Responding to Trauma: How and Why to Conduct a Sensory Audit of Your Setting

A sensory audit is a vital assessment to ensure every setting is truly accessible by building a world which makes everyone in it comfortable enough to thrive. The sensory environment is one of the biggest barriers to engagement for those with sensory impairments and sensory processing differences. Often overlooked, sensory triggers are common to those who have experienced trauma or live with PTSD. 

The great news is that by creating a ‘sensory aware environment’, not only do we make an accessible and enabling setting, we also make a physical and social space that feels safe, comfortable and welcoming to all. 

Session Takeaways:

1. Understanding the importance of the physical and social environment in meeting the sensory needs of everyone in our community
2. Deeper knowledge of the sensory environment’s role in physical and mental health
3. How to use the sensory audit to improve accessibility for all

This is a recording of a past webinar