Understand Yourself better with a Personal Sensory Profile!

Does the world often feel overwhelming for you or your child? Is finding calm and focus a daily struggle? Is creating flow in life a constant effort of balance?

A sensory profile can provide you with answers and tools for a more meningfuld and harmonious everyday life.

What is a Sensory Profile?

A sensory profile is a specialized and recognized tool that maps how your nervous system perceives and reacts to sensory input and inner experience of life. Think of it as a detailed map of your unique way of experiencing the world - from the external senses like sight and hearing to the crucial, body-based senses like Balance -, movement -, and Touch senses, which govern your body awareness and inner calm.

This knowledge is the key to creating positive change, for yourself, your child, and in collaboration with environments and professionals.

Benefits and Applications

 A sensory profile is more than just an analysis - it's a concrete plan of action. Here is how it can help you in different contexts:

1. For Yourself and Your Family – In Everyday Life

The profile gives you a new language and a framework for understanding yourself or your child, which is the foundation for creating positive changes at home.

• Deeper Understanding: You get a clear insight into your own or your child's sensory preferences and needs. This helps to understand that behaviors like restlessness or emotional outbursts, are not always psychological but can be a reaction to sensory calibration needs (inner regulation - or lack there of).

• Practical Everyday Strategies: The profile provides a practical basis for making small but effective adjustments in daily routines and habits. This can range from adjusting the lighting at home to planning for sensory regulation

• A Common Language: It creates a shared understanding between parents, teachers and therapists, which strengthens the collaboration around the child. This will also enhance the child self understanding with time.

2. In Collaboration with School and Socialsystems

In the municipal system, a sensory profile serves as crucial, standardized documentation that can justify and guide specific interventions.

• A Valuable Supplement to PPR: The Sensory Profile 2, Child and SP-2, School Companion (SP-2) is an important supplement to the psychological assessments that PPR (Pedagogical Psychological Counseling) typically uses. It offers a "bottom-up" perspective that complements the more cognitive focus of other tests.

• Basis for Educational Interventions: The report provides a solid foundation for pedagogical and occupational therapy interventions in school. It can be used to argue for specific adjustments in the learning environment, such as creating a quiet zone or allowing for movement breaks.

• Documentation for Assistive Devices: A sensory profile is a powerful piece of documentation when applying for assistive devices. It provides concrete data that supports the need for items like weighted blankets, vests, and other tools that support deeper mechanism of self-regulation.

3. In the Broader Healthcare System (e.g., with your Doctor or Psychologist)

Within the healthcare system, the profile contributes to a more holistic understanding of the child or adult and can guide further treatment.

• A Holistic Assessment: The profile helps psychologists, occupational therapists, and other healthcare professionals create a more complete understanding of health needs.

• A Guide for the Right Intervention: The results are used by occupational therapists to plan interventions and by other professionals in areas like inner regulation and managing sleep problems.

• Clarification of Unexplained Symptoms: It can help explain symptoms that are not always accounted for by psychological tests alone.

Are you ready for a life with fewer struggles and more harmony? Contact me today for a non-binding conversation about how a sensory profile can help you.