Using Ayres Sensory Integration 
Intervention in Early Intervention

  • Presenter: Teresa A. May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
  • Level: Intermediate.
  • Contact Hours: 1.5 contact hours
  • AOTA Areas: Occupational Therapy Service Delivery Domain: Performance Skills, Context and Environment Process: Evaluation, Intervention
  • Audience: Occupational therapists, OT assistants.
  • Completion Requirements: To earn contact hours for this course participants must view this course in its entirety, and successfully complete the accompanying course quiz
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Course overview

Sensory processing, self-regulation, and motor development differences are being recognized in children at increasingly younger ages. This early identification opens up valuable opportunities for early intervention services to support children's development and to empower parents with knowledge and tools that can strengthen their long-term relationships with their child. Therapists trained in Ayres Sensory Integration® (ASI) often incorporate sensory-based techniques  in their work with young children. However, some may feel uncertain about how to apply ASI with fidelity in early intervention settings.

Dr May-Benson explores how ASI principles can be meaningfully integrated into early intervention services. She highlights ways to provide fidelity to the ASI approach while addressing the unique needs of infants and toddlers. Participants will also learn to enhance their clinical reasoning and select intervention activities that align with ASI principles in developmentally appropriate and engaging ways. 

This course utilizes a PowerPoint presentation. Slides are available for download.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course the learner will be able to:

Describe the role of ASI intervention within early intervention services.

Identify how fidelity to ASI intervention may be achieved when providing early intervention.

List at least 3 clinical reasoning points to consider when implementing ASI intervention in early intervention settings.

Teresa A. May-Benson,
ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Teresa is an expert occupational therapist renowned for her clinical research, mentoring and education related to related to sensory integration theory and intervention, praxis, and social competency. She is currently the owner/CEO of TMB Education, LLC and serves as President and practicing occupational therapist at OTR, Inc, a private occupational therapy practice specializing in sensory integration and social competency for children and adults across the lifespan, located near Philadelphia, PA. Dr. May-Benson has a diverse background as a clinical practitioner, having worked in private and public-school settings as well as private practice. She has authored numerous book chapters and articles on praxis and sensory integration and completed her doctoral dissertation on ideational praxis. Teresa is an education and research faculty member at the SPIRAL Foundation. In her role of educator, she currently serves as adjunct faculty at Widener University and is past faculty at Tufts University and the University of Indianapolis. She has received the Virginia Scardinia Award of Excellence from AOTA for her work in ideational praxis and is the 2023 recipient of the AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award.

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