Speech and Language Therapists:

Transform your therapy outcomes with Sensory Integration

Help your clients feel safe, regulated and ready to engage — with a flexible online postgraduate qualification accredited by Sheffield Hallam University.

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As a Speech and Language Therapist, you know 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. Sensory integration is often the missing piece.

Sensory integration underpins many of the skills you work on every day. It shapes:

  • Engagement and participation in therapy sessions
  • Communication and interaction, including gesture and signing
  • Eating, drinking and swallowing
  • Emotional regulation and feeling safe enough to take part


Training in Ayres Sensory Integration (ASI) gives you the knowledge to recognise sensory integration and processing differences, understand what's getting in the way of progress, and adapt your practice to meet clients where they are.

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Earn a Postgraduate Certificate in Sensory Integration — starting with Module A

The PGCert in Sensory Integration is delivered by Sensory Integration Education and accredited by Sheffield Hallam University. It's designed for SLTs working with children or adults, and studied fully online around your caseload.

You'll be supported throughout by Advanced SI Practitioners: a personal eMentor guides your study, and a Clinical Mentor supports your mentored clinical hours — so you finish ready to practise, not just pass.

What you get:

  • A university-accredited qualification: PGCert, with the option to progress to PGDip and the world's only MSc in Advancing Practice in Sensory Integration
  • Practical, evidence-informed skills you can use with clients straight away
  • Access to Sheffield Hallam University's online library and student support services
  • Immediate access to the Getting Up To Speed module when you enrol
  • A growing global community of SLTs trained in SI

Your Route to Qualifying

  • Modules A + B → Postgraduate Certificate in Sensory Integration (80 credits) and the professional title SI Practitioner
  • Add Module C → Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits) and the title Advanced SI Practitioner
  • Add Modules D + E → MSc in Advancing Practice in Sensory Integration
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Entry Conditions and Eligible Professions

What SLTs Say About the Training

Eleanor McStay-Fearon, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Advanced SI Practitioner

“For any Speech and Language therapy colleagues considering embarking on their own sensory integration journey, I really could not recommend the SIE modular pathway enough. Accessing the course content online has been flexible and enabled me to integrate my new learning into my practice concurrently”

Amy Stephens, Consultant Speech and Language Therapist and Advanced SI Practitioner

“I couldn’t imagine doing speech therapy without that SI piece now”

Lisa Chapman, Speech and Language Therapist and Advanced SI Practitioner

"Qualifying as an SI-SLT Advanced Practitioner has given me greater confidence to use my existing skills within SLCN. The course assignment, meanwhile, provided the opportunity to place SI on the local agenda for supporting communication"

Will Sensory Integration and Processing Really Make a Difference to My Practice?

The resounding answer from our past students is yes! We asked some experienced SI Practitioners about the moment they realised that sensory integration and processing had become essential to their practice and this is what they had to say…

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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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Become a Certified Sensory Inclusion Facilitator

If you are not ready to train an SI Practitioner, you may be interested in our new qualification

Sensory Processing Differences: Recognise, Support, Adapt Explore the foundational theory of Ayres Sensory IntegrationⓇ (ASI) and how to apply these principles alongside the Person, Environment, Occupation (PEO) model to better support individuals with sensory processing differences across the life span. Take your next steps in your professional development. This course is ideal for health and care professionals looking to integrate sensory-informed approaches into their existing practice.
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