Be more Sensory Informed

Learn to recognise sensory needs and create nurturing sensory environments that give every baby and their family the best possible start.

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When you understand the role of sensory experiences on a baby’s brain development, you can create environments that aid this process, support sleeping, posture, eating, play, regulation and connection and help them feel safe, secure and ready to explore the world.

Learn why sensory is so important

Sensory integration training across neonatal, perinatal and early intervention

Our online and in-person courses and mentoring help you better understand, observe and inform the role of sensory experiences and environments in infant and baby development. And you’ll get a practical framework to share your knowledge, guide your practice and create a more informed and enjoyable place to work.

Neonatal

Provide nurturing, sensory experiences for babies, families and staff in neonatal care

When a baby is born prematurely, their brain is not yet ready for the sensory overload that’s about to hit them. Shifting from task-based care to supporting parents to provide nurturing sensory experiences helps create calm and reduces stress for the baby, their family and the neonatal staff. 

Our Master Course and Neonatal Nurture courses helps neonatal multi disciplinary teams make this shift, improving the sensory experience for themselves and the staff and families they support.

  • Be more aware of a baby's sensory needs and how the neonatal environment impacts this
  • Be in a better place for yourself and the families you support 
  • Continue your learning with ongoing mentoring and support
  • Connect more deeply with your role and deliver compassion-based care.
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PERInatal

Connect the sensory needs of both baby and parents

The first 1001 days from conception to two years is a crucial time for brain growth and future health and wellbeing. This development happens within the environment of relationships, especially the infant-parent relationship. Relationships/attachments develop on sensory interactions and exchange. In understanding the sensory needs of both parents and babies, we can help create better nurturing and attuned relationships and wellbeing. 

Our AOTA approved continuing education and NNA endorsed Master Course helps you think about infants’ and parents’ behaviours from a sensory perspective. You can learn how to recognise parents’ sensory needs and stress levels could be creating an unhelpful environment for the baby’s development — and understand how to create a more nurturing space to help.

  • Recognise the parent's sensory needs to create a supportive environment for them and their baby.
  • Empower parents to understand their child's sensory needs while beginning to explore their own. 
  • Consider the senses in parenting and early human development.
  • Support parenting co-occupations. 
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Early intervention

Support families in providing appropriate sensory activities and experiences

Sensory experiences from birth to three years are acknowledged to influence brain development and behaviours across the life span. Therefore, the sensory environment of the young child is of great importance.

Our Master course helps you better observe and interpret infant and parent behaviours. It provides you with the tools to create nurturing sensory activities and environments to support child development, addressing developmental challenges.

  • Understand the role of sensory processing in early human development and interactions.
  • Learn how sensory processing underpins all aspects of human development
  • Develop sensory-based strategies to support your interventions.
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“The Sensory Beginnings course is brilliantly designed to foster a deeper understanding of sensory development from a neurobiological perspective. It helps therapists synthesize their knowledge to better select therapeutic interventions to optimize outcomes for those in their care.

I especially enjoyed Emily and Lindsay's exemplary teaching skills and the rich clinical experiences they shared as content experts.

This terrific course will challenge you to think more deeply about sensory integration and ultimately elevate the therapeutic care you will provide for young families.”
Christy Gliniak
Neoantal Occupational Therapist, Ph.D., OTR/L, CNT, CPXP, NTMTC, Communications Manager officer for NANT and Instructor at Whitworth University

Hello, we're Lindsay and Emily,

paediatric and neonatal occupational therapists educating others, through our courses, in the fascinating world of sensory processing and infant development. 

READ OUR STORY HERE

Hello, we're Emily and Lindsay,

paediatric and neonatal occupational therapists educating others, through our courses, in the fascinating world of sensory processing and infant development. 

READ OUR STORY HERE

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Feedback on our courses

I studied the sensory beginnings course in 2019 and it is one of the most enjoyable courses I have taken. I love the knowledge, experience and passion that Emily and Lindsay are able to share, helping to put across evidence based and researched information in a way that is relatable to my work as a paediatric Occupational Therapist. Studying with them reignited the love for my role in working with young babies, and supporting others to do the same, what we do in those early years really is so very powerful.
Carly Budd
Carly BuddPaediatric Occupational Therapist
I particularly enjoyed the perspectives of the parent infant space and the in-depth review of the development of the sensory systems and how they interact. Sensory, motor and cognition are so interdependent and intertwined it s important as therapists working with infants and families we recognise the need to have a good basis and understanding of the development and interplay of the physiologic sensory motor behavioural systems of the infant and their careers. Sensory babies education is a must for all NICU staff.
Jo McGuckin
Jo McGuckinNeonatal Physiotherapist
The course added richness and depth to my understanding of a baby's (and all human's!) world. Helping me to add another layer to my understanding of what I see when I'm with a baby and family especially in their sensory systems. There is a great mixture of theory behind how our sensory systems work, and what it means for people born very early (and the rest of us!).
Katherine Pearce
Katherine PearceHealth Visitor
In doing the Sensory Beginnings course, I was reminded why I’m a neonatal OT. Emily and Lindsay reignited my passion for promoting and striving to understand the sensory experience of the infant. I gained more in-depth knowledge about neuro-biology (if only I could remember it all!) and learnt all sorts about the hierarchy of processing.
Hannah Gormley
Hannah GormleyOccupational Therapist for Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal ODN and Neonatal Occupational Therapists, Leeds Children's Hospital
Sensory Beginnings is my course of choice for any doctor interested in Neonatal Neurodevelopment and Early Intervention. Understanding sensory development is the foundation for a good quality assessment of a high risk infant, and Sensory Beginnings is the best course in this area, extremely informative and tremendously practical.
Dr Angela Huertas
Dr Angela HuertasConsultant in Neonatology and Neurodevelopment
This is the best course I've ever done! The Sensory Beginnings master course is a must for anyone working in neonatal care and early intervention. Emily and Lindsay are just fantastic and definitely reignited my passion for Early Intervention. Career changing for me!
Louise Race
Louise RaceChildren's Occupational Therapist
The Sensory Beginnings course has completely enhanced and changed my current practice as an OT. Emily and Lindsay present their wonderful and extensive knowledge in an extremely professional and accessible way. I would encourage anyone working within the area of paediatrics, early intervention, and neonatal care to sign-up for this wonderful course. They have truly ignited by curiosity and passion for this area of practice.
Aofie Garvey
Aofie GarveyChildren's Occupational Therapist
Sensory Beginnings is a course that continues to give back time and time again. With a mix of comprehensive theory, hands on learning and practical application, this course opened my eyes to the integral workings of the sensory system from its very earliest beginnings. It drives my passion as a neonatal OT to convey the importance of nurturing the sensory systems of the infants and families we support for their best possible outcomes.
Amanda Clifford
Amanda CliffordNeonatal Occupational Therapist
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