Creating Regulation-Friendly Classrooms Practical, Low-Demand Sensory Supports for Busy Schools

Dates:     Monday 9th February 2026
Time:       7.00 - 8.15 pm
Venue:    Online via Zoom

Target Audience: Primary School Teachers & SNAs

Shows teachers and SNAs how to build everyday sensory regulation into the classroom without disruption. Anchored in questions like “How do I give movement when I have 28 students?”, it offers simple, low-demand strategies that reduce dysregulation and help neurodivergent students stay engaged.

Bio of Presenter: Sorcha Rice

Sorcha Rice is a Senior Occupational Therapist with a Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of Limerick. She has extensive experience supporting neurodivergent children and young people in clinical, educational, and community settings. Sorcha is also autistic with a PDA profile, and draws on both professional expertise and lived experience to deliver training that is deeply informed, practical, and compassionate.

She specialises in child-led, trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming practice, helping families, educators, and professionals to reframe behaviour through sensory, relational and environmental lenses.