We recommend attending training at Ash Cottage and its regulating garden spaces to fully experience the

different elements of the SAI Model.

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Every course provides an attendance certificate.

Only those issued by the SAI Centre are officially recognised for course completion and the certification pathway.

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SAI Centre offers a range of training and workshops for professionals, including in-house training, online or in situ.

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Sensory Attachment Intervention theory & practical application​​​​​​​​​​

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Exploring the Function of Behaviours.​

What helps a child feel safe enough to connect, regulate, learn and participate? Sensory Attachment Intervention (SAI) brings together sensory processing, attachment and developmental neuroscience to understand individuals whose regulation has been shaped by trauma, disrupted attachment and adverse early experiences.

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SAI considers the function of behaviour; for example, is it to enable sensory regulation, enhance performance, meet attachment needs, or an indication of regression into survival mode?

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Supporting Stability in the Home.​​

Bedtimes, mealtimes, unstructured home time, and daily transitions can place heavy sensory and relational demands on trauma-impacted children.

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SAI offers birth parents, foster carers and adoptive parents practical tools and a framework for understanding distress, emotional outbursts, hypervigilance, or withdrawal—shifting the focus from managing behaviour to identifying what helps a child become available for connection, coregulation, and felt safety.

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Supporting Participation in Schools.​

Classrooms, transitions, playgrounds and lunchtimes can make significant sensory and relational demands. SAI offers a framework for understanding distress, withdrawal or disengagement. SAI identifies; triggers, signs of overload, and whether the underlying basis for behaviour is related to trauma, sensory processing differences or attachment needs.

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SAI programmes are bespoke to meet each pupil's unique sensory-attachment profile. They are designed to enable emotional regulation, facilitate social engagement, academic performance and participation in extra-curricular activities.

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Supporting Adolescents & Adults' Mental Health.

Balancing complex social, family, academic or professional demands can create unmanaged stress that leads to emotional overwhelm and compromises mental health.

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SAI offers a comprehensive framework to help individuals understand and reflect on how stress responses, sensory processing differences, and attachment patterns affect daily wellbeing. By delivering practical, accessible regulation strategies that seamlessly integrate into daily routines, SAI helps build resilience and enables the capacity to cope with the stresses of life.

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​​​For any enquiries or to book a place on a course please contact: info@sai-centre.com

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