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Seeing the Best: A Strengths-Based Approach to Your Child’s Sensory Patterns Module 3
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What will we learn?
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- Describe the strengths based approach.
- Recognize your unique sensory patterns using a strengths-based lens.
- Identify your child’s unique sensory patterns using a strengths-based lens.
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A Strength-Based Approach
- Focus on what your child can do, not just what’s hard.
- Build on your child’s natural talents and interests.
- Encourage your child’s growth through positivity.
Focus on what your child’s sensory system does well. See differences as unique ways of experiencing the world. Build skills by starting from areas of comfort and interest.
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A strength-based approach is a way of supporting children that focuses on their abilities, talents, and interests--rather than only challenges.
What does strength-based mean?
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A Strength-Based Approach
Why does the strength-based approach matter?
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A strength-based approach ...- helps children feel safe and understood.
- guides learning and coping.
- builds confidence instead of stress.
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How do we shift our thinking to a strength-based approach?
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How does a strength-based approach relate to sensory processing?
Instead of asking: “Why can’t my child sit still?” Try asking: “How can I use my child’s need for movement to help them learn?”
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Focus on what your child’s sensory system does well. See differences as unique ways of experiencing the world. Build skills by starting from areas of comfort and interest.
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Sensory Pattern
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Seeker
Bystander
Threshold
Sensor
Avoider
Low
Passive
Active
Self-regulation strategies
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Sensory Pattern
High
Seeker
→ good energy
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Bystander
→ deep focus
Threshold
Sensor
→ strong visual memory
Avoider
→ thrive in structure
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Passive
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Self-regulation strategies
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Sensory Pattern
High
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Bystander
→ multisensory
Seeker
→ movement breaks
Threshold
Sensor
→ skills
Avoider
→ quiet area
Low
Passive
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Self-regulation strategies
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Strength-based Approach
Sensory Clues
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What are sensory clues?
Why pay attention to sensory clues?
Sensory Clues
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Why pay attention to sensory clues? Sensory clues… Help us understand what feels calming or overwhelming. Allows us to empathize with what our child is experiencing Guide us to create activities and environments where both parent and child thrive.
Signals from our body and behavior that show how we respond to sights, sounds, touch, movement, taste, and smells. Everyone has sensory patterns — children and adults.
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Sensory Pattern
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Threshold
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Self-regulation strategies
Sensory Clue:Examples
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Sensory Clues: Adult Examples
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Feeling calmer after a walk or stretch → need for movement
Craving coffee, gum, or crunchy snacks for alertness → need for sensory input to the mouth
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Loving soft clothes → sensitivity to certain types of touch
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Covering ears in loud places→ sensitivity to sounds
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Sensory Clues
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High
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Rocking, spinning, or jumping → need for movement.
Craving hugs or leaning on people → need for pressure
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Showing fascination with textures → need for touch
Exhibiting strong reactions to smells → sensitivity to cetain smells
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Questions to consider
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What self-regulation strategies (or sensory habits) help you feel calm, focused, or energized?
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How do your child’s preferences show their sensory needs?
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Do you notice any similarities (or differences) between you and your child?
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How do your child’s behaviors show their sensory needs?
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“Your child’s sensory world holds hidden strengths. When we build on them, we create pathways to growth, joy, and connection.”
Key Takeaways
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Appreciate that processing differences can be strengths.
Understand that everyone has sensory needs.
Pay attention to how our own clues helps us better understand our children’s clues.
Consider using sensory preferences as tools for learning and calming.
Celebrate the unique ways your child engages with the world.
Recognize that sensory clues builds stronger connections.
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“When we understand the sensory world—our own and our child’s—we create more calm, connection, and joy at home.”
What have we learned?
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- Describe the strengths based approach.
- Recognize your unique sensory patterns using a strengths-based lens.
- Identify your child’s unique sensory patterns using a strengths-based lens.