Occupational therapy live and pre-recorded webinars

Resources to download and read before the webinar:

• Understanding our senses
• Sensory behaviour checklist

Resources to download and read prior to the webinar:

• Sensory Processing: Using sensory strategies to support regulation
• Example of Sensory Regulation Strategies
• Blank sensory Regulation Strategies

Resources to download and read before the webinar:

You can watch the following video webinars whenever you choose:

Foundational skills

The skills to support independence in children’s development and learning.

General Advice for Developing Hand Skills

Information on what we can do to support hand skills.

General strategies for promoting independence in skills

Information on the different approaches that can be used to support children in their skills and independence.

Covers strategies and advice to develop your child’s dressing skills.

You can also watch the following video webinars whenever you choose:

Getting dressed – hints and tips

General hints and tips for getting dressed and how to teach and support your child to learn these skills.

Buttons

Fastenings – specifically buttons. Learning to fasten and unfasten buttons can be tricky for some children.

Shoelaces

Learning to tie shoelaces can be a tricky skill to master.

Socks and shoes

Ways to support children to develop the skills to put on their own socks and shoes.

Zips

Fastenings – specifically zips. Zips are one of the first fastenings children tend to learn to do for themselves.

Covers strategies and advice to help you develop your child’s tool use.

This includes:

• cutlery use
• preparation for using a pencil
• scissor skills
• rulers

You can also watch the following video webinars whenever you choose:

Tool Use – Cutlery

Information on developing cutlery skills.

Scissors

Information on developing scissor skills.

Tool Use – Rulers and Protractors

Information on developing skills in using a ruler or protractor.

Explores the foundation skills needed for handwriting. You’ll get advice on how you can support your child to develop the foundation skills for handwriting.

The pre-recorded webinar below can be viewed at any time that’s convenient to you – there’s no need to book.

View foundations for handwriting – part 1

View foundations for handwriting recording – part 2

Picky eating (also known as fussy, faddy or choosy eating) is usually classified as part of a spectrum of feeding difficulties. It’s characterised by an unwillingness to eat familiar foods or to try new foods, as well as strong food preferences. The consequences may include poor dietary variety during early childhood.

This webinar covers contributing factors to picky eating and steps care givers can take to help a child expand on the foods they eat.

There will also be a focus on the sensory challenges which can hinder successful mealtimes and what care givers should do.

Problem feeding and sensory challenges Part 1 – a pre-recorded webinar

This webinar provides an overview of feeding difficulties, causes to consider, and parental experience. It’s designed to give you an understanding of a child’s sensory experiences relating to eating.

Problem feeding and sensory challenges – Part 2

This webinar explores the steps you can take to help your child at mealtimes including providing correct seating and considering cutlery options and explains how to look for common sensory patterns in what foods your child is currently accepting and how to encourage exploring of new foods in a non-threatening way.

Problem feeding and sensory challenges – Part 3

This webinar explores what you can do to help best prepare your child for mealtimes and sensory strategies and tips for during the mealtime and after.  It also further explores how to introduce new foods to your child.

Problem feeding and sensory challenges – Part 4

This webinar explores tactile sensitivity and how to help your child participate in tactile activities as part of expanding their learning about different food textures.  Watch this space for the webinar to be added.

Further information

View a list of further resources to accompany and support this series of webinars: Picky eaters resources

View an introduction to Developmental Coordination Disorder webinar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcIbBGO_OmU

Further information can be found on the Development Coordination Disorder (DCD) website that is referenced and mentioned in the video.

A webinar about fatigue – what it is and what causes it in children and young people. The webinar includes tips on how to manage fatigue and when and where to get help.

https://youtu.be/t67SYpqTVtw

This webinar explores our senses, explains what sensory processing is and differences we may see.  It introduces the Sensory Behavioural Checklist (Assessment tool).

• • Part 1

• Part 2

This webinar explores what regulation is, explores levels of alertness, what sensory strategies can be used (including sensory circuits) and introduces the use of a sensory regulation strategy plan.

• • Part 1

• • Part 2

• • Part 3 (Sensory Circuits)

Acknowledgments: Special thanks to the children, parents, and staff at Castlefield School, who allowed us to film their wonderful sensory circuits for this training webinar.

• Part 4 (Case study and Sensory Regulation Plan)

This webinar explores how we can make adaptations to our environment to support sensory needs. It introduces the Sensory Environmental Audit.