All about autism with Claire Droney: Sensory processing difficulties
All about autism with Claire Droney: Sensory processing difficulties
Video 5: Tes have teamed up with Specialist advisory teacher for autism, Claire Droney, in this series of ten videos made for teachers in mainstream classrooms.
Claire Droney has been working with people with autism since 2004. First, as a special class teacher and then as an advisory teacher for children with autism in mainstream schools.
In this video, we look at sensory processing difficulties, a key area of difference in autism.
We explore:
What the proprioceptive and vestibular senses actually mean
Why sensory difficulties can often be mistaken for behaviours that challenge
How autistic students can be both hypo (under) and hyper (over) sensitive in the same day
Strategies to cope with sensory difficulties
This is the fifth video in the series, be sure to watch the rest.
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