Sensory Processing Disorder

A pupil who fidgets and rocks all lesson, can't face the hall at assembly time, or lashes out when someone brushes past can look like a behaviour problem. Often their senses are sending too much information, or too little, and their body is doing what it can to cope.

This course explains sensory processing in plain terms, across all eight senses, including three that get less attention: balance, the body's sense of where it is, and signals from inside like hunger. Once you can see which sense is involved, the strategies make sense: movement breaks and heavy muscle work to calm, a quieter corner, a visual timetable, and extra care at transitions like lining up and break time.

You'll also see how to turn an occupational therapist's advice into everyday classroom routines, and how to share the thinking with families so home and school pull the same way.