Sensory Intelligence® Practitioners Course
Training in Adult/Adolescent Sensory Processing
Professional development to grow your business and elevate your reputation
The Early Bird offer for the
Certified Practitioners Course, ends 31 May
- Pay $1209 instead of $1570
Get your 23% discount and join the Sensory Intelligence® professional network to elevate yourself and your career. You also earn CPD/CPUs.
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Join our learning revolution in mental health and workplace productivity
Why?
The increased mental health burden is significantly impacting the quality of work and life for people around the globe. People need support now more than ever and we all need to be part of the solution!
How?
We developed methodology, assessments, tools and strategies that can easily and effortlessly be implemented for people requesting help from a therapist, coach or consultant.
What?
An online, blended learning journey about the theory, science, research and application of adult sensory processing. Expand your professional toolbox towards higher success rates with your clients.
Welcome and Introduction
Listen to a short introduction by Dr Annemarie Lombard, Founder & CEO of Sensory Intelligence® Consulting. She is an undisputed thought leader, researcher, author and subject expert on sensory neuroscience for the adult population.
This course was introduced in 2012 and hundreds of people have benefitted from the learning.
Target group
Who should do this course?
- Healthcare professionals (Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Social workers, Physiotherapists, etc.)
- Wellness, Lifestyle- and Executive Coaches interested in expanding their service offering
- Healthcare professionals working with adolescents and adults in the sensory integration- and mental health industries
- Architects, Workplace Designers or Workspace Specialists who want to have access to innovative and new methods for workplace wellness
- HR, Training- and/or Organisational Development Practitioners who would be interested in incorporating Sensory Intelligence® as a program in their organisations
- Any person (with the above credentials) who wishes to join our team of licensed users
Course outcomes
Why should you do this course?
- Acquire and develop an in-depth understanding of sensory processing and assessments and how it can be used to improve the quality of life, home, work and relationships for adolescents and adults.
- Understand complex sensory neuroscience concepts in a more practical and easy-to-use format.
- Learn more about yourself and your own sensory wiring and take your personal development to the next level - this will enable you to implement with clients easily.
- Expand your service offering as a healthcare specialist in utilising sensory insights and strategies to fast-track therapy for adults in mental health, workplace productivity and/or educational settings. Sensory Intelligence® can successfully be integrated into the treatment of adolescents and adults with ADHD, Asperger syndrome, anxiety, depression, bipolar- and/or stress-related disorders, trauma, Alzheimers and Dementia.
- Expand your service offering as a coach and/or wellness practitioner to achieve results faster and efficiently to reduce stress, increase energy and resilience while improving performance in both lifestyle- and executive coaching.
- Be on the forefront of innovation and new workplace practises as an architect, designer or workspace consultant to create spaces for end-user comfort.
- Build resilience for your clients while improving performance in both lifestyle- and executive coaching.
- Be the employer of choice and align with the new world of work practises to take your employee health and wellbeing to the next level.
- Healthcare workers earn up to 30 CEU/CPD credits accredited by the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
- Coaches earn up to 20 Core Competencies- and 16 Resource Development hours accredited by the ICF (International Coaching Federation).
Course details - Certified Course
1 August until 31 October 2025
✔︎ 15 Course modules delivered in a blended learning experience including self-directed and live Zoom sessions to allow more time for group discussions
✔︎ This is a total of 30 hours of learning from experts; 12 hours of live sessions; 18 hours of self-directed learning
✔︎ Unlimited access to our learning management system (LMS) for the learning period of 90 days, ending on the 30th of April. You can integrate, retain and solidify each module and continue discussions after the sessions.
✔︎ 30 CPD points / CEU units accredited through the University of Stellenbosch
✔︎ ICF accreditation for 20 Core Competencies & 16 Resource Development hours
To learn scientific, yet easy and effective tools that you can implement immediately to be the therapist / coach / counselor / consultant of choice!
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Course Content
All course content has been updated with new concepts, insights and research
Modules will be presented through a combination of self-directed and live Zoom sessions
Module 1
*LIVE - 14 August 2025
→ Orientation and introduction to Sensory Intelligence®
→ The 7 senses, neuroscience and applications
Included in:
Foundation Course
Mastery Course
*Certified Course
Module 2
Self-directed
→ Theory, constructs and development of sensory processing
→ Research and science
Included in:
Foundation Course
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 3
Self-directed
→ The human brain
→ Neuroscience systems, pathways and sensory connections
Included in:
Foundation Course
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 4
Self-directed
→ Sensory self-assessments for adults
→ Sensory Audit™ for the environment
Included in:
Foundation Course
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 5
Self-directed
→ The Sensory Matrix™ introduction
→ Understanding thresholds, self-regulation & strategies
Included in:
Foundation Course
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 6
*LIVE - 4 September 2025
→ The Sensory Matrix™ for yourself
→ Systems & Total scores
Included in:
Mastery Course
*Certified Course
Module 7
Self-directed
→ Intervention models and frameworks
Included in:
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 8
Self-directed
→ Mental health and
wellbeing
Included in:
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 9
Live - 18 September 2025
→ Mental health & wellbeing discussions and group work
Included in:
Certified Course
Module 10
Self-directed
→ Relationships conflict and harmony based on different sensory thresholds
Included in:
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 11
Self-directed
→ Workplace productivity and goodness-of-fit
Included in:
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Module 12
Live - 2 October 2025
→ Relationships group work
→ Workplace productivity
group work
Included in:
Certified Course
Module 13
Live - 9 October 2025
→ Sensory Matrix™ for clients - application and case studies
Included in:
Certified Course
Module 14
*Live - 16 October 2025
→ Implementation, next steps and the way forward
Included in:
Mastery Course
*Certified Course
Module 15
Self-directed
→ Bonus session Q&A's
→ Pre-recorded sessions x 11
Included in:
Mastery Course
Certified Course
Participants have the option of attending either the morning- or afternoon time slot for the 6 live Zoom sessions.
