Sensory-Informed Support: Identifying Needs and Implementing Strategies
60-Minute On-Demand Training | $69
A practical, sensory-informed training designed to help educators better understand what may be happening beneath a child’s behavior—and what they can do to support them.
Sensory needs can look very different from one child to another. A student may cover their ears, become overwhelmed by a busy classroom, seem disengaged, need frequent prompting, constantly seek movement, or struggle to regulate their body and emotions.
In this approximately 60-minute on-demand course, pediatric occupational therapist Jessica Presnell, MS, OTR/L breaks down sensory processing in an approachable, classroom-relevant way and helps educators move from simply observing a behavior to identifying possible sensory patterns and choosing meaningful supports.
You'll explore over-responsivity, under-responsivity, and sensory seeking, along with practical examples of how each may present across different sensory systems. Most importantly, you'll learn why sensory strategies are not one-size-fits-all and how to begin asking:
What pattern am I seeing, what might this child’s nervous system need, and what support can I try?
The course also addresses common misconceptions about sensory strategies and emphasizes a proactive approach—supporting regulation before expecting a child to learn, participate, problem-solve, or independently use regulation tools. Real-world student examples help bring these concepts into everyday classroom practice.
What You'll Learn
Foundations of sensory processing and how it can affect learning, behavior, regulation, and participation
How to recognize patterns of over-responsivity, under-responsivity, and sensory seeking
How to move from observation → identifying the pattern → choosing a support
Practical sensory and regulation supports that can be incorporated into classroom routines
Why proactive and whole-class regulation supports can be more effective than waiting until dysregulation occurs
How to respond differently when a child is actively dysregulated
How to use real-world observations to problem-solve supports for individual students
Great For:
Preschool and elementary educators, special education teachers, school counselors, administrators, related service providers, and other professionals who support children in classroom settings.
On-Demand Digital Course | Approximately 60 Minutes | $69 | Watch at Your Own Pace
This course is intended for educational purposes and provides general sensory-informed strategies. It is not a substitute for individualized occupational therapy evaluation, treatment, or recommendations specific to an individual child.
60-Minute On-Demand Training | $69
A practical, sensory-informed training designed to help educators better understand what may be happening beneath a child’s behavior—and what they can do to support them.
Sensory needs can look very different from one child to another. A student may cover their ears, become overwhelmed by a busy classroom, seem disengaged, need frequent prompting, constantly seek movement, or struggle to regulate their body and emotions.
In this approximately 60-minute on-demand course, pediatric occupational therapist Jessica Presnell, MS, OTR/L breaks down sensory processing in an approachable, classroom-relevant way and helps educators move from simply observing a behavior to identifying possible sensory patterns and choosing meaningful supports.
You'll explore over-responsivity, under-responsivity, and sensory seeking, along with practical examples of how each may present across different sensory systems. Most importantly, you'll learn why sensory strategies are not one-size-fits-all and how to begin asking:
What pattern am I seeing, what might this child’s nervous system need, and what support can I try?
The course also addresses common misconceptions about sensory strategies and emphasizes a proactive approach—supporting regulation before expecting a child to learn, participate, problem-solve, or independently use regulation tools. Real-world student examples help bring these concepts into everyday classroom practice.
What You'll Learn
Foundations of sensory processing and how it can affect learning, behavior, regulation, and participation
How to recognize patterns of over-responsivity, under-responsivity, and sensory seeking
How to move from observation → identifying the pattern → choosing a support
Practical sensory and regulation supports that can be incorporated into classroom routines
Why proactive and whole-class regulation supports can be more effective than waiting until dysregulation occurs
How to respond differently when a child is actively dysregulated
How to use real-world observations to problem-solve supports for individual students
Great For:
Preschool and elementary educators, special education teachers, school counselors, administrators, related service providers, and other professionals who support children in classroom settings.
On-Demand Digital Course | Approximately 60 Minutes | $69 | Watch at Your Own Pace
This course is intended for educational purposes and provides general sensory-informed strategies. It is not a substitute for individualized occupational therapy evaluation, treatment, or recommendations specific to an individual child.