Beyond the Classroom: Sensory Support at Home with Natasha Grays

Schools have sensory rooms, sensory audits, and sensory-informed environments – but what about home? For many neurodivergent children, the place they're supposed to feel safest is quietly making things worse.

Today, Dale is joined by Natasha Grays, founder of The Sensory Haven, to discuss sensory support at home and how it supports regulation, learning, and sleep.

Natasha explains why so many families are unknowingly living in homes that are working against their child's nervous system – through lighting, noise, materials, and clutter – and why the good news is that the most impactful changes are often the simplest and cheapest to make.

Dale and Natasha explore:

– Why swapping a harsh overhead light for a soft lamp can shift a child's entire nervous system.

– How background noises that adults barely notice can feel genuinely painful to a sensory-sensitive child.

– Why the hard floors and minimal soft furnishings that look so good on Pinterest can turn a home into an echo chamber of stress.

"It's about making small, easy, practical changes to lower the sensory overload in the home."

— Natasha Grays

An episode full of ideas you can act on today – without spending a fortune.

About Natasha Grays Natasha Grays is the founder of The Sensory Haven; a sensory design consultant, speaker, and CPD-certified Sensory Integration Facilitator helping families create calmer, more supportive home environments for neurodivergent and sensory-sensitive children.

With over 20 years of international interior design experience, alongside lived experience and extensive self-education around sensory processing, emotional regulation, nervous system wellbeing, sleep, and neuroinclusive environments, Natasha helps families better understand how lighting, noise levels, visual clutter, layout flow, and sensory stress can impact behaviour, anxiety, sleep, focus, and overall family wellbeing.