Course Overview

Jessica Kirton, Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner shares the relationship between sensory processing and sleep, what are indicators of a poor sleep pattern and how to create a sensory-friendly sleep environment. We will run through the primary sensory systems and how they can affect or support sleep when activated.

This course will be great for you if you have a child aged 5 years and above who struggles with getting and settling to sleep. This course covers adapting to the bedroom environment to help with sleep difficulties. It does not cover bedtime routines, strategies for putting sensory input throughout the day to support sleep or children with additional medical difficulties affecting rest.

What You Will Learn

  • The relationship between sensory processing and sleep
  • Recognising indicators of poor sleep patterns
  • Creating a sensory-friendly sleep environment

Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Meet the course leader, Jess Kirton

    1. Welcome

    2. What we are going to cover

    3. What this course does not cover and why

    1. Why is Sleep Important?

    2. How External Sensory Input Affects Sleep

    3. How Poor Sleep can Exacerbate Sensory Difficulties

    4. Sensory Modulation and Sleep

    1. Specific Sensory Difficulties and Sleep

    2. Other Indicators of Poor Sleep Patterns for Children with Sensory Modulation Needs

    1. Why is a Sensory-Friendly Environment Important

    2. Visual Adaptations - Using Light and Colour to Support the Sleep Cycle

    3. Auditory Adaptations - Sounds and Silence to Support Sleep

    4. Tactile Adaptations - Strategies to Help your Child Manage Fabrics and Temperature

    5. Proprioceptive Adaptations - Positioning and Bedding to Improve Sound Sleep

    6. Olfactory Adaptations - The Powerful Impact of Smell: Often Overlooked

    1. What has Been Covered

    2. Take Home Points

    3. Thank You for Watching

About this course

  • 24 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.