The option you choose will be your time slot for the duration of the course:
9.00-11.00 AM CAT/EET Time, UTC +02:00
3.00-5.00 PM CAT/EET Time, UTC +02:00
CEU/CPD Credits and Certificate
This online activity offers a maximum of:
- 30 CEU/CPD credits accredited by the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa,
or - 20 Core Competencies- and 16 Resource Development hours accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Participants will also receive a Certificate of Completion after finishing this course.
Testimonials
This is what people are saying about the course:
Ashleigh Ashworth
Occupational Therapist
"The Practitioners Course exceeded all my expectations. The information was well-presented and extensive. It encompassed all things related to sensory processing from assessment to treatment...
I have become a licensed practitioner and have managed to incorporate the Sensory Matrix™ in the assessment of all my clients. This has provided both me and my clients with invaluable insights into sensory processing and the effect on mental health."
Svetlana Dimovski
Executive & Team Coach
“Currently busy with the Sensory Intelligence® course and WOW!
It really opens a whole new world for me personally as well as professionally.
Would really recommend it for everyone. It provides such a great basis for understanding yourself better.”
Agathe Lazaro
Sensory Design Consultant
"What a gorgeous process to understand how we sense - feel and think!!
It has personally been a glue to my cross-disciplinary approach to Design and Creation. As a designer in a world of OT (Occupational Therapist) during these 12 intense and incredible modules, I felt welcomed, inspired, and fed with information that fuels my own work focus and passion, and add an immense structural value to my designs consulting."
About us
- We are professionals with over 50 years of collective experience, research and practise in mental health and occupational therapy.
- Our work is based on neuroscience and research, yet it is simple and easy to implement.
- Annemarie applies her mission to take the highly complex sensory integration/sensory processing theories and make them easy, accessible, and practical.
- We focus on the environment and the 7 senses - and how they influence attention, emotion and behaviour.
- We have a life-long-learning mindset and while we know more than most people 🧑🏼🎓 we daily continue to learn more ourselves!
- We like having fun and ensure we do that in our learning journeys too!
- Our 3 values are:
- Simplicity - we keep things simple
- Innovation - we hate the proverbial box
- ComPASSION - we are absolutely passionate about what we do and the "therapist" in us makes us hugely compassionate. We understand human beings!
Your facilitators
Dr Annemarie Lombard
Annemarie is the thought leader, founder and CEO of Sensory Intelligence® Consulting, a sensory processing subject expert and the author of “Sensory Intelligence: Why It Matters More Than IQ and EQ”, published by Metz Press, 2007. She has a PhD in Occupational Therapy, acquired through the University of Cape Town in 2012. Dr Lombard has over 35 years of national and international experience in people development and learning and practised as an occupational therapist for 15 years dealing with children with special needs, learning and attention difficulties. She is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She is married to Eugene and has two boys, Lukas and Henrick. She lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
Marieta du Toit
Marieta is a registered and qualified occupational therapist working as a co-facilitator and online coach for Sensory Intelligence® Consulting. She has over 25 years of experience working as a practitioner in sensory processing, learning, development, mental health and well-being. Marieta has done various CPD (continuing professional development) courses in supportive intervention and counselling for people with stress and well-being needs. She is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She is married to Barry and lives in George, South Africa.
We are inviting you to join our one-of-a-kind, world-class, learning journey
Space is limited for the Certified Practitioners Course. The course opens on the 1st of August 2025 with the
first live Zoom session on the 14th of August. Don't miss out!
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Money-back guarantee!
If you join our Certified Practitioners Course, attend all the live sessions and groupwork, and are not satisfied, we will refund you in full... no questions asked.
Choose the Sensory Intelligence® course level that suits your needs best
Foundations Course
US$570
Sign up any time of the year and get immediate access to the online course for 90 days
Sign up nowMastery Course
US$1170
Sign up any time of the year and get immediate access to the online course for 90 days
Sign up nowCertification Course
US$1209
EARLY BIRD OFFER shown above expires on 31 May 2025. Course runs Aug-Oct 2025
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