Sensory Blog
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Environmental Control in a Multisensory Room
What is Sensory Environmental Control? Multisensory rooms and products are of huge benefit to individuals with autism, ADHD, Alzheimer’s and other limited abilities. It’s important to remember that everyone with these challenges is unique and tolerates different levels of sensory stimulation, so often a one-size-fits-all approach isn’t ideal. For those...
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7 Sensory Overload Symptoms to Look Out For
Every day, each of us experiences sensory inputs – from listening to the radio while getting ready in the morning to smelling the perfume you’ve put on before heading out the front door. Nowadays, we are experiencing more sensory inputs than ever before; technology is continuously sending us sounds and...
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The Different Kinds of Autism Explained
Autism is not an illness; it is a developmental disorder that affects one in fifty-nine individuals. The key characteristics of autism include difficulties with communication, language and social interaction, as well as fixations with routine and specific topics. People with autism typically show symptoms as an infant; however, the disorder...
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The Benefits of Sensory Stimulation
What is Sensory Stimulation? In simple terms, multisensory stimulation provides a way to awaken senses through a variety of activities and materials. Sensory stimulation typically applies to the sensory systems which we’ll briefly pinpoint here before we explore the benefits of sensory stimulation in further detail: Vestibular - Physical movement...
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Creating a Sensory Soft Play Room
The Benefits of a Soft Play Sensory RoomCreating a soft sensory play room is a great way to provide a safe and engaging environment for children to explore their senses and process new information. By engaging with their environment and react to its stimuli, such as different textures, materials and colours individuals can broaden their development skills.. This is especially important for young children, allowing them to "use their creativity while developing their imagination, dexterity, and physical, cognitive, and emotional strength." Soft play rooms should be soft by nature so that the user can feel as if they are in a comfortable, safe space where they can focus on playing, interacting and learning. Some of the benefits of a soft play room include:
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Why Choose a White Sensory Room?
When you picture a typical sensory room, you might picture soft play items displaying primary colors and changing color LED lights. Color plays an important role in sensory development, but what sensory colors play which part and what is a white sensory room? Greens and Blues Blues and greens are...
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Key Sensory Items for Autism
There are so many sensory items for autism, where should you begin? Since every person with autism is so different with different needs, the autism sensory products you choose will depend on what the user benefits from most. Our sensory tools for autism span over a range of themes and...
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Understanding Sensory Motor Integration
What is Sensory Motor Integration? The definition of sensory motor integration is a complex matter but it is important that it is understood. Sensory motor integration refers to the link between the nerves (sensory system) and the muscles (motor skills) and to the process of receiving information through our senses...
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Teaching Emotional Intelligence
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:
