E-Learning | Stimuli in the Environment

Description

In this online tutorial, you will learn to look at the environment and how to adapt it so that people with different sensory needs can feel comfortable there.

Do You Recognize This?

Do you also feel calm when you walk into a library? Do you perhaps feel rushed when you walk through a crowded store?

Space has a huge impact on how you feel.

How do you make your practice space suitable for a sensory-sensitive child? And for a sensory-seeker? What can you do in a classroom to ensure both are given the opportunity? How can you advise parents of a child with autism about their living room? Or caregivers in an institution for people with intellectual disabilities or dementia?

You'll learn all about this in this online tutorial. In the final assignment, you'll apply this knowledge to your own work situation!

Study Load

20 hours of self-study

Accreditations

• ADAP Foundation - 12 points
• Register of Occupational Therapy - 8 points

Target Audience

This course is intended for all professionals who want to know more about the influence of the environment on sensory information processing.

This course is aimed at occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, teachers, internal supervisors, supervisors of people with autism, dementia or an intellectual disability and all other healthcare and education professionals who wish to gain more in-depth knowledge of this field.

So also on you!

What Are We Going to Do?

In this online tutorial, you will learn to look at the environment and how to adapt it so that people with different sensory needs can feel comfortable there.

The online tutorial begins by providing knowledge about sensory processing and how the senses function. Winnie Dunn's sensory profiles are also covered. You'll then practice observing your environment through all your senses, from the perspective of an interior designer. You'll learn to observe the environment from the perspective of its users. You'll then receive information on how to adapt the environment.

You will apply all this knowledge in a final assignment for your own work situation, for which you will receive personal feedback from the teacher.

Learning Objectives

• Understanding sensory information processing and environmental influences: you will learn about sensory information processing and the influence of the environment on these processes.

• Observing the environment with various senses: you develop skills to observe the environment from the perspective of various senses and the eye of an interior architect.

• Applying theory in practice: you apply the acquired knowledge and observation skills to your own work situation to make the environment suitable for people with different stimulation needs.

• Providing advice and making adjustments: you will acquire tools for adapting the environment and providing advice to parents, caregivers and other professionals.

• Differentiated and coordinated design: You identify opportunities for a more differentiated and coordinated design of the environment, based on individual needs.

What Will You Learn?

You will gain knowledge about sensory information processing and the influence of the environment on it.

Using videos and photos, an interior architect will teach you how to observe the environment in relation to the senses.

You will receive useful questionnaires to use in your own work situation.

You will also receive tools for adapting the environment and for providing advice.

Required Literature

For this course you will need the following literature: Leven met sensaties by Winnie Dunn.