09 JULY 2025
Education professionals, are you interested in developing your professional practice while gaining 1 CPD point in our upcoming webinar? Join Birgit Forstmaier-James, our Occupational Therapist, as she delivers a training course exploring how to support sensory learning for neurodivergent students in your classroom.
Supporting professionals
đź“… Date: Wednesday 9th July
⏰ Time: 10am - 11am
In this webinar, Birgit will explore:
✔️An introduction to the senses and why knowing about our senses is important to understand how children learn best
✔️Practical ideas of how to use sensory strategies in the classroom to support and maximise a child’s learning
✔️What happens when sensory processing difficulties interfere with a child’s ability to learn and how to support them
About our speaker
Birgit Forstmaier-James
Occupational Therapist
Birgit trained as an Occupational Therapist in Germany and has been working in the UK for the last 25 years. Throughout her career, she's worked in a variety of settings across different Health Boards and Local Authorities.
For the past 20 years, Birgit has specialised in supporting children and young people aged 0–25, enabling her to gain extensive experience in assessing and delivering interventions for a wide range of needs and conditions, including neurological, physical, and cognitive disorders, as well as neurodivergence and trauma-related presentations.
Birgit has also served as an autism practitioner for over 15 years, working within autism assessment services in both Wales and England.
CPD accredited
This training that has been assessed and confirmed to meet the standards for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) by www.cpduk.co.uk
