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Integrating Sensory Strategies for All Ages: Neurodiverse Approaches to Support Clients with Sensory Disorders, Developmental Delays, and Motor Impairments


Speaker:
Michelle Lindsey, DPT, PT, MBA
Duration:
Approx 6 hrs
Copyright:
Jun 13, 2025
Publisher:
PESI, Inc.
Product Code:
RNV065564
Media Type:
DVD - Also available: Digital Seminar | Live Webinar


Description

Protocol-driven therapies for sensory processing disorders are one-size-fits-all.

But you’re not treating ALL clients with sensory needs.

You’re treating Dave, who has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and is hoping to get his drivers license soon.

And Jill who has Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and struggles with anxiety triggered by sensory overload.

Good news – for you, for Dave, for Jill, and for each and every one of your unique clients …

Through firsthand practice, real world experiences, and enlightening travels, Michelle Lindsey, PT designed an approach to step outside the box and break the boundaries of traditional sensory therapies.

In her all-new training, you’ll learn how to transform your treatment sessions by calling on new therapeutic ideas loaded with unique, neurodiverse, sensory integration and regulation techniques that drive proven results to …

  • Connect with clients without experiencing fear, anxiety, or sensations of appearing inadequate
  • Develop awareness through gaining skills to observe and better understand your clients
  • Embrace neurodiverse care forming neurological connections through multiple sensory strategies to accelerate goal progression, functional skills, and participation in daily activities
  • Adapt to any environment with tools to progress therapeutic activities in the client’s home, classroom, or work to foster community integration, independence, and fulfillment
  • Let go of your ego and foster a therapeutic alliance with your patient founded on active and empathetic listening without personal assumptions, judgements, or bias

This training will leave you with a fresh perspective when addressing clients with sensory disorders and developmental delays across the lifespan. Get ready and be prepared to see the world differently - with all your senses!

Credit

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

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Speaker

Michelle Lindsey, DPT, PT, MBA's Profile

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Michelle Lindsey, DPT, PT, MBA, has over 26 years of experience and is the owner of Rising Star Therapy Specialists, LLC, in Phoenix where she specializes in treating pediatric and adult special needs clients. Throughout her career, she has worked in various settings, including orthopedics, skilled nursing services, home health, outpatient, and acute care. Dr. Lindsey views her clients as unique individuals with varied skills and abilities. She inspires them to extend beyond their best efforts by providing a comfortable, compassionate, and respectful environment in which they thrive.

Her first book, The Wellness Equation, offers hands-on-postures and exercises that promote healing at the union of modern medicine and traditional yoga. The Metamorphic Gift: Easy, Simple Breathing and Postural Techniques to Transform Your Life; is a great book for self-healing that integrates the body with breathing and postural exercises, using understandable anatomy and physiology.

Dr. Lindsey is also Certified as a Personal Trainer (CPT), KRI Yoga Instructor, a Level 3 Reiki Practitioner, Dolphin Therapist, Fall Prevention Specialist, and Tai massage therapist. She also holds a dry needling certification. She has been a featured speaker in many large-scale conferences. Dr. Lindsey has won national recognition in many areas of fitness including figure skating, elite marathon running, duathlons, and professional speed skating.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Michelle Lindsey is the CEO of Rising Star Therapy Specialists, LLC. She had previously received compensation from Link Med Technologies. Michelle Lindsey receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Michelle Lindsey has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

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Objectives

  1. Identify therapeutic techniques that stimulate physical/cognitive performance to enhance overall client function and movement.
  2. Integrate neurodiverse and sensory re-education techniques to improve clients’ ability to process new information and execute functional tasks.
  3. Evaluate clients’ needs using assessments and translate those into attainable functional goals.
  4. Integrate targeted interventions into your plan of care for clients with unique challenges and severe cases.
  5. Determine practical strategies to improve gait cycle, posture, balance, stability, and mobility across the lifespan.
  6. Distinguish between Sensory Integration and Sensory Regulation.

Outline

Introduction
  • What is Sensory Regulation? Explore differentiating elements
  • Types of clients that benefit from these therapies – areas of disabilities that may be encountered
  • Key elements to success
  • Establish trust
  • Learn semantics/reading and being an observer
Analyze Cognitive & Neurologic Pathways – Is the Brian Playing Tricks?
  • Connect – physical, cognitive, and behavioral function
  • Neurological and neuroplasticity techniques
  • Integrate sensory information to the CNS
  • Altering Sensory Input – Proprioception | Vibration | Joint Distraction | Compression
  • Functional movement patterns – connecting stimuli motor performance
  • Navigating neglect
  • Tapping as an approach to stimulate the CNS
  • Visual rehab – colors | use of glasses |binoculars
  • Stability – modulate tone – proprioception/grounding techniques
  • Auditory response – foster regulation through sound
  • Olfactory system – tips to enhance connection/functional movement
  • Digestion
  • Tactile defensiveness
Assess Client Function, cognition, and Behavior Using all the Senses:
  • Typical assessment
  • Additional factors & considerations
  • Body awareness
  • Neuro techniques or ROM
  • Midline/crossing midline techniques/eye focus
  • Environmental modifications
  • What is the patient saying to us – Are we listening?
Unique Challenges Posed by Severe Cases:
  • Contractures
  • Scoliosis
  • Tonal deficits – hypertonicity and hypotonicity
  • Co-occurring conditions
Working with the Pediatric Client:
  • Positioning
  • Neuroplasticity techniques
  • Range of motion:
    • Reflexology
    • Sensory integration
    • Affecting tonal patterns
  • Adapt and modify exercises/activities/play
Working with the Adult Client:
  • Positioning
  • Neuroplasticity techniques
  • Range of motion:
    • Reflexology
    • Sensory integration
    • Affecting tonal patterns
  • Adapt and modify exercises/tasks/occupation
Sensory Regulation:
  • Multi-sensory mindfulness strategies:
    • Counting techniques
    • Breathing techniques
  • Grounding/pacing strategies using all sensory systems
  • Organization/alignment interventions
  • Tips for treating clients with diverse sensory experiences
Sensory-Friendly Strategies to Address Orthopedic and Neuromuscular needs
  • Positioning in conjunction with mobility
  • Introduce the client to new sensory input
  • Advance exercises, activities, play, and occupational tasks
  • Add stretching and ROM routines
  • Interdisciplinary treatment approaches
Sensory Integration: The Missing Piece in Effective Transfer, Gait and Balance Training
  • Proper standing posture
  • Weight shift as a pivotal element of the gait cycle
  • Effective gait training devices
  • High level balance activities
  • Dynamic stabilization exercises
Translating Success to Community Independence and Participation in Occupation
  • Establishing an individualized home program
  • Classroom interventions for pediatric clients
  • Occupation, community engagement, and ADLS in adult clients
  • Incorporate meaningful activities into the POC
Research Findings and Limitations of Research

Autism in adulthood

Conclusion

Target Audience

  • Physical Therapists
  • Physical Therapist Assistants
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Occupational Therapy Assistants
  • Behavioral Health Professionals

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