{"id":3540,"date":"2023-12-12T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:12:17","slug":"we-are-all-unbalanced-to-some-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capulumcollege.com\/dev2026\/we-are-all-unbalanced-to-some-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"We are all \u2018unbalanced\u2019 to some degree"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"unbalanced\"Although most would prefer not to admit to being dysregulated, we are all \u2018unbalanced\u2019 to some degree. Certainly, there is a norm but most of us deviate from that norm in varying ways.<\/p>

Many adults have learnt to cope with their imbalances, but life would have been a lot easier if professional guidance had been available. Some remain unstable. At Capulum College, the team focuses on nurturing, guiding and supporting young children, with special needs, to remain in a regulated and balanced state throughout the day. To do this the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based model of intervention (DIR) is applied. This model provides a framework for assessing autism spectrum and related disorders, and it can be tailored to individual needs, thereby promoting development.<\/p>

This process serves to accommodate the child\u2019s sensory needs \u2013 not to change the child. It provides learners with what they require by creating an environment, and adapting activities, that align with their unique sensory systems. It\u2019s important to establish how these children with special needs best learn and then to support them.<\/p>

\"\"The team at Capulum College aims not to \u2018fix\u2019 the children\u2019s brains but to work out how best the children learn and then to support them within this method. In this way the children are brought to their ready-to-learn, regulated state.<\/p>

The following are a few ways in which to support children\u2019s sensory needs:<\/p>