Hi Hanna,

I've talked before about demand avoidance and how one of the key strategies in engaging demand avoidant children in sensory regulating activities is having lots of sensory equipment out and available. I thought it might be helpful to give a clearer picture of how this might look in practice. 

Below you can see photos of the rooms in my house, focusing on the sensory equipment we have for our boys aged 10 and 12. As you can see, we have equipment outside, in the living room, the hallway, my bedroom, my office and both boys' rooms. I believe that having this key equipment out and available at all times makes such a difference in helping my children regulate before and after school. We never suggest they use a piece of equipment (otherwise they wouldn't use it!) but having equipment in most rooms means they interact with it when they want and need to. 

As a reminder, I have a new free resource - a sensory equipment webpage with links to equipment that has been recommended by parents. 

Hanna

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