Introduction to Sensory Processing & Movement Disorders training assists people to better understand their needs without the need to display behaviours. The information from this training when applied can be used as a tool to reduce the displays of challenging behaviour by exploring the alternative strategies that meets people needs more appropriately.
At the start of my career in this sector over 25 years ago I worked hands on, with a lady who displayed what I perceived at the time was extreme behaviour. When I asked management what was going on I was told “it’s about her sensory processing” however I could not understand what thumping her knees on to the floor had to do with it. So began my exploration of Sensory Processing & Movement Disorders. In 2009 I was part of the Mentors group with the Department of Communities, Child Safety & Disability Services under the supervision of Professor Anne Donnellan (USA) & Martha Leary MA, CCC-SLP (Canada). Where we were explored a sensory processing and movement disorders program as potential mentors.
Following that experience I co-designed with my colleague Mr Karl Jacks an eight-hour training program specifically to inform & educate support workers, families, participants, and other professionals about what a Sensory Processing & Movement Disorders is. In the case of the support team and families this was to help them to understand & explore the persons needs of the people that they support and to try to meet the persons needs more effectively. In the case of the participants this was to assist them to understand themselves better and help them to identify what they could do to better meet their needs. In the case of other professionals this program gives them something else to consider when presented with someone whose presentation and behaviour is confusing. This program includes a certificate of attendance & workbook to enable people to capture the information about a specific person.
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