Memory and Learning Through a Sensory Lens
R250,00
This workshop is open for Occupational Therapists and the general public!
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Course features:
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Enhance your understanding of memory and learning by exploring sensory experiences, equipping you with practical techniques to improve retention and recall.
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Engage with practical lessons, helping you to grasp complex concepts through experiential learning.
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Access a comprehensive CPD article that deepens your knowledge and keeps you updated with the latest research in the field of sensory learning.
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Complete a multiple-choice questionnaire to reinforce your understanding, allowing you to assess your progress and solidify key concepts.
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Receive immediate feedback through assessments like the Multiple Choice Questionnaire, allowing you to track your progress and solidify your learning effectively.
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Access comprehensive resources that encourage continued professional development, equipping you with knowledge that remains relevant in various educational settings.
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Your learning journey begins now — enjoy 1 year of access to the workshop from your date of purchase!
Learning does not begin with information — it begins with regulation.
This course helps you understand how sensory processing, movement, emotional safety, and physiology shape memory, attention, and learning. Through a clear sensory framework, you will learn to recognise why some children struggle to retain information despite good teaching — and how small, practical sensory adjustments can dramatically improve readiness to learn.
This course is insightful, accessible, and deeply validating, giving you a new way to support learning by first supporting the nervous system.
Course Overview
Memory and Learning Through a Sensory Lens integrates principles from Ayres Sensory Integration®, neuroscience, and educational practice to explore how learning is built in the brain. Rather than viewing learning difficulties as purely cognitive issues, this course highlights the central role of regulation, posture, movement, and sensory input in attention, encoding, and recall.
You will explore how sensory systems such as proprioception, vestibular input, and tactile processing influence arousal, emotional safety, and working memory. The course clearly demonstrates why a dysregulated nervous system struggles to encode information — and why “trying harder” is often the least effective solution.
The content is translated into real-life classroom and home examples, helping educators, parents, and therapists better recognise invisible sensory barriers to learning. By the end of the course, you will be able to reframe learning challenges with empathy, identify sensory-based contributors, and implement practical strategies that support memory, participation, and confidence.
Table of Contents
This course covers the following topics:
- Regulation as the Foundation for Learning
- Sensory Processing and Nervous System Readiness
- The Role of Movement and Posture in Attention
- Sensory Modulation and Emotional Safety
- Memory Encoding, Retrieval, and Sensory Input
- Practical Sensory Strategies to Support Learning
- Applying a Sensory Lens in the Classroom and at Home
What Will You Learn in This Course?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand how sensory regulation directly influences memory, attention, and learning
- Identify sensory-based barriers to learning that are often mistaken for behavioural or cognitive difficulties
- Recognise the role of movement, posture, and sensory input in creating a brain-ready state
- Apply simple, practical strategies to support encoding, retention, and recall
- Reframe learning challenges with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion
- Support children more effectively by addressing nervous system needs first