Zoë Austin – Considering, exploring and adapting sensory environments in early years settings

In this webinar, neurodivergent educator Zoë Austin, will take a deep dive into the potential sensory experiences of children EY settings. Considering visual, audio, tactile, olfactory etc. experiences of neurotypical and neurodivergent children, (plus the hows and the whys to their differences, with information about the neurology of autism and ADHD), Zoë will help us ponder the meaning behind sensory-seeking and sensory-avoidant behaviour. She will also explore the insights these give us to the internal lives of the children we work with, and ways in which we can ponder, adapt and enrich sensory environments to meet the needs of all our children, and facilitate experiences from the comfortable to the delightful.

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About the speaker

Zoë Austin is a freelance neurodivergent educator living in Cambridgeshire and working across East Anglia. She divides her time between providing group and individual music sessions, 1:1 tutoring for autistic/ADHD school-age children, mentoring autsitic/ADHD university students, and writing/presenting on the subjects of neurodiversity, child development, and music-making. Part of the Pen Green Schema Group, she contributed to the book Schemas in the Early Years (Routledge, 2022), and presented on ‘Schema theory and children’s emerging musicality’ at EECERA, 2023. Zoë uses her past experiences as a (Pen Green-trained) classroom teacher, Music Therapist and working in children’s social services to inform her position as a holistic practitioner, creating learning opportunities to meet the needs of the individual child as a whole person.

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