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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

Back To School: When Your Child’s Needs Aren’t Being Met

by Twenty-One Senses TeamSeptember 18, 2020September 23, 2020

A few weeks ago, we talked about ways to be proactive, flexible, and collaborative when advocating for your child’s special needs at the start of the school year. Now that schools are fully back in session, parents everywhere are starting to feel…

Back to School: Returning to Remote Learning

by Twenty-One Senses TeamSeptember 8, 2020September 8, 2020

While many students are now starting to return to in-person classes, many more are gearing up to get back to remote classes. Parents, having learned from the pains of last spring’s abrupt shift to e-learning, are frantically working to create…

Sensory Spotlight: Interoception (Internal Bodily Awareness)

by Twenty-One Senses TeamSeptember 3, 2020August 11, 2020

This is the ninth and final installment in our Sensory Spotlight series. Interoception is the body’s ability to recognize and interpret its own internal cues, such as hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and pain. Children with interoceptive processing issues typically have disproportionately…

Back to School: Returning to In-Person Classes

by Twenty-One Senses TeamSeptember 2, 2020September 2, 2020

And we’re off! For many students, the transition from August to September means masking up and returning to in-person classes. This year is sure to include all the usual jitters and so much more. Below are a couple more things…

Sensory Spotlight: Proprioception (External Bodily Awareness)

by Twenty-One Senses TeamAugust 26, 2020August 11, 2020

This is the eight installment in our Sensory Spotlight series. Proprioception, also known as kinesthesia, is the body’s intrinsic ability to locate itself and its extremities in space using receptors in the skin, muscles, joints, and ligaments. It’s also responsible…

Back to School: Managing Anxiety and Setting Goals

by Twenty-One Senses TeamAugust 21, 2020August 21, 2020

Back to School is officially underway, and reopening plans and procedures are changing rapidly—sometimes from one day to the next. Parents and children alike are struggling to navigate the nuances of in-person vs. online classes, and we’re all dealing with…