Event Details

  • Start Date 01/29/2026
  • Start Time 08:00
  • End Date 01/31/2026
  • End Time 18:00
  • Location Porto, Portugal

INTERNATIONAL SENSORY INTEGRATION CONGRESS

• Provide a platform for exchanging and debating current currents of thought and future directions of Jean Ayres’ Theory and Practice of Sensory Integration;

• Make known and support the best and different types of intervention based on the Sensory Integration Approach, in different age groups;

• Demonstrate the importance of working in partnership between professionals from different areas in assessment and intervention;

• Demonstrate the contribution of play in promoting participation in different contexts;

• Enhance the optimization of the assessment and intervention process in accordance with the principles of the Sensory Integration Approach;

• Promote scientific research in the area of Occupational Therapy.

Topics Speakers Time Venue
Welcome Ceremony ISIC2025 08:30 - 09:00 Arquivo
Sensory reactivity in autism and links to mental health ISIC2025 09:00 - 10:00 Arquivo
Precision Occupational Therapy in Ayres Sensory Integration: the Future is Now ISIC2025 10:15 - 11:15 Arquivo
Break 11:15 - 12:00 Poente Groundfloor
Sensory modulation dysfunction (SMD) and Pain in health and health conditions: self-reporting, psychophysical, and neurophysiological expressions ISIC2025 12:00 - 12:40 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #1 ISIC2025 12:50 - 13:05 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #2 ISIC2025 13:10 - 13:25 Arquivo
Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 Poente Groundfloor
Amplifying Best Practice through Comprehensive Assessment ISIC2025 ISIC2025 14:30 - 15:30 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #3 ISIC2025 15:40 - 15:55 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #4 ISIC2025 16:00 - 16:15 Arquivo
Expo (ISIC 2026 Participants) 08:30 - 19:00 Poente Groundfloor
Expo (General Public) 15:00 - 19:00 Poente Groundfloor
Topics Speakers Time Venue
How do you feel? Interoception and Sensory Integration ISIC2025 09:00 - 10:00 Arquivo
Ayres Sensory Integrataion and Toileting Participation Issues ISIC2025 10:15 - 10:40 Arquivo
Identification and early intervention in sensory processing changes: SIIRQ and Up Routines ISIC2025 10:45 - 11:10 Arquivo
Break 11:15 - 12:00 Poente Groundfloor
Bridging Sensory Worlds: The Experiences of Children with and without Disabilities and Their Parents ISIC2025 12:00 - 12:40 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #5 ISIC2025 12:50 - 13:05 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #6 ISIC2025 13:10 - 13:25 Arquivo
Lunch 13:30 - 14:30 Poente Groundfloor
NEUROSCIENCE-ASI ISIC2025 14:30 - 15:25 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #7 ISIC2025 15:30 - 15:45 Arquivo
Oral Presentation #8 ISIC2025 15:50 - 16:05 Arquivo
Sensory Processing from Genetics to Functional Imaging ISIC2025 16:10 - 17:10 Arquivo
Closing ISIC2025 17:15 - 17:30 Arquivo
Expo (ISIC 2026 Participants) 08:30 - 18:00 Poente Groundfloor
Expo (General Public) 15:00 - 18:00 Poente Groundfloor
Gala Dinner 20:00 - 23:00 Furnas