For Children and Teens with sensory needs
Kid-friendly sensory strategy picture cards empower kids to take charge of their sensory needs! BrainWorks picture cards can be used with one of several different templates to create a unique sensory diet tool for each child, depending on age, setting (home or school), ability level, and type of sensory modulation disorder present. Arrow icons located on each picture card help a child to select activities appropriate for their sensory needs. For example, if a child needs to calm down his nervous system before going to math class, he knows to select an activity that has a red down arrow—this arrow indicates that the activity will slow him down or calm down his nervous system. JOIN NOW!
For parents and teachers
Summary Pages and so much more empower parents and teachers to quickly understand children’s sensory needs and help them get the most out of their sensational brain! BrainWorks also provides sensory symptom checklists to help you determine what type of sensory diet your child will need. JOIN NOW!
For Professionals
BrainWorks saves valuable time and energy in the frequent creation of sensory diets for children and teens. BrainWorks eliminates the confusion over which activities are calming and which are alerting and puts it all into a nice, user-friendly tool that empowers the child to own his/her sensory diet. No more handwritten sensory diets that are only usable by the parent or teacher! BrainWorks is designed for the child! JOIN NOW!
BrainWorks is an exciting new online tool for creating effective sensory diets for children, teens, and adults that takes pride in being USER-FRIENDLY, from start (selecting what you need) to finish (empowering the child to select appropriate activities).
Here are some of the tools you can create with the BrainWorks Picture Cards
Additionally, you can print premade sensory diet “Strategy Summary Forms” and “Feed the Senses Forms” designed to be given to teachers and parents as an overview of the child’s sensory diet needs.
BrainWorks Accessories
Membership Options
Single User Access to BrainWorks Online
- Instant access to BrainWorks Online
- Digital User’s Guide
- Printable forms to share with parents and teachers
- Detailed instructions for creating sensory programs
- Lifetime membership
- Full support included!
Multi-User Access to BrainWorks Online
- Instant access to BrainWorks Online
- Digital User’s Guide
- Printable forms to share with parents and teachers
- Detailed instructions for creating sensory programs
- LIfetime membership for organization
- Full support included!
BrainWorks Online PLUS Family/Classroom Printed Kit
- Professionally printed BrainWorks kit in addition to online access
- Instant access to BrainWorks Online
- Digital User’s Guide
- Printable forms to share with parents and teachers
- Detailed instructions for creating sensory programs
- Lifetime membership for single user
- Full support included!
BrainWorks Online PLUS Therapist Printed Kit
- Professionally printed BrainWorks kit for therapist to make up to 10 sensory programs
- Instant access to BrainWorks Online
- Digital User’s Guide
- Printable forms to share with parents and teachers
- Detailed instructions for creating sensory programs
- Lifetime membership for one therapist
- Full support included!
Purchase either one or both of Gwen’s 6-hour webinars and get a free membership and/or a free Single Family/Classroom kit. Check for details here:
Developing Effective Sensory Diets
Sensory and Behavior: A comprehensive approach for addressing challenging behaviors
Download the iPhone Application
Available at the Appstore now
Research
We completed our first pilot study on the effectiveness of sensory diets using BrainWorks in May 2012. Please click on the following link to read the full report.
Parent’s Perception of Effectiveness of Sensory Diets: A Multiple Case Study Analysis
In the fall of 2014, we implemented a program involving BrainWorks, movement breaks, and other sensory strategies into general education classrooms in a school district in Texas. The results of this study were presented at AOTA’s National Conference in 2017. Please click the following link for the full report.
A Model for Classroom-Based Intervention for Children with Sensory Processing Differences
We welcome further research on the use of BrainWorks! If you have a research project in mind and would like to use BrainWorks tools, please contact Gwen by email:gwen@sensationalbrain.com.Gwen is happy to donate supplies and/or training to students and professionals involved in research.
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