Over 60 New Advanced Practitioners in Sensory Integration Qualified in 2023 with SIE: Would You Like to Join the 2024 Cohort?
By Sensory Integration Education, 2 Feb 2024
A round of applause goes to over 60 therapists who have successfully earned their postgraduate diploma in sensory integration and achieved advanced practitioner status with Sensory Integration Education. The list of names highlights the dedicated professionals ready to make a significant impact. Would you like to start your journey to becoming an advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner in 2024?
Congratulations to this cohort of over 60 therapists who are now Advanced SI Practitioners:
We want to take this opportunity to highlight Advanced Practitioner Graduate Marion Hunt, who was given the Elizabeth Stephenson Award for outstanding student on the PGDip in Sensory Integration for 2022/23 at the Sensory Integration Education Sheffield Hallam University Student Awards 2022. Marion Hunt also received £250 for this achievement!
“Winning the Elizabeth Stephenson Award was such a surprise. I’m honoured to receive it and feel particularly proud of the reinforcement it gives to the relevance and value of ASI for an adult mental health client group.” Marion Hunt
If you've been contemplating your journey to advanced practitionership, take inspiration from this accomplished cohort and consider starting your own path in 2024.
Becoming an Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration
Becoming an Advanced Practitioner in Sensory Integration goes beyond learning more about SI. It involves transforming your professional life by improving your clinical skills in your specific setting, using research in your daily work, and gaining the confidence to bring positive changes to your service. The combination of these skills makes you an Advanced Practitioner.
Upon completion of this module, you will be able to critically reflect on the experience of living with sensory processing and integration difficulties. This reflection aims to develop and enhance the quality of practice and service delivery for individuals with sensory integration difficulties. You will also acquire the skill to communicate complex and relevant material effectively and appropriately to various audiences within your identified clinical field or area of professional practice.
Furthermore, as an Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner, you will be able to reflect on how to advocate for positive change within the scope of your practice. The module involves 20 hours of clinical practice, supported by a clinical mentor. Finally, and critically, you will be able to demonstrate a systematic understanding of the breadth of Ayres Sensory Integration®, relating to the underpinning knowledge. This includes a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights informed by research at the forefront of your identified clinical field or area of professional practice.
Hear from past graduates:
“I'm so excited to join the growing community of advanced SI practitioners.” - Deborah Dunne
“I am very pleased for being awarded the Advanced SI Practitioner certificate. After completing all modules, I realised that my understanding of sensory integration was raised to a completely new level and it has been by far the best learning experience that I have ever had.” - Terry Ann Parnis
“I’m thrilled to be a Speech and Language Therapist and now Advanced SI practitioner.” – Nicola Jenkins
If you are interested, you may want to jot down these deadlines:
Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist, Speech and Language Therapist or Physiotherapist with no sensory Integration qualifications? Join us on the PGDip 23, starting 22 April 2024, and apply by 22 March 2024.
Already a SI Practitioner but want to qualify as an Advanced Practitioner? You can pick up where you left off, start SI Module 4 on 4 March 2024, and apply by 4 February 2024. If you miss this deadline, the next course begins in October 2024!
You can find more information about our Postgraduate Programme here.
