100 IDEASFOR PRIMARYTEACHERS –SENSORYPROCESSING DIFFERENCES

Author: Kim Griffin

Publisher: BloomsburyEducation

ISBN: 978-1-4729-8694-8

Reviewed by: Zoe Mather, education officer,nasen

Thereare anumber of books in the series ‘100 ideas’ offeringanaccessible and bitesize access to identifiable solutions for situations in the classroom. This ‘SensoryProcessingDifferences’ volume,whilstbeing labelled forprimary, wouldbeequallyvaluable for secondary andspecialist setting colleagues, from early-career teachers to senior leadership team members.The introduction supports the reader to understand the foundations of sensory processing, thecausesof issuesand howeachmay presentwithin the classroom.Eachidea is backed up by strategies forteachers, with ideas for whole school changes and further reading as applicable to thesection.The author, KimGriffin,isaqualifiedoccupational therapistwith herown company and her website hosts further reading detailed withinthe book. Shealsoprovides access to other resources around key areas for schools, such as handwriting andfine motor skills.The references arehelpful at bringingtolife some of the issues and solutions. Forexample,a link to a National Autistic Societyvideoshows how hyperacusis maybeexperienced by ayoung person in an eye-opening way that is difficult to achieve through reading text. There is also asectionto help support parents,which is valuable in assisting the home-schooltrust and support network forthe young person This book wouldbeauseful addition to any schoolCPD libraryfor stafftodip into and to understand how they can make achange to the environment that could make ahugedifference to those who findsensoryprocessinga challenge