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
