STAR Institute for Sensory Processing

🌑 The gnome went missing on a Tuesday.
By Wednesday, the crops were moving.
By Thursday, the creatures stopped acting like animals.
By Friday… something knew they were coming.

This summer, your teen joins a team of adventurers to uncover a growing darkness — and learns real skills along the way.

🎲 Roll, Play, Grow summer groups are now enrolling.
Online | Ages 13–21 | June through September

They won't just play a character. They'll become one.
🔗 https://sensoryhealth.org/basic/roll-play-grow

⏰ One week out. And the question worth asking before you arrive:

What does neuroaffirming practice actually require of you — not in theory, but in the room, in the relationship, in the system you work inside every day?

That's not a rhetorical question at Differently Wired Thriving. It's the dialogue. Researchers, neurodivergent professionals, and clinicians working through it together, out loud, in real time — because the honest answer is more complex than any single framework has acknowledged.

Want a special discount? 💬 Comment "THRIVING" and we'll send the offer straight to your DMs
🗓 June 10–12 | 8:00am-1:30pm MT
📍 Virtual | 3 days live + 60-day on-demand
🔗 https://bit.ly/star-thriving2026
✅ CEU add-on available (AOTA/ASHA 15 contact hours)

Sessions you won't want to miss:
→ Movement Differences in a Nonspeaking, Autistic Body — Damon Kirsebom
→ Fluid Embodiment — Dr. Nick Walker
→ Re-writing Negative Narratives — Dr. Toni Solaru
→ Understanding Non-belonging in a Changing World — Dr. Karen Gravett
→ Environment Matters: Those Most Impacted Leading Inclusive Design — Vesper Moore
→ Becoming a Neurodivergent-Serving Institution of Higher Education (IHE) — Dr. Alicia Broderick
→ Energy Accounting for Neurodivergent Thriving: The Smart Phone Analogy — Jodie Clark

🔹 Facilitated dialogues — not lectures
🔹 Application Labs — strategies you can use immediately