On today’s episode, I speak with Michaelene Kearney from The Teachers OT about an incredibly powerful and transformational lens that we can adopt when it comes to supporting children’s behaviour - the sensory processing lens. Michaelene shares so much of her wisdom with us around not only what sensory processing is but the many ways that it can impact behaviour.

Michaelene and I discuss:

🌸 What is the role of an Occupational Therapist?

🌸 The three step framework that is sensory processing.

🌸 What are the eight sensory systems (including the three lesser known sensory systems - proprioception, vestibular input and interoception)?

🌸 What happens when one of these systems isn’t doing their job and how does this contribute to behaviour?

🌸 Movement as up-regulating and down-regulating.

Michaelene Kearney is a paediatric occupational therapist with specialised training in the diagnosis & treatment of sensory processing disorder. As an occupational therapist, she collaborates with teachers & school staff on care for her clients in the school setting. After years of providing OT consultative services for schools in the Atlanta area, she created The Teachers OT - an online educational platform where she provides education on all things sensory in the classroom.

Connect with Michaelene:

💫 Find her on Instagram: @theteachers_ot

💫 Visit her website: The Teacher's OT

💫 View her course: Understanding Behaviour in the Classroom

💫 Check our her sensory tools

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EP 9 | Sensory Processing + the Sensory Lens with Michaelene Kearney

The Bloom Room: An Early Childhood Podcast

EP 9 | Sensory Processing + the Sensory Lens with Michaelene Kearney