Early Years: Physical sensitivity including hyper and hypo responses and possible Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

Strategies and approaches:

• Consult with parent carers to identify potential trigger times and activities.
• Consider conducting a sensory audit of the environment.
• Share strategies and advice with all members of staff to support the children’s sensory diet.
• Consider referral to the Occupational Therapy Service.
• Access staff training (such as sensory integration), if needed.
• Work together with other professionals to share strategies and advice to support the children’s sensory diet.
• Identify activities which help the children to regulate. Use these at appropriate times of day to promote access to learning.
• Consider the impact of break times, dinner time and transitions. Work with the children to develop strategies which help them feel ready to learn.
• Consider using sensory reduction planning.
• Consider using individual workstations.
• Build resilience using timers.