Items rated important
| Assessments | Interventions |
|---|---|
| • Gathering accurate history of recent and previous presentation | • Adding to multidisciplinary formulation/functional analysis |
| • Observations during everyday activity | • Education for the person/family/paid carers/unit staff |
| • Clinically reasoned observations to response to sensory input | • Environmental recommendations |
| • Structured clinical observations | • Adapting activities of daily living |
| • Adult adolescent sensory profile | • Adapting environments |
| • Model of human occupation screening tool | • Compensatory strategies |
| • Antecedent behaviour consequence charts | • Sensory diet |
| • Sensory integration inventory revised | • Adapting roles and routines |
| • Assessment of motor and process skills | • Use of calming/modulating strategies |
| • Behavioural functional assessment | • Development of activity risk assessments |
| • Consultation | |
| • Direct 1:1 clinical intervention using eclectic sensory-based approaches | |
| Equipment | • Seating with additional sensory input |
| • Outside gym | • Use of the natural environment |
| • Equipment that can be used on ward, in individual spaces, in client homes | • Visual arousal monitoring tools |
| • Therapy/gym balls • Tactile items (includes vibrating items) | |
| • Weighted objects, e.g. balls/bean bags | |
| • Ear defenders | |
| • Props to support engagement in playful activity | |
| • Weighted blanket/lap pad/shoulder pad | |
| • Fidget boxes | |
| • Range of sensory and activity equipment covering all the senses | |
| • Mats | Outcome measures |
| • Bouncing equipment | • Service user feedback/patient stories |
| • Outdoor equipment | • Goal attainment scaling |
| • Weighted jacket | • Model of human occupation screening tool |
| • Vehicles or opportunities for drives | • Antecedent behaviour consequence charts |
| • Crash pillow/pad | |
| • Rubber strips or ropes for pulling | Facilities |
| • Spandex/Lycra | • Quiet rooms |
| • Swings/suspended equipment | • Therapy room without fidelity to ASI |
| • Pilates bands | • Chill out space/calming/“womb-like” area |
| • Exercise bike or pedal machine | • Garden/outside space |
| • Visual targets | • Opportunities for walking/running |
| • Oral motor items | • Multi-gym |
| • Seating that provides additional sensory input | • Kitchen |
| • Home maintenance equipment | • Sports hall |
| • Olfactory items | • Garden space that offers adult type sensory experiences |
| • Bear hug vests | • Trampoline |
| • Gardening tools | • Outside swing |
| • Climbing equipment | • Outside gym |
| • “Squeeze Vest” | |
| • Gustatory items | |
| • Wobble board | |
| Training | |
| • Sensory Integration Module 1* | |
| • Sensory Integration Modules 2 & 3* | |
| • Working with ASD and is it sensory is it behaviour | |
| • The alert programme for self-regulation | |
| • *Part of a UK postgraduate sensory integration practitioner pathway that has since been updated |
| • Gathering accurate history of recent and previous presentation | • Adding to multidisciplinary formulation/functional analysis |
| • Observations during everyday activity | • Education for the person/family/paid carers/unit staff |
| • Clinically reasoned observations to response to sensory input | • Environmental recommendations |
| • Structured clinical observations | • Adapting activities of daily living |
| • Adult adolescent sensory profile | • Adapting environments |
| • Model of human occupation screening tool | • Compensatory strategies |
| • Antecedent behaviour consequence charts | • Sensory diet |
| • Sensory integration inventory revised | • Adapting roles and routines |
| • Assessment of motor and process skills | • Use of calming/modulating strategies |
| • Behavioural functional assessment | • Development of activity risk assessments |
| • Consultation | |
| • Direct 1:1 clinical intervention using eclectic sensory-based approaches | |
| • Seating with additional sensory input | |
| • Outside gym | • Use of the natural environment |
| • Equipment that can be used on ward, in individual spaces, in client homes | • Visual arousal monitoring tools |
| • Therapy/gym balls | |
| • Weighted objects, e.g. balls/bean bags | |
| • Ear defenders | |
| • Props to support engagement in playful activity | |
| • Weighted blanket/lap pad/shoulder pad | |
| • Fidget boxes | |
| • Range of sensory and activity equipment covering all the senses | |
| • Mats | |
| • Bouncing equipment | • Service user feedback/patient stories |
| • Outdoor equipment | • Goal attainment scaling |
| • Weighted jacket | • Model of human occupation screening tool |
| • Vehicles or opportunities for drives | • Antecedent behaviour consequence charts |
| • Crash pillow/pad | |
| • Rubber strips or ropes for pulling | |
| • Spandex/Lycra | • Quiet rooms |
| • Swings/suspended equipment | • Therapy room without fidelity to ASI |
| • Pilates bands | • Chill out space/calming/“womb-like” area |
| • Exercise bike or pedal machine | • Garden/outside space |
| • Visual targets | • Opportunities for walking/running |
| • Oral motor items | • Multi-gym |
| • Seating that provides additional sensory input | • Kitchen |
| • Home maintenance equipment | • Sports hall |
| • Olfactory items | • Garden space that offers adult type sensory experiences |
| • Bear hug vests | • Trampoline |
| • Gardening tools | • Outside swing |
| • Climbing equipment | • Outside gym |
| • “Squeeze Vest” | |
| • Gustatory items | |
| • Wobble board | |
| • Sensory Integration Module 1* | |
| • Sensory Integration Modules 2 & 3* | |
| • Working with ASD and is it sensory is it behaviour | |
| • The alert programme for self-regulation | |
| • *Part of a UK postgraduate sensory integration practitioner pathway that has since been updated |
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