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Sensory Needs Cups
A model to help children better understand their sensory input needs.
We all have different sensory input needs:
▪ We may be under-responsive - needing a lot of input to feel ok.
▪ We may be over-responsive – even a tiny amount is too much.
▪ We can think of this as the size cup we have for each sense before it over-flows and we become
overwhelmed and upset.
▪ Knowing your size cup for the different senses puts you in control – it means you can Prep4Best.
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