Behaviors related to sensory processing can interfere with student success in the classroom. Through collaboration, teachers and school-based occupational therapists can provide strategies that prevent and remediate challenging behaviors. The sensory processing for academics (SPA) program proposed by this capstone will provide education and training on sensory processing issues and evidence-based interventions that can reduce maladaptive behaviors that interfere with classroom participations. This proposal will provide support for the development of a multisensory environment, SPA room. I the SPA room, students can meet their unique sensory needs to improve self-regulation which promotes successful participation in student occupations.
