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Twenty-One Senses is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that children with sensory sensitivities are understood and supported in all aspects of life. We do this by providing the adults in their lives with personalized coaching, information resources, and community engagement that allows them to successfully navigate typical social, enrichment, and educational experiences.

Caregiver Coaching

Introducing our new caregiver coaching service! Book now to get practical, real-time strategies to help your child succeed in virtual learning and beyond.

Virtual Learning

Check out our growing list of online virtual resources to help your child stay active and engaged during distance learning and shelter-in-place.

To better support social distancing measures intended to curb the spread of COVID-19, we'll be pausing our regular programming to focus on our new caregiver coaching program, as well as providing a growing, curated list of virtual learning resources for children of all ages and abilities.

THIS IS HARD. WE GET IT. WE CAN HELP.

Coaching for caregivers of sensory-sensitive kids during crazy times

Our Caregiver Coaching Service

Twenty-One Senses offers one-on-one coaching for parents, grandparents, guardians, and babysitters–anyone who nurtures children! Our coaches take a compassionate, strengths-based approach to help you create personalized, effective strategies that support your child’s social, emotional, and educational development, even during quarantine

Learn more about our Caregiver Coaching service!

Blog

Sensory Spotlight: Vestibular (Balance and Spatial Orientation)

by Twenty-One Senses TeamAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020

This is the fifth installment in our Sensory Spotlight series. The vestibular system is responsible for the body’s sense of balance, motion, and spatial orientation. Children with vestibular processing issues may appear clumsy or hyperactive. They may also have issues…

Executive Functioning: A Perfect COVID Project

by Twenty-One Senses TeamJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Summer’s in full swing, and fall–particularly the return to school–looms large on the horizon. So many headlines over the past few months have focused on what went wrong with the quick shift to e-learning last spring: technological and logistical barriers,…

Struggling with Pandemic Parenting? Time to Dust Off Your Sensory Toolkit.

by Twenty-One Senses TeamJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

As many states continue to pause their reopening plans due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, so many parents, particularly those with special needs children, are once again feeling like the world has been turned upside down. Routines are broken,…

Sensory Spotlight: Tactile (Touch)

by Twenty-One Senses TeamJuly 8, 2020July 8, 2020

This is the fourth installment in our Sensory Spotlight series. The tactile system is responsible for the body’s ability to perceive pressure, temperature, traction, and pain using receptors in the skin. Children with tactile processing issues may have an unusually…

Building Good Transition Habits

by Twenty-One Senses TeamJune 26, 2020June 26, 2020

Think about a time when you took a few moments to move from one thing in your life to another. Maybe you had an important conference call or presentation, and you took ten minutes before it started to fold some…

Sensory Spotlight: Visual (Sight)

by Twenty-One Senses TeamJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020

This is the third installment in our Sensory Spotlight series. The visual system is responsible for the body’s ability to perceive and interpret one’s surroundings using visible light. Children with visual processing issues may have trouble recognizing slight variations in…