Community of Practice | Perinatal Special Interest Group

Join fellow professionals exploring sensory-rooted approaches to perinatal health and wellbeing.

This supportive group is a reflective space for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, and others working with parents, babies, and families during the perinatal period.

We explore the role of the senses in early bonding, infant regulation, mental health, birth recovery, and the changing occupational identity of parenting. We look at how trauma, sensory integration differences, and embodied experience influence early relational development.

Through shared discussion, case reflections, and practical strategies, we co-create neuro-affirming, trauma-informed approaches that honour the needs of both parents and babies. You’ll have access to tools like Sensory Spiders, Sensory Grids, and Sensory Ladders, as well as peer insights and clinical experience.

Whether you’re supporting early feeding, postnatal recovery, or parent-infant connection, this is a space to be curious, collaborative, and kind.

Supportive. Reflective. Relational.

Let’s grow sensory-informed perinatal practice together.