...that progress isn't just about techniques — it's about readiness.
When clients are overwhelmed, dysregulated, or shut down, even your best tools can fall short.
That’s where Sensory Integration comes in.
Sensory Integration training helps you understand and respond to the hidden sensory needs that can impact:
Engagement in therapy sessions
Communication and interaction
Eating, feeding, and swallowing
Behaviour and emotional regulation
As a Speech and Language Therapist, you provide life-changing support to clients with difficulties in communication, eating, drinking, and swallowing. But what if sensory challenges are getting in the way of their progress?
Sensory Integration (SI) is fundamental to many of the skills you work on in therapy. It underpins motor control for speech, alternative communication methods like gesture or signing, the ability to engage in play, and the coordination needed for eating and drinking. It also influences how your clients interpret both the verbal and non-verbal communication of others (Ayres, 2005).
That’s why more and more SLTs are recognising the impact of sensory processing and integration — and choosing to strengthen their knowledge and skills through postgraduate study in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI).
The Postgraduate Certificate in Sensory Integration, delivered by Sensory Integration Education and accredited by Sheffield Hallam University, will give you the knowledge to adapt your practice to meet clients where they are — helping them feel safe, calm, and ready to participate.
On our evidence-based online course, you will be fully supported by Advanced SI Practitioners and have access to the University’s online library and student support services. You’ll be guided to gain mentored clinical hours, enabling you to qualify as a confident SI Practitioner.
You’ll gain practical, evidence-informed skills you can use straight away, plus a deeper understanding of how sensory needs affect communication, eating, and participation across the lifespan.
✔️ Designed for SLTs working with children and adults
✔️ Accredited university qualification
✔️ Study from anywhere, on your schedule
✔️ Join a growing global community of SLTs trained in SI
with Dr Sylvia Taylor-Goh, PhD, MSc, BSc, Cert MRCSLT
Qualify as a Sensory Integration Practitioner
This is your key qualification if you wish to practise as an Advanced Sensory Integration Practitioner.
Develop your professional practice with an MSc
Additional fee for SI Module 3 & 4: 3 x 1 hr Clinical Mentor Sessions.
(Approx £50 per hour if you need to use an external clinical mentor. Or you may use a free workplace clinical mentor.) 5% discount for single orders of £10,000 or more (applies to Individual Module orders only). SIE is not-for-profit and not VAT registered.
Book before 29 July to receive £100 off your course fee.
Do you want to transform your practice by training in sensory integration therapy? Our comprehensive Postgraduate Programme offers you the opportunity to qualify as a sensory integration practitioner with qualifications accredited by Sheffield Hallam University. Dive deep into the world of sensory education and become proficient in sensory integration therapy through our rigorous and enriching curriculum.
Accredited by Sheffield Hallam University: Earn a respected qualification that opens doors to new career opportunities: Postgraduate Certificate; Postgraduate Diploma and MSc levels.
Comprehensive Curriculum: Gain in-depth knowledge and practical experience in sensory integration theory and practice, with a focus on Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI). The curriculum includes training on assessment tools to recognise and address sensory integration and processing differences.
Expert Faculty: Learn from seasoned professionals and researchers in the field of sensory integration and processing. SIE has been training practitioners for 30 years.
Learn Online with Ease: Access our high-quality learning online with no transport or accommodation hassles. Your study is supported by an eMentor, and your clinical hours are supported by a Clinical Mentor.
Immediate access to the Getting Up To Speed Module
Start your journey to becoming a sensory integration practitioner or advanced practitioner today!
See upcoming course dates and application forms.
Find out more about the content and assessments below:
Starting February 2026, we are transitioning to restructured modules - with the same excellent quality standards and support. The award-winning Sheffield Hallam University remains the accrediting university.
Below is an outline of the changes. All current students and those who have completed modules within the last five years with SIE have the opportunity to complete their path to their PGCert, PGDip, or MSc before these changes.
If you need a break in your study schedule, you can switch from the current modules to the restructured ones. This may require completing a chargeable bridging unit. More information will be available next year.
See upcoming course dates and application forms.
Please see the MSc Advancing Practice Sensory Integration Pathway entry conditions here.
Sensory integration (or sensory processing) is the theory of how the brain interprets the sensory information it receives, compares it to other information coming in as well as to information stored in the memory and then uses all of this information to help an individual respond to their environment. Sensory integration is vital in everything that we do. Difficulties with receiving and processing sensory information from one’s body and environment could relate to difficulties at school or using one’s body to engage in everyday life.
Sensory integration difficulties (sometimes referred to as sensory processing difficulties or sensory processing disorder) can occur in combination with other diagnoses including: Autistic Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit, Learning Disabilities, Developmental Coordination Disorder and Regulatory Disorder.
Our understanding of sensory integration was initially developed in the late 60s and 70s by Dr Jean Ayres, an occupational therapist and psychologist with an understanding of neuroscience. Find out more about SI and Dr Jean Ayres here.
We offer the world's only MSc in Advancing Practice Sensory Integration.
Have a look at how our postgraduate university-accredited SI modules and qualifications compare on content and value for money.
A range of sensory integration assessment tools are used to gather evidence to help clinicians make data-driven decisions when working with clients with sensory integration or sensory processing difficulties. This page provides an overview of current and frequently-used sensory integration assessment tests.
Please see our upcoming course dates here.
Please see the university eligibility criteria for a 'break in study' here.
Have you already taken an SI Module course? Find out which one to take next here.
You will have 12 months of access to the course content from the course start date.
If you have studied sensory integration before, you may be able to receive recognition of your prior learning from Sheffield Hallam University. See further information here.
If you are not ready to train an SI Practitioner, you may be interested in our new qualification
Book a call with our Education Team if you’d like to talk through any questions before or after you apply for our postgraduate courses in sensory integration.
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