that you can try with a child for regulation. This can be done at school and home.

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Heavy Work Sensory Activities for School And Home

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This is a useful handbook for helping your child with sensory processing difficulties.

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Lindsey Biel is an occupational therapist in New York City. She works with infants, toddlers, schoolage children, adolescents, and adults with sensory challenges, autism, physical disabilities, learning differences and other challenges. She is a popular speaker across the country and overseas, teaching parents, teachers, therapists, and others about how to support kids and teens, especially those with sensory difficulties.

Prior to becoming an OT 25+ years ago, Lindsey was a freelance writer. Her books, which have been translated into Spanish, Turkish, Polish, Chinese, Croatian, and other languages, are the culmination of her work as a therapist and a writer. She is on the advisory boards of the Guggenheim For All educational program, the Museum of the Moving Image's autistic media makers program, and the Gateway School of Mumbai, among others. Nonprofessional memberships include the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Jane Goodall Institute, and The Gorilla Foundation.

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Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues, Revised and Updated Edition

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Buy Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Processing Issues, Revised and Updated Edition Updated, Expanded ed. by Biel, Lindsey, Peske, Nancy, Grandin PhD, Temple (ISBN: 9780143115342) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Understanding your child's sensory signals

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Understanding your child's sensory signals

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This is a useful handbook for parents to help understand your child's sensory signals.

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Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals: A Practical Daily Use Handbook for Parents and Teachers: Amazon.co.uk: Voss OTR, Angie: 9781466263536: Books

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Buy Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals: A Practical Daily Use Handbook for Parents and Teachers 3rd ed. by Voss OTR, Angie (ISBN: 9781466263536) from Amazon’s Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Advice for Auditory Sensitivity, in the community and in the classroom. 

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Advice for Auditory Sensitivity, in the community and in the classroom. 

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A useful document on advice for auditory sensitivity.

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This document provides some strategies and activities for movement seekers.

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Sensory Strategies for Movement Seekers RUH

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Understanding Sensory Processing in the classroom 

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Understanding Sensory Processing in the classroom 

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Sensory Processing - Families and Schools

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The coke bottle effect - after school meltdown

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The coke bottle effect - after school meltdown

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A video explaining the delayed effect using the coke bottle analogy.

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Neurodiversity in the workplace training

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Making Sense of My Senses with padlet code

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this document provides sensory strategies for teenagers

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Please also find attached below the link for this pdf in Video format https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5jIpbvXvFo&list=PLd-2HD99x__xwmtI2tcr-dLP_4UZ045ue&index=12

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Microsoft PowerPoint  - sensory strategies for the older child and adolescents

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Attached information on how to mange periods for teenagers.

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Accessing the community with sensory differences 

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Accessing the community with sensory differences 

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Annie has walked to the bus stop near her home, her bus is due in 10 minutes

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Make sure to include a picture, a description, how I look, what this is good for, and how to help strategies

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