Table 1

Items rated important

AssessmentsInterventions
• 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
• MatsOutcome 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 pullingFacilities
• 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

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