Sensory Integration Network

14/11/2025

📣 SIE Postgraduate Students – Our Next Live Journal Club is on Monday!

Hosted by Amy Stephens, the focus of Monday's session will be: How to appraise a RCT (Randomised Controlled Trial)

Why attend?
The SIE Journal Club is a relaxed space to:
✨ Build research confidence
🤝 Learn with others
🧠 Sharpen critical thinking

Bring your curiosity, questions and a cup of coffee ☕

We look forward to seeing you on Monday!

14/11/2025

This new study investigated sleep and sensory processing in autistic children age 3-5 years. The study found that a higher level of reported sensory processing difficulties were associated with more severe caregiver-reported sleep problems and higher levels of emotional dysregulation.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2025.106872

13/11/2025

“Cloud Boy” by Gregg Stobbs is a beautifully written story that gently explores what it’s like to experience the world differently. Told through the eyes of a neurodivergent child, it offers insight into sensory experiences, emotions, and the importance of acceptance and understanding.

This book is a wonderful way to open conversations about neurodiversity, both with children and adults. It reminds us that everyone’s mind works in its own unique and beautiful way.

If you work in education, therapy, or parenting, Cloud Boy is a powerful read to help build empathy and awareness.

Have you read it yet? What storybooks do you use to introduce neurodiversity and sensory differences? Let us know in the comments



https://loom.ly/ibrVWiE

13/11/2025

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13/11/2025

This new sensory room at Liverpool John Moores has been co-designed with students at the university.

https://loom.ly/_u-JvdQ

Now open in our Education Building, co-designed by neurodivergent students and facilitated by PhD researcher Libby Robinson.

12/11/2025

🎓 Yesterday, our newest graduates celebrated their amazing milestone achievements!

If their success has sparked something in you, now might be the perfect moment to start your own SI journey.

We spoke with Stephanie Ruppel, SIE’s Director of Postgraduate Education, to unpack the exciting updates to our new postgraduate pathways and why SI could be the next step in your career.

✨ Applications for our new Module A are open now — could 2026 be the year you begin? ✨

📖 Read the full Q&A and discover whether SI could be your next career adventure 👇

12/11/2025

This new study investigated Sensory Processing differences in individuals with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) across the lifespan. The researchers found that food disgust played a distinctive role in the relationship between sensory sensitivity and ARFID symptoms and recommend that this link is further investigated.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2025.108329

11/11/2025

🎓✨ Wow – what a fabulous day celebrating the achievements of our new SIE graduates!

Those happy faces say it all 😍💛

Huge congratulations to you all – we hope you enjoyed your special day! 👏🎉🥂

(Please post your photos and tag us in if you were at the graduation ceremony today!)

Sheffield Hallam University

11/11/2025

A message of congratulations from Prof Toni Schwarz, Executive Dean of the College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University.🎓

Prof Schwarz joins us in celebrating all Sensory Integration Education graduates — and in recognising the exceptional achievements of the Sensory Integration Education and Sheffield Hallam University Awards winners.

Watch Professor Schwarz’s full message here:

https://loom.ly/Y4U4osY

Sheffield Hallam University

11/11/2025

🎓 A huge congratulations from all of us at SIE to our , and students graduating today from Sheffield Hallam University 🎉

Your dedication, passion and hard work have brought you to this special moment — and today is all about celebrating you!

As you step into the next chapter of your journey, may the knowledge, skills and experiences you’ve gained continue to inspire you 💜📚✨

Enjoy your special day — you’ve earned it! 🌟

11/11/2025

A shopping centre in Milton Keynes, UK is now offering sensory bags to support shoppers with sensory differences who might find themselves overwhelmed by sensory stimuli in the centre

https://loom.ly/wjnM8GY

Midsummer Place in Milton Keynes has launched Sensory Bags, designed to support shoppers with additional needs and sensory sensitivities

10/11/2025

Ever asked a parent to stay calm or co-regulate… without checking how their own sensory system is doing? 👀

Parents have sensory needs too — and when we ignore them, strategies can fall flat!

Join us for this live webinar next Tuesday: The Sensory Side of Parenting

Hosted by OT Liz Evans (also known as The Untypical OT), this webinar explores the whole-family sensory story and how we, as professionals, can integrate parents’ sensory needs into our approach

Learn more about:
✅ Why parents’ sensory profiles matter
✅ How stress + masking impact co-regulation
✅ Practical ways to support parents (without adding to your workload!)

🔗 Book your place now 👇

(Please note this webinar is free to attend for SIE Lifelong Learning members)