SENSORY PROCESSING & LEARNING AT SCHOOL

Understanding how the sensory environment can affect a student’s ability to learn, participate, and feel successful WHAT IS SENSORY PROCESSING? Sensory processing is the brain’s ability to receive, organize, interpret, and respond to information from our bodies and the environment. We are constantly receiving sensory information — even when we are not consciously aware of it. Our brain processes information from: 👀 Vision — lights, movement, visual clutter 👂 Hearing — voices, bells, chairs moving, background noise ✋ Touch —… Read More

in: General Occupational Therapy

October is Occupational Therapy Month

Occupational Therapy (OT) October is OT month in Canada. To celebrate OT month we thought we would share a little about what OT services look like in Hanover School Division and the faces behind the OT’s. What is OT? Occupational therapy (OT) is a health service that works with individuals and communities to help people participate in meaningful activities (occupations) of their everyday life. What does an OT do in the school setting? For children and youth in schools, occupational… Read More

in: Occupational Therapy