SENSORY PROCESSING HANDOUT – Occupational Therapy Strategies Parents & Teachers

Looking for clear, practical tools to support children with sensory processing needs? This Occupational Therapy Sensory Processing Resource has been designed for teachers, therapists, and parents who want to better understand how a child’s sensory system impacts behavior, learning, and daily functioning.

Packed with strategies, posters, and task cards, this resource explains the foundations of sensory processing and provides simple, effective ways to support children through sensory diet activities, movement strategies, and classroom modifications.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive guide to sensory processing and its role in child development.
• Easy-to-understand explanations of sensory profiles, sensory systems, and integration.
• Visual posters showing oversensitive and under-sensitive responses.
• Practical occupational therapy strategies to support regulation and learning.
• Calming and alerting activities to include in a child’s sensory diet.
• Classroom-friendly ideas for movement breaks and sensory play.
• 27 quick and easy visual task cards for sensory diet and sensory breaks.
• Guidance on auditory processing, proprioceptive input, and visual processing.

Why this resource works:

• Provides educators and parents with user-friendly tools grounded in occupational therapy principles.
• Helps identify sensory challenges and introduces flexible strategies for support.
• Encourages children to use movement, sensory play, and sensory diet activities for regulation.
• Promotes independence, focus, and resilience through structured sensory supports.

This versatile toolkit empowers teachers, parents, and therapists to address sensory needs with confidence. Whether used in classrooms, therapy sessions, or at home, this Occupational Therapy Sensory Processing Resource is the perfect starting point for creating effective sensory supports, building routines, and using sensory diet and movement activities to help children thrive.