Sensory: A Focus on Interoception
Leaders can use these documents and resources to extend their knowledge about sensory processing and interoception. Additionally, the resources offer guidance for using the Sensory: A Focus on Interoception Navigation Essentials toolkit to facilitate training and professional development with their teams.
Downloads
Discover ways to encourage your team to explore the toolkit and how to use the toolkit for professional development and training.
Promoting Sensory: A Focus on Interoception Toolkit to Your Team
Access this guidance document to promote the toolkit to your team, colleagues, and others who work with youth with complex needs and sensory processing differences.
Using Sensory: A Focus on Interoception Toolkit for Training and Professional Development
Access this guidance document to identify ways to use the toolkit videos, tools, and resources in professional development, meetings, or training activities.
Tools and Resources
Use the following resources and tools to further your skills and enhance your team’s knowledge.
- OCALI Sensory Book Studies
The OCALI Autism Center provides book study materials for many books on sensory processing. These include: Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System, The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic, Practical Strategies for Supporting Emotional Regulation in Students with Autism: Enhancing Engagement and Learning in the Classroom, Understanding Sensory Processing Disorders in Children.
- Kelly Mahler's Blog Post
Follow Kelly's blogs for deep insights into interoception that can assist you to guide your team to support youth with complex sensory processing needs.
- Making Sense of Sensory - An Essential Aspect of Providing Kind and Meaningful Supports
Watch this OCALICON session that reviews the importance of supporting sensory processing, including interoception across multiple environments. Learn about the impact of sensory processing from autistic professionals with lived experience.