SENSORY LEARNING HUB

    • Team NIE
    • Publish Date: Oct 14 2018 8:44PM
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    • Updated Date: Oct 14 2018 9:08PM
SENSORY LEARNING HUB

The Sensory Learning Hub at the American School of Bombay (ASB) was created to provide a unique and flexible resource to enable class and small groups to attend for sensory breaks and to use the calming zone. Children are initially assessed based on input from parents, teachers, and occupational therapists, after which a meeting is held to work out the best possible sensory integration plan for the child. The sensory learning spaces help all types of children to recognise, realise, and fulfill their sensory integration needs, which in turn, promotes better learning.
This hub has three distinct zones: Therapy, Calming, and Everybody. The first is the therapy space where children receive sensory support by way of occupational therapy, the second is the calming space for children who need to take some time to reset a little bit, and the third space is for all children. The zones help the school set all types of students up for success by focusing on their sensory needs at the beginning of the school day or at any point throughout the day.
Chaula Badiani, the occupational therapist at ASB explains, “In 1972, Dr Jean Ayers came up with the term sensory processing and sensory integration, and worked on understanding how they impact the student’s functioning in the school system. There was found to be a huge connection between the human body’s vestibular system and the understanding of the higher order language, understanding of sequencing, and math skills. Sensory learning is about all the senses and proper integration of all the senses to set up a student for successful learning.”
If the children spend an x amount of energy just to manage their bodies to cope with the rigors of the day, then what they have left for learning is the remainder from the total energy available in a day. The Sensory Learning Hub helps children learn how to manage the energy required in a better manner to manage their bodies for the day for other things like postures, movements, etc., so that they will have more energy for the learning process.
Drawing upon the collective expertise of occupational therapists and sensory learning experts from across the world and his own hands-on experience, John Smithies, principal of Elementary School, envisioned and executed the designing and making of the sensory learning hub. Smithies says, “While there are quite a few schools across the world that have sensory learning hubs, there aren’t many that devote such a large space for imparting sensory learning to all the children, not just the ones with special needs. Our sensory learning hub is an enjoyable space for all our children who benefit from using it, and this is the real differentiator while comparing. Being able to correctly identify and fully meet the sensory needs of the children means setting them up for a great and successful learning experience.”


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