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The PDA Sensory Sorting Toolkit is a low-demand, collaborative activity that allows the student to become the "expert" on their own nervous system. Instead of an intimidating interview, this toolkit uses a simple, tactile sorting game to identify what feels safe and what feels like a threat.
What’s Inside the Toolkit:
What’s Inside the Toolkit:
21 Sensory Category Cards: Clear, descriptive cards covering Auditory, Visual, Tactile, Movement, and Internal (Interoception) triggers.
The Low-Demand Teacher's Guide: A one-page briefing for staff on how to facilitate the activity using parallel work and declarative language to avoid triggering demand avoidance.
What’s Inside This 11-Page Digital Download:
Energy & Trigger Trackers: Visual pages like "Things that empty my bucket" and "What zaps my brain?"
Communication Guides: "Wicked Words" (phrases that trigger avoidance) and "Wonderful Words" (phrases that feel safe) to help adults adjust their language.
"This or That?" Choice Board: To use with a dry wipe pen to offer safe choices instead of strict demands.
Brain Break Ideas: A dedicated space for the child to write down exactly how adults can help when they feel "stuck".
Coping Cards: Printable cards (like an "EXIT" card) that the child can simply hand to an adult when they go non-verbal or need an immediate out.
"My Story" Social Script: A fill-in-the-blank empowering story to explain how demands feel and how having choices gives them their power back.
What's Included in this 10-Page Digital Download:
Task Organiser and Goal-setting Sheet: Helps kids define their objectives by mapping out an "Action plan."
Weekly HOMEWORK TRACKER: Keep track of assignments from "Monday" through "Friday".
Categorised Brain dump and Mind map: for brainstorming and organising abstract ideas.
Listen and Respond Guide: A brilliant active listening tool.
Blank checklist, Daily Routine Tracker and Targeted To Do List: Features specific sections to highlight a daily "Focus", important things to "Remember", and general "Notes".
Self-Regulation Cards: Four clear communication cards for moments of sensory overload or non-verbal needs, featuring "Help", "Break", "Walk", and "Exit".
What’s Included?
What’s Included?
Educational Sleep Facts: Clear explanations of the benefits of sleep, including improved memory, stress reduction, and immune system support.
Interactive Sleep Tracker: Tools to help students monitor their bedtime habits and track sleep quality over a 15-day period.
Reflective Questionnaires: 20+ prompts to help children identify personal "sleep stealers," such as late-afternoon caffeine or blue light from screens .
The "Rules of Healthy Sleep": A simple "Do and Don’t" guide to help students build consistent routines, such as eating dinner 2–3 hours before bed instead of right before.
Relaxation & Mindfulness Techniques: Step-by-step guides for Body Scanning and Happy Place Visualisation to help calm the mind before sleep.
Nightmare Protocol: A specialized exercise using Image Rehearsal Therapy to help children rewrite recurring nightmares into "Happy Endings" with positive outcomes.
The PDA Bedtime Flowchart
This Low Demand Bedtime Flowchart is designed to help you navigate tricky bedtime moments, the goal isn’t to reah perfection or 100% compliance - it’s to protect your child’s nervous system and your relationship
What's Inside:
Included is a printable 1-page flowchart and visual schedule.
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