What Makes Us Different

• Special Interest in Sensory Integration: Our Child Development Centres provide bespoke sensory motor gym facilities to meet the sensory needs of the children we support. 
• Goal Focused Therapy For Children: At Sensational Kids, we provide individualised, goal-focused therapy, working one-on-one with each child until their developmental goals are achieved. Our personalised approach ensures measurable progress and meaningful outcomes for every family.
• Proven Outcomes: A recent independently evaluated outcome measurement project over two years, demonstrated that children attending therapy services at Sensational Kids achieve outcomes above and beyond what is considered to be clinically meaningful change.  

• Our Clinical Team Our clinical team is supported and trained by experts in sensory integration, ensuring that children with sensory needs are receiving evidence-based sensory therapy to Ayres Sensory Integration® international standards. 

• Affordability and Accessibility: Supported by fundraising and grants we provide high-quality therapy services at significantly reduced costs, ensuring that financial barriers do not prevent children from receiving the help they need. 

• Social Enterprise Model: Sensational Kids operates a sustainable, non-profit model, with a unique approach of reinvesting revenue from our shop and services back into the provision of therapy, making it more affordable. There are no shareholders who profit. All revenues are ploughed into our therapy supports for children 

• Holistic Approach: We offer a range of supports under one roof, from occupational and speech therapy to educational and developmental resources for children with a variety of additional needs. 

• Family-Centred Care: Our focus extends beyond the child to include empowering and educating families, ensuring they have the tools and support necessary to foster development at home. 
• Nationwide Impact: Sensational Kids has a growing national presence, with Child Development Centres in Kildare, Cork, Mayo, and Monaghan, serving children and families throughout Ireland. 
• Years of Experience: Sensational Kids has been dedicated to transforming the lives of children with additional needs since 2007.

Our Services – Expert Therapy and Assessments for Children

At Sensational Kids, we specialise in assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based therapy supports for a wide range of developmental and neurological challenges so that every child has the opportunity to be the best version of themselves that is possible for them.

Who We Support at Sensational Kids

We provide therapy and developmental support for children and adolescents, including those with developmental delays and a wide range of neurotypes including:

• Autistic individuals
• ADHD and Attention/Focus Differences
• Developmental Coordination Disorder, Dyspraxia and Motor Planning Difficulties (DCD)
• Down Syndrome 
• Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
• Fragile X Syndrome
• Intellectual Disability
• Sensory Processing Difficulties
• Pre-verbal and non-verbal children
• Vestibular and Balance Disorders
• Auditory Processing Disorders
• Language Delays
• Emotional and Behavioural Challenges

Our team of specialists offers speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, psychology services, and play therapy across our centres in Kildare, Clonakilty (West Cork), Clones (Monaghan), and Claremorris (Mayo). We support families from Dublin, Cork, Galway, Sligo, Monaghan and surrounding areas, making expert care accessible throughout Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Connacht.

Our multidisciplinary team includes Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Play Therapists, and Chartered Educational Psychologists, working collaboratively to create individualised plans tailored to each child’s needs.

Evidence-Based Therapy Models We Use

At Sensational Kids, our therapy team is committed to delivering evidence-based interventions that support the best possible outcomes for children. We employ internationally recognized models and approaches, including:

• Ayres Sensory Integration® – A gold-standard approach for addressing sensory processing challenges.
• Trauma-Informed Practice – Ensuring care that is sensitive to the impact of trauma.
• Neuroaffirmative Approach – Supporting neurodiverse children in a positive, affirming way.
• Perceptual Motor & Sensory Motor Models – Enhancing coordination, balance, and motor planning.
• The CO-OP Approach – A child-centred, performance-based method that uses problem-solving and guided discovery to build skills.
• DIR® Floortime – Promoting emotional and social development through play-based interaction.
• SOS Feeding Approach – Helping children with feeding difficulties in a structured, supportive way.
• CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) – Evidence-based strategies for managing anxiety and behaviour.
• Person-Centred Practice – Placing the child and family at the heart of every intervention.

These models allow us to create individualised therapy plans that are practical, effective, and rooted in research, ensuring children receive the highest standard of care.