I saw a post the other day on Facebook that said, "Instead of teaching kids to not stare, teach them to say hello." It’s all the rave these days, emotional intelligence or EQ (emotional quotient).
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Our Top 10 Sensory Activities for Autism
Why use sensory activities for autism?
According to a leading autism charity, The National Autistic Society, around 700,000 people are on the autism spectrum, so it’s more important than ever to prioritize understanding autism. Autism and Asperger’s affects three main areas of a person’s life:
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5 Things a Bubble Tube is Used For
Every so often, someone asks us, ‘what does a bubble tube do?’ or ‘what is a bubble tube used for?’ These are great questions as bubble tubes are highly versatile multisensory tools. So, how does a bubble tube work? A bubble tube has water pumped through it while light at...
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7 Calming Strategies for Autism
For children with autism, there are many things throughout the day that can unexpectedly trigger stress and frustrations. Whether this is through the sensory overload of sound, touch, or something else, autistic children can struggle to process and communicate these experiences. Here are seven calming strategies for autism to help alleviate signs of stress. Each child responds differently, and so it's all about trying different autism calming techniques and finding out what works to calm sensory overload in autism.
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Autism and Multisensory Rooms
Sensory Room Ideas for Autism
Sensory rooms for autism can be extremely beneficial. Featuring a combination of sensory room items for autism, including lights, selected auditory systems, and specialized furniture, it can provide the perfect space for developing communication skills and thought processes. Autism can impact a person’s ability to interact and process information that they receive from their environment. Each individual is different, and the environment that you create should reflect their unique needs. Here are some sensory room ideas for autism.
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Benefits of Sensory Fiber Optics Integration
If you walk into a multisensory room, you will more than likely see some very attractive, color changing strands - sensory fiber optic strands. These spaghetti-like strands full of light can take on the form of a variety of presentations and are very useful for stimulating both vision and touch. Sensory room fiber optics can be used to entice individuals to interact with their sensory room environment. The benefits of fiber optic light for children help those with neuro differences such as Autism, ADHD, sensory integration dysfunction, learning differences, and Alzheimer’s. And we know that fiber optics benefit sensory integration and sensory processing enabling those with sensory challenges to engage with their environment. -
Understanding the Different Types of Stimming
What is stimming, and more specifically, what is stimming behavior? Also known as self-stimulatory behavior, different types are a common occurrence in people with autism and sensory processing difficulties. It can be used to describe repetitive movements such as rocking, jumping or flicking fingers. Each individual is different; however, stimming...
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5 Pieces of Sensory Soft Play Equipment for Development
Sensory soft play is a great way to help develop a range of areas such as social skills and creativity by fostering a safe and secure environment for users to relax and express themselves in new ways. These are just some of the many benefits of soft play for both...
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Let Your Holidays Be Sensational
The winter holidays provide a memorable and remarkable time for sharing, family, giving and for sensory stimulation. Let your holidays be sensational by taking advantage of ways to properly stimulate everyone’s sensory system without over-stimulating it. These Thanksgiving, Hanukkah or Christmas sensory ideas are our top 5 ways to get...
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Understanding Autism: How You Can Make a Difference
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 68 children (1 in 42 boys and 1 in 189 girls) will be born each year having the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). What is it that makes these individuals so unique? And better yet, how can we as...
