Research

A published study examined the Senspace method in a rehabilitation centre. This page explains what the researchers studied, what the paper reports and what remains to be established for home use.

The publication

Kateryna Latysheva (2025). Comprehensive Sensory Integration in Corrective Work with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Using the Senspace Method. Journal of Educational Technology and Learning Creativity, 3(2), 583–595.

Read the full publication · Open access · Published 29 December 2025

What was studied

• Participants: 50 children with an autism diagnosis, aged 4–7.
• Duration: ten weeks, with assessments before and after the programme.
• Groups: 25 children received Senspace; 25 received the centre’s usual educational and speech-language support.
• Setting: a community rehabilitation centre. Specialists completed training in the Senspace protocol before delivering it.

The study used a quasi-experimental design: it compared changes in two groups, but did not use full random assignment. The comparison group did not receive Senspace or another structured sensory intervention during the study.

What the paper reports

The author reports improvements in the Senspace group in sensory responses, social communication and everyday adaptive skills, with little change in the comparison group. Assessments included the Sensory Profile, Vineland-3 and an observation scale developed for the study.

These results are encouraging and support further investigation. They describe changes in the study groups; they do not predict how much an individual child will change or how quickly. The numerical results and statistical analyses are available in Tables 1 and 2 and the results section of the full paper.

Limits of the evidence

• The study involved a small sample at one centre. Its findings cannot automatically be extended to all children, ages or settings.
• Without full random assignment, other differences between the groups may have influenced the results.
• There was no longer-term follow-up to establish whether the reported changes were sustained.
• The study-specific observation scale requires further validation.
• This study did not directly compare Senspace with another structured sensory integration programme.

What this means for the website

The study evaluated a programme delivered by trained specialists. It did not evaluate this website, an automated exercise-selection algorithm or independent parent-led home practice. Those uses require their own checks and evaluation.

We are using the publication to inform the structure of the home resource while preparing clear exercise instructions and reviewing the rules for selection and timing. The free programme builder is still being prepared and does not yet provide an exercise programme.