News and Updates

ESIC 2015 is an amazing opportunity for therapists to be able to showcase the difference sensory integration makes to everyday life for the clients we treat.

At ESIC 2015 we are launching what is right now affectionately known as "the little blue book" - a compilation of case studies and personal stories about Sensory Integration and the difference it can make to someone's life, alongside basic definitions about SI and smatterings of the research evidence supporting SI - a coffee table type book it will have superb photography kindly donated by 2nd year photography students from Falmouth University and their tutor editorial and portrait photographer, Andreas Sterzing.

This book and what we hope it will achieve is something that you, our member therapists, have asked for, and will be something you can share in your therapy department or clinic, take to management meetings and use to illustrate what sensory integration is and isn't.

We cannot make a difference and spread the word about SI without you. We get many request from all of you about how we can support you when managers and others ask for evidence and information about sensory integration, but without you, we cannot make this happen.

You may have heard this story before - but please read it again.

Remind yourself about how the one story you provide may give someone hope and support, how it may help a manager agree to fund a course or SI Introduction Day for a therapist, or comfort a parent who feels their world is collapsing around them as they struggle to access services.

Don't think someone else will do it...each of you will have at least one case that stands out and that you might be able to share and you will all know the inspirational and supportive parent or carer or service user who is delighted by how SI has helped or changed their life. Please pass this email on to them or a colleague who like you may be passionate about SI.

Please submit your story or case study here. The closing date is 30th July 2015.

Sensory Integration is changing the world. Come and find out how during three days of life changing learning in Birmingham, UK. Open to all.

Book your Early Bird place now and don't pay until 1st September! Monthly instalment plans also available.

Hosted by SI Network, the theme of ESIC 2015 is Sensory Integration across the Lifespan: the Art and Science, with key speakers including Prof. Roseann Schaff, Dr. Diane Parham and Tina Champagne. 

The scientific programme, chaired by Dr Zoe Mailloux, includes evidence from within the field of Neuroscience, assessment and measures of SI and sensory processing difficulties and evidence for the treatment of sensory processing difficulties including Ayres Sensory Integration Therapy, Sensory Strategies and more. 
Workshops including “An Introduction to Ayres SI Guidebook for Children with Autism” are being held on 10th September 2015. 

Sponsorship packages are also available. 

To book places please visit www.esic2015.eu/booking

Did you know that the SI Network will donate £100 to help you set up or run a local SI Group for professionals? There are currently groups in South Wales and West, West Midlands and Middle England that are welcoming new members. See more information here.

Open Letter of Complaint concerning the UK College of Occupational Therapists' Briefing 'Sensory Integration'. See more

The SI Network is seeking a part time Director of Postgraduate Education to lead on the planning, development and implementation of all of SI Network’s Postgraduate modular courses.

More information here

Download the lastest SensorNet magazine. Free to all members!

• An interview with Suzanne Smith Roley who describes her inspiring journey as an occupational therapist over the past 30 years.
• An article review on the recently published Roley et al. (2015) article titled “Sensory integration and praxis patterns in children with autism” which highlights the impact of somatopraxis and vestibular functions on social participation.
• An update from Dr Zoe Mailloux on why this year’s European Sensory Integration Congress (ESIC 2015) should not be missed.
• An article reporting on a Weighted Blanket audit undertaken by Coventry’s Children and Young People’s Occupational Therapy.
• A case study sets out how sensory integration has helped a young client in his teens and includes his parents’ feedback on how this intervention has helped them understand his difficulties and adjust accordingly.
• An update from this year’s National Autistic Society Conference in Harrogate.
• Plus more

Qualify to practice sensory integration therapy without waiting!

Now you can attend SI Module 1 and then attend the following SI Module 2/3 course without waiting to receive your results for SI Module 1. 

If you have attended SI Module 1 and are thinking about attending SI Module 2/3, why not book to attend our SI Module 2/3 course starting in June 2015 - we have a limited number of places available:
(0215) SI Module 2/3: From assessment to InterpretationBlock 1: 8th - 12th June 2015Block 2: 14th - 18th September 2015 Venue: Maple House, Birmingham, UK

More information and online bookings.