Student Engagement: How Sensory Interventions within the Classroom Affect Student Engagement and Self-Advocacy Skills
Date of Award
Spring 5-14-2021
Document Type
Project (696 or 796 registration)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Special Education
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
Keri DeSutter
Keywords
early childhood special education, sensory processing, sensory processing intervention, self-advocacy, self-determination, collaboration
Abstract
Sensory processing difficulties affect many students within a classroom setting, especially students with disabilities. These difficulties affect student engagement and behavior within the classroom. Many times, students lack the communication to express their needs at a time of sensory overload. This makes it difficult for educators and families to support the student. The research in this project explains how sensory experiences affect students within the classroom, the impact of sensory integration strategies during the school day, how to build self-advocacy skills, and best practices in implementing a student-based sensory integration plan. This project will entail creating (1) A general action plan to create a sensory integration plan for individual students and (2) A student-led sensory integration plan for a student with specific sensory processing difficulties.
Recommended Citation
Townzen, Katie, "Student Engagement: How Sensory Interventions within the Classroom Affect Student Engagement and Self-Advocacy Skills" (2021). Dissertations, Theses, and Projects. 521.
https://red.mnstate.edu/thesis/521