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any concerns you should seek advice from a qualified occupational therapist and check if the occupational
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Twinkl occupational therapy resources provide no guarantee of skill improvement. All resources are for general
information and do not constitute professional advice on any subject matter for an individual as facts and
circumstances are not known.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: How to Identify
Sensory Needs Overview Sheet
All the resources from our Identifying Sensory Needs Series are here in one place.
Use this overview to find the resources you need and link straight to it.
Identifying Sensory Needs: Calm Down Space Audit
A handy audit to assess if your calm down space is meeting
your pupil's needs.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Fidget Toys and Chew Toys - Why Are They Important?
Information about how and why fidget toys and chew toys
can support children to learn.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: How Do the Senses Work?
Find out more about how our sensory systems work.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Interoception - The Eighth Sense
Find out more about Interoception, the feelings from inside
our body.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Movement Break Activities for Home
Plenty of ideas for movement breaks you can do at home.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Movement Break Activities for the Classroom
Lots of ideas for movement breaks that can be done in the
classroom.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Planning and Implementing a Sensory Diet
The background behind sensory diets and what you need to
know to put one in place.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Proprioceptive Alerting and Calming Activities
Ideas for alerting and calming activities for the
proprioception sensory system.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Routine Change Coping Strategies
Routine change and transitions can be difficult - plenty of
strategies for you to try.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Seating for Learning
Find out why sitting comfortably and being able to support
the body is important for learning.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: See Behaviour, Think Sensory: Adult Guidance and Checklist
It can be difficult to know what is a sensory difficulty and
what is another behaviour. Put on your sensory glasses with
this resource and have a closer look.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Senses for Sensory Integration and Stimulation: Proprioception
Information about the proprioception sense (perception of
body awareness and body movement).
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Senses for Sensory Integration and Stimulation: Vestibular
Information about the vestibular sensory system (sensory
system that detects movement and is used for balance).
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Sensory Circuits
A handy mix and match set for sensory circuits.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Sensory Room Information Sheet for Practitioners
All you need to know to set up a sensory room on any
budget.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Sensory Seeking v Sensory Avoiding
Find out more about sensory seeking and sensory avoiding
and recognise what to look out for.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Sensory Word Glossary
All the sensory jargon with simple explanations.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Setting, Managing and Assessing Sensory Goals
An editable resource for you to set sensory goals and keep
track of them.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Tactile Alerting and Calming Activities
Alerting and calming activities for the tactile sense.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: The Seven Senses Mindmap
Find out more about how the seven senses work with this
mindmap.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Understanding, Recognising and Managing Alertness Levels
Learn to recognise alertness levels and use strategies to
change them ready for learning.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: Vestibular Alerting and Calming Activities
Alerting and calming activities for the vestibular sense
(sensory system that detects movement and is used for
balance).
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Identifying Sensory Needs: What is Postural Control?
Find out why it’s important to have a strong core and how
postural control can affect learning.
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Identifying Sensory Needs: What is Self-Regulation and Why It Matters
Learn about self-regulation and why it’s important for
children to learn how to self-regulate.
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