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ASK PINNACLE · QUESTIONS, EXPLANATIONS & NEXT STEPS

Sensory Sensitivity

Explore explanations, everyday questions and next steps connected with sensory sensitivity.

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Therapy & support

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Sensory sensitivity red zone — your next steps

A red zone for sensory sensitivity is a screening signal, not a diagnosis. The next step is a clinician-led developmental assessment, followed by occupational therapy with sensory integration support and parent-coached home routines. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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Therapy for sensory sensitivity in children

Sensory sensitivity in children is supported through occupational therapy using a sensory-integration approach — playful, graded activities that help a child's nervous system respond more calmly to sounds, textures, movement and light, alongside daily sensory strategies and coaching for parents and teachers. AbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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At home

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Gently helping a child practise sensory comfort daily

Help a child build sensory comfort with small, predictable, child-led doses of tricky sensations during everyday routines — bath, meals, dressing — paired with calm co-regulation and an always-available exit. The aim is to widen what feels safe, not erase every sensitivity.

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How can I help my child with sensory sensitivity at home?

Help a sensory-sensitive child at home by mapping their triggers and soothers, building a calm-down space, offering regular calming "sensory diet" input, introducing new sensations slowly through play, and keeping routines predictable — paired with occupational therapy guidance.

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An Everyday Therapy activity for sensory sensitivity

One simple everyday activity for a toddler with sensory sensitivity is a calm-down sensory bin: a tub with one predictable texture the child explores at their own pace, beside a calm parent. It builds texture tolerance through small, child-led, low-pressure doses and turns sensation into safe play.

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