Ep. 56: Supporting Sensory Needs in Schools
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What is the first step to support sensory needs in a classroom?
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Hello, hello, welcome. We are so excited for today. Today we are talking all about how to break down the barriers that you have in the schools in order to implement a sensory-based approach, how to honor kids' sensory needs in the school. This came from so many questions that we were getting about, I so strongly believe in this approach. I know I want to meet my kids' sensory needs, but in the school, there's just so many structures and systems in place, and it can often feel like you're swimming upstream. So who better than to answer these questions about sensory in the schools than...
drum roll please hey so yeah i mean before we kick this off i do want to uh reintroduce myself chris winger i don't always talk about this but i want to let you know uh that i've been working in the schools for 20 years so that's who i am i'm a dude that's been in the system for 20 years it's Now, like I just started yesterday, I've seen these barriers happen over and over again. And I have had opportunities from working on three different campuses in my career and heading to non-public agencies, non-public schools, and many other programs that are within my area of work to give me some knowledge and insight about some things that could potentially present themselves as barriers and how we can put on our work.
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so if you are a school-based slp that's going to be very helpful for you if you are an slp who works and collaborates with therapists in the schools going to be helpful for you or of course if you're a parent with a child in the schools so this episode is meant to be very actionable you're going to get so many takeaways chris is going to share a lot of the things that he does that you can turn around and start using immediately. So let's jump right in because I've compiled some questions that we get a lot for him. And the first one is when someone decides they want to start implementing a sensory based approach, they want to start better meeting the sensory needs of their students. Like what is the first thing you did?
What is the first thing that a person could do just to get started?
As with anything, I think that the most important thing is to come into the situation understanding that not everybody else has that information that you do. So the very first and foremost thing that I think should happen is you guide others with education, with training, the staff members, the IEP team. And you really will become effective at that when you can guide and help train others about What are sensory differences? How can we support our neurodivergent students? How can we help create a system, an environment that's sensory friendly to help meet the student's needs? The second thing that I would recommend on what I do at the very beginning is assess the situation, assess the student, assess and involve the families too.
So you really want to get some good insight as to what are the different needs. Of course, everybody's got differences and individual needs that need to be addressed, but really to get a good idea of what are we working with here so we can create a sensory-friendly classroom, a sensory-friendly environment at school so everybody wins.
Yeah. And then, you know, assessing their needs, educating others, and then just starting to, I know that you and I have talked about like how you can, we've talked about this a lot, actually, when we speak, especially how you can start to create sensory friendly environments, like in their classroom and your therapy room, which we're going to get into more tips for that.
Yeah, absolutely. And then we'll talk about some accommodations and stuff, but just really help guiding the the idea to the staff members, to the paraprofessionals, to the instruction, to the one-to-one aides, the TSAs, the teachers, the admin, that when we can meet people's needs, when we can provide
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the first step to support sensory needs in a classroom?
0:08–7:13
2
How can you assess a student’s sensory profile and involve families?
7:13–14:09
3
What’s the best way to embed sensory goals into an IEP?
14:09–18:12
4
Which sensory accommodations should be prioritized on an IEP?
18:12–21:39
5
How can SLPs effectively collaborate with teachers and parents?
21:39–26:13
6
What are practical tips for sensory-friendly spaces in small therapy rooms?
26:13–30:19
Speakers
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