Helping children to learn through Movement. Working with UK young people & their families with ASN: literacy, sensory, motor, social & behaviour difficulties
🩵l In partnership with @adhdperth and @MotorvateT, ADHD+Sport is a physical activity project supporting local children & their families and has returned for the 2025/26 academic year!
If you're interested to learn more, please email us at ⤵️
[email protected]
Our annual Instrumental Evening will take place on Tuesday 21 November at 7pm in the Assembly Hall. Please come along and support our fabulous pupils! 🎼🎻🎹🎺🥁🎷@st_johnsacademy
Benefits of Using #SensorySwings
What would you add to this list? For years, #occupationaltherapists have been using autism #sensory swings as a way to teach the body and mind to work together.
They provide vestibular and proprioceptive input, which stimulates your child’s #senses. Children with #SensoryProcessingDisorder (#SPD) have a hard time filtering and organizing sensory input. This overflow of information puts stress on the nervous system, causing sensory meltdowns. Sensory input, like cuddling and #swinging, calms the body’s “fight or flight” response. Sensory swings make your child feel safe, soothing their overly stimulated senses.
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#sensoryprocessing #sensorydifferences #sensoryseeker #sensoryavoider #sensoryactivities #sensoryactivity #adhd #autism #sensoryprocessingdisorder
@MorrisonBeth Part two..
The why if the behaviour and what the adult needed to do to change the environment and meet the young persons emotional and sensory needs.
@MorrisonBeth I have worked in two schools where scerts has been implemented and I have been part of the team . I didn’t have a concern about ABA at all. I inputed training to staff in relation to the sensory learning. My take in it was that it was very much training staff about the why
📣l October is ADHD Awareness Month and aims to help educate people on the issues and obstacles people with ADHD face on a daily basis
Our ADHD+Sport programme aims to build skills and confidence in children who are all too often told their behaviours are "socially challenging"
Read more about the programme: https://t.co/8xKkDqleXW
@st_johnsacademy@PerthHighSchool@perthacademy@PerthGrammar this fabulous event is happening in Perth. Excellent opportunity for any young people thinking about a career in healthcare. Therapists from all over TAYSIDE will be there to demonstrate and ask questions to.
📄l In partnership with @adhdperth and @MotorvateT, our upcoming FREE training course is aimed at after-school & sports club leaders to improve understanding and make mainstream activities more inclusive for children with ADHD
The two-part online training course will give an overview of what ADHD is and the strategies and approaches which we can adopt to support children when taking part in activities.
To receive certificate of training, you must attend both online sessions:
🔷Tue 21st Nov, 6:30-9pm
🔷Tue 28th Nov, 6:30-9pm
TO BOOK 👉https://t.co/0xgBeekD0H
For further information, please email us at [email protected]
@theRCOT There are so many amazing occupational Therapists not working in The NHS and the working landscape will continue to diversify. It is important that we are ‘seen’ as equal to NHS therapists in our core skills and values. Clients at the core ❤️
☀️| Come along and see our amazing pupils in their production of Annie! Tickets still available via parent pay or at the door. 😊
@Music_DramaSTJ@PKCTeach
Love this
A 17-yr old saw a need for early identification of infections after surgery, particularly in under resourced locations
Invented sutures dyed w beet juice that change color when the pH of an incision changes due to an infection
Clever
https://t.co/fKl1A5NzN2
@CallumMackOT@bounceot@RCOT_IP@SteveGFord Yes I agree and I know there will be other social enterprises who would be willing to have this discussion. We had an example of this two days ago
Wonderful achievements from a number of our pupils at the World Dance Championships in Dublin and the Commonwealth Fencing Championships in London. Read more in our HT Reflections soon. #Achievement#Ambition#Respect