Sensory Blog
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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:
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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...
