Develop body awareness to identify and understand emotions.
Develop skills to self-regulate emotions through sensory modulation.
Introduce and maintain the use of a sensory diet. With time, increase the use of the sensory
diet, the quality and effectiveness of the sensory diet, and the range of the sensory diet.
Develop skills in self-expression of emotions and moods to communicate respectfully with
other parties their feelings and perspectives.
Develop listening skills to listen with attention and respect to others’ perspectives and
emotions with the end goal of resolution in mind.
Develop self trust and reliance on personal skills to emotionally self-regulate before
entering a situation or environment or social setting as a means of prevention of
dysregulating emotions and challenging coping behaviours as a result of these unmanaged
emotions.
Develop competency in self-regulation during times of extreme distress as a means of crisis
intervention.
Improve self-esteem through the enhancement of self-worth,
self-respect, competence and confidence in their ability to self-modulate to alleviate
stress and uncomfortable emotions to enable respectful communication.
Develop self-awareness through body awareness, sensory
modulation and self-expression to better understand their internal world and effectively
generate better feeling emotions and moods.
Foster interpersonal skill development to improve social
connection and feelings of belonging.
Develop skills in the parent to assist the child or young
person to tune into their body to identify their emotions.
Develop the skills and capacity of the parent to help the child
to self-regulate for prevention and crisis intervention when both hyper- and hypo-aroused to
de-escalate a heightened situation and to alert and enliven and motivate the child when low,
respectively.
To develop knowledge and skills to collectively build a
diverse, effective sensory kit/s for the child for different needs and situations, and to
create a feeling of comfort, safety and security for the child in a sensory retreat space in
the home and in the school if needed.
To map out safe, appropriate sensory regulation strategies for
different environments and scenarios such as the home, shopping, school, dance class, play
centre, music lessons
