Dylan, age 4 from Skibbereen, Co. Cork has been attending OT and SLT at Sensational Kids in Clonakilty for the past 6 months. Dylan is a bright, energetic and fun-loving boy with a diagnosis of ASD. Sarah Crowley, Paediatric Occupational Therapist at Sensational Kids says, “I have been working with Dylan and his family to create a sensory diet which consists of activities that he uses throughout the day to help feel calm, alert, and in an “optimal” state of arousal. Sensory tools and equipment we use, include chewy tubes, weighted equipment, and ear defenders. Due to improved regulation Dylan is now engaging for longer periods of time in activities. He is now seeking joint attention and shared enjoyment in activities, which was one of our first therapy goals.” Sarah adds, “together with his family, we are also working on Dylan’s play skills including his turn taking and […]
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A great sensory room resource for autism, ADHD and SEN.
Quick and easy to assemble
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View our #SensationalFamilies and Sensational Therapy Team in action in these videos. These short films are part of a project, approved by government with support from the Dormant accounts fund, with the aim of shining a light on the impact of social enterprises like Sensational Kids. A social enterprise is a business that works primarily to improve the lives of people. The business of social enterprise is social good. Sensational Kids exists only to provide subsidised therapy supports to children of all abilities including those with additional needs. We would like to sincerely thank each family who participated in the project. The project was approved by Government with support from the Dormant Accounts Fund.
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This classic Pick-Up Sticks game offers fun with a physical and mental challenge for 2 to 4 players.
A great family game for kids and adults alike.
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The Importance of Chores When supporting the development of our children’s life-skills and independence, the biggest barrier we face as parents is that it’s often faster and easier to just to do it ourselves. The holidays are a great time to introduce / reinforce the concept of chores and allow children to do more for themselves without the time pressure of normal, crazy daily routines. Having responsibilities and completing chores, is an important part of giving our children the skills they need as they get older. Daily and weekly chores help to teach our children discipline and the importance of routines. They lay the foundation for many life lessons – from practical skills to responsibility and contributing to the family / class / group unit. Chores allow children to learn responsibility, to follow multiple-step instructions and help them to develop a good work ethic that will […]
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Three-year-old Conn Brennan attends Occupational Therapy at Sensational Kids in Kildare. Dana Katz Murphy who is the national Clinical Services Manager for Sensational Kids explains Conn’s therapy goals. “Conn comes to OT at Sensational Kids for a number of reasons. In OT we set two types of goals for Conn, his distal goals, which are the goals that his family sets like dressing and feeding himself independently, being able to put on his shoes, brush his teeth and more. And then what we have are proximal goals and those are the goals we work on every day in therapy. These include things like Conn’s balance reactions, his postural stability, using the two sides of his body together in function and stimulating all of his sensory systems, his movement systems, his muscles and joints, his tactile system, working on hand-eye coordination, and working on functional motor planning and task organisation skills. […]
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