Sensory Modulation Resource Manual

Bathing Solutions Course

This on demand course has solutions for many challenges in bathing!

Bathing Strategies Bathing Strategies This webinar provides a range of Bathing strategies for you to try. Content includes: Bathing overview Sensory Modulation: what is it and why is it helpful with bathing Energy and bathing Sensory processing and bathing Mental Health and bathing 2 hour pre-recorded

Sense Portrait info!

We’ve loved the response to our recent paper on sensory-processing informed, child-centred therapy. One thing people keep coming back to? The sense portraits created by Kade Sharp, Kim Clairy, and Jac Fede, which have resonated deeply, offering an inside look at their sensory experiences.

By request, we’ve created a Sense Portrait Guide to help people explore and create portraits based on their own sensory and interoceptive experiences. This work comes from our full team: Stuart Daniel, Kelly Mahler, Dee C. Ray, Kade Sharp, Kim Clairy, Sean M. Inderbitzen, Amy C. Laurent, Jacquelyn H. Fede, and Jonathan T. Delafield-Butt.

Access the Sense Portrait Guide Here:https://www.kelly-mahler.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Sense-Portrait-Guide.pdf

If you haven’t read the article yet, check it out here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S305057982600001X?via%3Dihub

https://bioengineer.org/new-study-uncovers-how-the-brain-revises-its-predictions/

New Study Uncovers How the Brain Revises Its Predictions In the fleeting moment following an unexpected noise, the brain performs a critical computational feat: swiftly determining whether the sound originated from one’s own action or from an external s

Loved hearing from Belinda at about new research released from Scotland this week, perfectly timed with the International Day of Play.

Using nationally representative longitudinal data it provides the first evidence that early outdoor play predicts better mental health trajectories across childhood. The researchers say these findings highlight the need to incorporate outdoor play into the preventative public mental health agenda.

So wonderful when research validates what we intuitively know! Little ones need to play outside in nature.

Read the full paper here:

https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.70175

Photo courtesy of Birdwings Forest School as featured in our nature play gallery (https://www.maggiedent.com/nature-play)

Great to see Sensory Modulation being the focus of an article from India

Tool Kit to Cool Kit: B'lureans are now finding comfort in mini boxes Be it in crowded metros, noisy cafes or overstimulating public spaces, many people today carry tiny personal ‘anxiety toolkits’, with things that may appear ins

Sensory Modulation interventions in practice when working with trauma chapter explores:

* advances in the neurological understanding of trauma
* insights from Occupational Therapy
* OT frameworks
* DIN model for using sensory modulation intervention for working w people w trauma
* detailed examples highlighting the application of these concepts and strategies

to mental health practice

Julie and Carolyn have written "Sensory Modulation interventions in practice when working with trauma".

This is available as a separate chapter or in the book Sensory Approaches to Mental Health Practice.

This is the abstract

Sensory modulation interventions are invaluable for individuals with trauma experience due to being grounded in trauma-informed, neuro-diversity affirming, strengths-based, and person-centered practice.

This chapter explores the utilization of sensory modulation interventions in the context of working with people with a trauma history, with consideration of their unique sensory presentations, the environment, and their occupations.

It provides an overview of trauma and its impact on occupational participation, arising from the complex interplay of factors, including sensory factors. Advances in the neurological understanding of trauma and insights from occupational therapy, including relevant frameworks, are discussed.

A model* for using sensory modulation as an intervention for working with people with trauma is comprehensively described, and detailed examples highlighting the application of these concepts and strategies are outlined.

We plan to share more posts on this chapter.

* The model discussed is the DIN model