5 Sensory Strategies to Dress without Distress

5 Sensory Strategies to Dress without Distress (30 mins)

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Course Overview

Jessica Kirton, Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner shares easy and practical strategies to support children struggling to get dressed. The course is designed for parents and families, with quick and easy things to help when sensory integration issues make dressing a stressful experience.

The strategies in this course are suitable for younger children up to age 10 and do not require any additional equipment or resources to put in place. The course will give parents a selection of strategies which can be adapted to their child's preferences, along with straightforward explanations of the evidence-based sensory principles which underpin them.

What You Will Learn

Using deep pressure strategies to calm and organise the nervous system
A modern twist on age-old wrapping and swaddling techniques
How to incorporate proprioceptive muscle and joint input safely and manageably for dressing
Strategies to support balance and postural challenges
Why using a mirror can help children to cope with the challenge of dressing more easily

Course curriculum

1. How to use this course
2. Meet the course leader, Jess Kirton
1. Welcome
2. Who this course is most useful for, and what we are going to cover
3. What this course does not cover and why
1. How to use massage as a sensory calmer
2. What to do, and some alternative ideas to massage
3. Why massage works in this situation
1. Wrapping and Swaddling - a new spin on a very ancient practice
2. Wrapping and Swaddling-How to do it?
3. What equipment to use for wrapping and swaddling
4. When not to use this strategy
5. Why wrapping and swaddling works in this situation
1. How to use push and pull strategies to help with dressing
2. Ideas for Pushing and Pulling activities and some alternatives that might suit your child even better
3. When not to use this strategy
4. Theory Underpinning Pulling and Pushing Activities
1. Sitting to dress - an effective strategy to reduce the challenge of balance and coordination
2. How to use this strategy supportively
3. Why sitting to dress helps when dressing is stressful
1. Using a Mirror can help in different ways
2. How to use a mirror with your child for dressing
3. Theory Underpinning Using Mirrors
1. What has been covered
2. Take home points
3. Thank you for watching
1. Check your learning
2. Get started
1. Download Course Notes
2. Glossary

About this course

30 lessons
0.5 hours of video content

Lecturer

Jessica Kirton

Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner

I am an Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner. I have been working as a Children's Occupational Therapist for 11 years in a range of settings including NHS, private practice, special schools, mainstream schools and specialist intervention for early years. I have also completed some voluntary work overseas. I have set up OT services across schools and worked as a Lead OT. I am now a self-employed independent therapist pursuing my dream to set up my own practice alongside working as a lecturer for Sensory Integration Education.