October is Pro-Touch Awareness Month and we are encouraging you to become a Pro-Touch Ambassador. Help spread the benefits of positive touch at home and work.
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Seeking consent to touch is integral to the Story Massage Programme. We look at how sharing massage stories can help teach appropriate touch.
Continue readingDiscover the benefits of sharing the Story Massage Programme as an outdoor learning experience.
Continue readingCongratulations to our new Centres of Excellence in the Story Massage Programme. These four special schools have shown great creativity during the challenges of the past year.
Continue readingWe are delighted to announce our latest Best Practice Winners for June 2021. Read more about the inspiring work of our seven Story Massage enthusiasts.
Continue readingCombining stories with massage for learners with PMLD can bring benefits including communication, engagement, fun and opportunities for meaningful interaction.
Continue readingWould you like to add sensory and meaningful props to your Story Massage sessions? Caroline Hill, founder of Making SENse Creative Services Ltd shares some helpful tips and ideas for inexpensive and relevant props.
Continue readingSpecialist Occupational Therapist, Hanna Munro, combines her Occupational Therapy sessions with the Story Massage Programme to encourage communication and interaction.
Continue readingCombining yoga and movement with the Story Massage Programme helps increase engagement and participation in stories and poems.
Continue readingEnabling communication and engagement with a non-verbal child by sharing sensory stories on a resonance board.
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