Sensing and Learning

Summary

AI-generated from vendor-published content · June 18, 2026

Sensing and Learning is a curriculum guide and activity resource from APH designed to stimulate and build foundational sensory and learning skills in students with multiple disabilities, including those with visual impairment combined with other significant support needs. It provides structured activities that encourage curiosity, cause-and-effect exploration, and responses to sensory input — useful for learners who are in early or emergent developmental stages. This is a print/resource package (a book or guide), not a physical kit of sensory objects; teachers, therapists, or parents use it to plan and implement sensory-based learning activities with materials they gather separately or already have. Because it's research-based and updated from APH's earlier Sensory Stimulation Kit, it's best suited for practitioners — a classroom teacher or vision specialist, not typically a stand-alone family resource.

What Setup Looks Like

• Out of the box
  Open the guide and review the activity framework and instructions.
• With a guide
  
  1. Identify target learners and review the developmental levels described in the guide.
  2. Gather or source sensory materials referenced in the activities.
  3. Implement activities as described — most require no special equipment beyond common classroom items. Allow 30–60 minutes to plan the first session.
• With professional help
  
  1. A teacher of students with visual impairments (TVI), orientation and mobility specialist, or OT can use this guide to structure individualized sensory learning goals.
  2. Integration into an IEP or therapy plan typically happens through team collaboration over several weeks.

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