VISION
Children with special needs are
purposefully included in the community.
Mission
To serve children with special needs and their families with customized, sensory-based programs to maximize developmental potential leading to independence and inclusion.

Values

History
Founded in October of 2007, It’s a Sensory World! was created by a parent, Rekha Suryanarayana, and a teacher, Angela Stephens. Together their vision was to create a space where children with special needs would not only be accepted but celebrated.
It’s a Sensory World! began as the first recreational sensory gym in the state and the second in the nation. Over time, It’s a Sensory World! has grown to include unique, sensory-based educational and recreational programming filling the service delivery gaps in the region. Today, it’s a Sensory World! serves hundreds of children with special needs and their families from 70+ zip codes throughout North Texas and is well-known in the community for providing heartfelt, high-quality services.
Team

ANGELA STEPHENS
Executive Director

KALIE TANGREDI
Development Assistant

BAILEY PARKER
Operations Manager

REBECCA MCBRIDE
Program Coordinator

ASHLEY DEAVER
Director of Administration

MYKAELA JOHNSON
Recreational Program Coordinator

BRIA MANNING
Teacher

MAKAYLA CRUZ
Teacher

KJELSON LOGAN
Teacher

CANDACE PICKARD
Teacher

JAMIE GOOGINS
Teacher

REGINA GUNSALUS
Teacher

REBEKAH WAMSLEY
Teacher

ALYSSA BROWN
Teacher

LYSA SANTOS
Teacher

JULISSA RUIZ
Teacher

KAREN ROCHA
Teacher

DESTINY HARRIS
Teacher

SEAN SMITH
Teacher

NATALIE WALSH
Teacher

VICTORIA FERGUSON
Program Assistant

PAUL MARCUM
Program Assistant

BRITTANY RUNKLES
Social Coach

MARIA HERRERA
Sensory Motor Coach
Approach / Model of Care
It’s a Sensory World! holds a DIR® ACCREDITATION through The International Council on Development and Learning (ICDL). DIR® is the Developmental, Individual-differences, & Relationship-based approach that has become the foundation for understanding child development and providing support and intervention that helps children reach their fullest potential.


DIRFloortime® (also known as Floortime™) uses the DIR® foundation to provide an intervention for children with Autism and other mental health and developmental disabilities that have been shown through research and practice to be very effective.
DIR® ACCREDITATION is a process by which programs, practices, organizations, or schools can show that they are implementing DIR®practices and policies in a way that ensures to their community that they are providing actual DIR® services and high fidelity Floortime™ (Floortime™ that is consistent with the evidence-based therapeutic model).