Participant quotes within sensory strategies theme
| Theme | Time Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Theme 2: sensory strategies | Time 1 | Time 2 |
| Tactile | “We let him bring a soft toy to resource teaching and then if he goes to the sensory room or ball pool as well we let him bring a soft toy. So that he can feel it on the way” – Teacher F | “I had a fidget box now that I didn’t have before and I got those beads and the theraputty which I wouldn’t have had before. Even the theraputty I would give out to him if he was unsettled or upset and he would use it” – Teacher F |
| Visual | No reference by any participants | “Since the training I’ve tried to reduce the amount of visual displays cause suppose I’m conscious that it can be overwhelming for the little boy” – Teacher B “He is sitting up against a wall so there’s just a wall in front of him and he has his words on the wall so that they are directly in front of him whereas before I would have been putting them on the table. Em, so that’s one way I’ve altered it that I wouldn’t do for other children” – Teacher F |
| Calm Area | “If there was an area in the class that he could go to it would mean he wouldn’t have to step out, he could go there and calm himself down for a while … that would be nice” – Teacher A No reference made by Teacher E | “So he would have his own space in the calm corner now” – Teacher A “Having a calm corner as well was another thing that we implemented em” – Teacher E |
| Movement | No reference made by Teacher C or E | “Yeah well since doing the course I’ve made sure to have like things like the theraband on the chair which seems to be quite good, she seems to like it cause she would have been a bit of a tapper do ya know things like that so there’s less of that which is brilliant. So yeah no, she’s reacting well to having those things so she needs them” – Teacher C “Em yeah providing more opportunities I suppose for movement breaks and for sensory needs as well throughout the day” – Teacher E |
| Theme | Time Point | |
|---|---|---|
| Theme 2: sensory strategies | Time 1 | Time 2 |
| Tactile | “We let him bring a soft toy to resource teaching and then if he goes to the sensory room or ball pool as well we let him bring a soft toy. So that he can feel it on the way” – Teacher F | “I had a fidget box now that I didn’t have before and I got those beads and the theraputty which I wouldn’t have had before. Even the theraputty I would give out to him if he was unsettled or upset and he would use it” – Teacher F |
| Visual | No reference by any participants | “Since the training I’ve tried to reduce the amount of visual displays cause suppose I’m conscious that it can be overwhelming for the little boy” – Teacher B |
| Calm Area | “If there was an area in the class that he could go to it would mean he wouldn’t have to step out, he could go there and calm himself down for a while … that would be nice” – Teacher A No reference made by Teacher E | “So he would have his own space in the calm corner now” – Teacher A |
| Movement | No reference made by Teacher C or E | “Yeah well since doing the course I’ve made sure to have like things like the theraband on the chair which seems to be quite good, she seems to like it cause she would have been a bit of a tapper do ya know things like that so there’s less of that which is brilliant. So yeah no, she’s reacting well to having those things so she needs them” – Teacher C |