Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of sensory processing and integration and learn how to identify when and how challenges with sensory processing impact function and participation. The course will also help clinicians strengthen their clinical reasoning by improving their ability to assess an individual’s sensory processing through clinical observation and caregiver report. It will lay the groundwork for clinicians to begin integrating this lens into their practice.
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For occupational therapists, a deep understanding of sensory processing is no longer optional—it’s essential for effectively evaluating and supporting every child’s participation. This course invites clinicians to take a closer look at how sensory processing shapes daily participation—including its influence on behavior, motor performance, attention, and emotional regulation—and explains why assessing an individual’s ability to process and integrate sensory information should be central to every pediatric evaluation.
Section 1: Introduction of Speaker + Learning Objectives
Section 2: Define Sensory Processing and Prevalence of Sensory Processing Dysfunction
Section 3: Define the Sensory Systems
Section 4: Impact of Sensory Processing on Daily Function
Section 5: Classifications of Sensory Processing
Section 6: Clinical Observations related to Sensory Modulation Dysfunction
Section 7: Clinical Observations related to Sensory Discrimination Dysfunction
Section 8: Clinical Observations related to Sensory Based-Motor Dysfunction
Section 9: Clinical Observations related to Multi-Sensory Processing
Section 10: Case Studies
The Therapeutic Edge is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID #0000013970. This distance-learning, independent format is offered at 0.25 CEUs, Introductory Level, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Jessica Presnell is a pediatric occupational therapist and mother of two with a decade of experience helping children thrive. She specializes in sensory integration and child development, drawing on her extensive training in sensory processing, visual-motor skills, and primitive reflex integration. Jessica earned her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2014 and is certified in Ayres Sensory Integration.
You may contact her through: jessica@sensiblyrooted.com.
Jessica has an affiliate partnership with The Therapeutic Edge Collective. She will receive a percentage payment when participants enroll in this course.
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