Webinar: Coming to our Senses
Fun and easy ways to use gardens to enrich sensory integration
About the Webinar
Increasingly, we are finding that children are demonstrating sensory integration challenges that present as behavioral challenges, anxiety, and being overwhelmed. These issues can impact learning and play. Join occupational therapist and therapeutic landscape design consultant Amy Wagenfeld and mom, gardener, and garden educator Em Shipman to learn how to design a garden or greenspace for kids intended to engage each of the body’s sensory systems.
We’ll share five specific activities to use in a garden or greenspace to help young children integrate and organize their senses, as well as tips and tricks for managing challenging sensory-related behaviors.
What you'll learn
- Learn about the eight sensory systems from an occupational therapy perspective
- Understand the behavioral symptoms of sensory overload and sensory processing challenges in children
- Learn how to design a garden or greenspace to engage each of the body’s sensory systems
- Learn five specific activities to use in a garden or greenspace to help children integrate and organize their senses
Resources
Register to win!
Everyone that registers for the webinar will be entered to win a signed copy of Amy Wagenfeld's book, “Nature-Based Allied Health Practice: Creative and Evidence-Based Strategies.”
This evidence-based and accessible guide includes simple and fun ideas for therapeutic nature-based practices at any age.
Featuring
Amy Wagenfeld
PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, EDAC, FAOTA
Amy is Principal of Amy Wagenfeld | Design. She is also on the faculty of the University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture and the New York Botanical Garden. She is a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and holds evidence-based design accreditation and certification (EDAC) through the Center for Health Design, specialty certification in environmental modifications (SCEM) through the American Occupational Therapy Association, and certification in Healthcare Garden Design through the Chicago Botanical Garden. Her work focuses on accessible and universal design, programming, and evaluation of indoor and outdoor environments that improve physical and emotional health, wellness, and learning. Amy presents and publishes widely on topics relating to interprofessional design and the importance of access to nature. Amy’s work recognizes that successful design must, at its core, support mental health and foster resilience.
Em Shipman
Executive Director, KidsGardening
Register now!
Date: April 19 2024
Time: 4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern
Cost: By donation, $12 recommended
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