Interoception In Practice: A Comprehensive Guide for Occupational Therapists
In this full-day on-demand workshop, you’ll explore the science and practice of interoception and its influence on self-regulation, emotional awareness and occupational participation.
The workshop brings current research into clinical practice and introduces the Interoception Ladder - a practical clinical reasoning model that helps occupational therapists determine where to begin, select appropriate interventions, monitor functional outcomes and decide when compensatory approaches may be needed.
During this training, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Understand interoception and its relevance to occupational therapy, including its links with self-regulation, emotional awareness and participation.
✔ Explore the neurological foundations of interoception, including how sensory receptors, neural pathways and brain regions work together to process internal body signals.
✔ Identify interoceptive differences commonly associated with autism, ADHD, eating disorders and other neurodevelopmental presentations -and examine how these may affect occupational performance.
✔ Assess interoception using standardised measures, informal assessment and occupation-focused clinical observation.
✔ Develop measurable, participation-focused goals that connect interoceptive skills with meaningful everyday outcomes.
✔ Compare and apply a range of intervention approaches, including body-based regulation, somatic mindfulness, sensory supports, body experiments and compensatory strategies.
✔ Use the Interoception Ladder to structure your clinical reasoning, tailor intervention to the individual child and evaluate whether occupational performance is improving.
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