The 2026 Super Sensory Lexiconary! Leeds

This event is for people who support people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, or people for whom the sensory world is paramount. It teaches the development of seven sensory systems and shows you how to apply this knowledge to your practice. As this is the Super Sensory Lexiconary we will consider more than seven sensory systems and be joined by inspiring guest speakers!

Guest Speakers will be announced before the end of 2025

This course covers the whole of the Develop Your Sensory Lexiconary course and more - 'certified' relates to the core material, not the additional content.

Description:

Develop your sensory lexiconary and learn to use it to promote engagement, communication, cognition and wellbeing for those who experience meaning in a primarily sensory way.

This course will teach you about the development of seven sensory systems and show you how to select and organise sensory resources in such a way as to engage people who do not use words in conversations, whilst also supporting their mental well-being and developing their cognition.

As this is the Super Sensory Lexiconary we will look at some extra sensory systems as well being joined by our fabulous guest speakers.

Each of your sensory systems has a development that it runs through. Sensations from early development are easier for the brain to process so can be relaxing/soothing, or they can register 'louder' as it were. Some people lead their whole lives in the early stages of sensory development. Understanding the development of the sensory systems can support you to know what sensations a person might be able to process and how to offer them the experiences next in the sequence, supporting their development. Understanding the development of the senses is also a useful tool when it comes to doing sensory detective work around the experiences of people who process sensory information differently.

Everyone is welcome on these days but they are particularly suitable for:

• People who support individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
• People who are looking to use sensory communication with individuals in the later stages of dementia.
• People who work with babies and children in the early years who are looking to develop their sensory practice.
• Creative individuals looking to develop sensory works to engage with sensory communicators.
• People who work in special schools or run groups that support students from special schools.
• People with a particular interest in sensory literacy.

Delegates on previous Lexiconaries have included: parents, foster carers, teachers from special and mainstream settings, portage workers, speech and language therapists, CAMHS team members, artists and actors, support workers, staff from hospital education teams, children's hospice practitioners, staff from dementia care settings, people supporting refugees and victims of trauma, people who support babies in the first months of life, staff members from CICs looking to support inclusion in society, social researchers, family members and more. I look forward to welcoming new diverse delegates in the future. Many delegates choose to attend for a second, third or even fourth time, so I also look forward to welcoming familiar faces too!

Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with delegates describing it as "life changing" for the people they support.

Tickets

Professional tickets are for people who attend the course funded by their employer.

Parent/Carer tickets are for people who are the parent or primary carer of a person for whom the course content is relevant.

If you are not sure which ticket to buy please ask by emailing sensorystory@gmail.com

Booking tickets for someone else?

If you book tickets on behalf of someone else please ensure their contact email address is sent to sensorystory@gmail.com this is essential as pre-course information, including details of things you may need to bring if you are attending the day, instructions for travel on the day, and information about dietary requirements will be sent to the email address used to book the tickets unless we hear otherwise.

Unable to book via Eventbrite?

Contact sensorystory@gmail.com with the details of the tickets you wish to purchase and the email addresses of the people you are purchasing them for.

If you are booking professional tickets you can be invoiced for your tickets.

If you are booking parent/carer/student tickets it may be possible to arrange payment via paypal, contact sensorystory@gmail.com to find out.

Note - tickets booked outside of Eventbrite will still be charged the booking fee.