Support a child experiencing sensory overload using Positive Behaviour Support - Masterclass (MSE004)
Supporting a child experiencing sensory overload using Positive Behaviour Support
Sensory overload is when your five senses—light, sound, taste, touch, and smell—take in more information that your brain can process. Overwhelmed by all the input, the brain responds as it would to a life-threatening situation and enters fight, flight, or freeze mode. Many children with autism and associated conditions can experience such overloads. In this masterclass psychologist and trainer Gillian Martin explains what sensory overload can look like in children and students, how it can occur, what you can do avoid it happening and what to do when it does happen. This masterclass was originally recorded live but has been edited and made available for your learning and convenience.
What You Will Learn
- What is sensory input
- Why a child’s response to it is different from other behaviours
- What happens to a child when there is too much sensory input
- Interventions to support a young person in managing sensory overload
- How to help a child recover from a sensory overload event
- How to use Positive Behaviour Support to prevent sensory overload
Your Instructor
Gillian is Chartered Psychologist and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst. She began her career volunteering with children and people with Intellectual Disabilities in her school days, and on Summer Camps in the USA during college. She developed a passion for supporting others to help them achieve their highest potential and independence. She has a particular interest in working with those who express themselves and through behaviours that can make their life difficult. She uses Positive Behaviour Support to help people increase their well being, enhance their quality of life, and to express themselves in a more constructive way. She provides education, training and support as founder of Soiléir Psychology Services, in Dublin and provides extensive training for Service Providers, Family Support Groups, Schools and Universities. Gillian now lives by the sea in Dublin with her husband and two children.