016 Sensory & Child Development in Water- an OT’s perspective | Jess Kennedy

At Aqua Sensory we love to connect with experts in their fields, like with Jess Kennedy from My OT and Me.

In this episode, Jo talks with Jess about supporting parents and professionals, understanding sensory integration, and supporting challenges in and out of the pool. One of the topics we talk about is ‘parent capacity’, about how much a parent can change, take on and how much external support they have.

“It’s important for everyone to become sensory aware, even if you are directly working with people as it is highly impactful on your emotional regulation on how you know how you relax, what triggers you, how to manage your own stress so I think the words sensory integration or processing almost became theoretical you have to be an in-depth practitioner to understand it, but absolutely not.”

“We all have sensory systems, differences, and preferences, it’s not just children. Although they may seek out certain types of sensory input more intensely, or for longer durations. We make adaption on what we have learned about ourselves and those adaptions help make it easier for us to cope in different environments.” 

 

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https://www.gabadoo.com

https://myotandme.com