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Sensory Rooms for Dementia

Multisensory environments can be massively beneficial for dementia patients. Learn more about how to create an effective sensory room for dementia.

Ways to Improve Fine Motor Skills

Developing, maintaining and improving fine motor skills is key at all stages of life. We take a look at a few ways to keep those fine motor skills sharp in both children and adults.

What’s Needed to Create a Dementia-Friendly Environment?

We take a look at what you should include or avoid when ensuring that an environment is suitable for someone with dementia.

25 Fun Assisted Living Activity Ideas

If you know a senior living in an assisted living facility, these tips are a great way to reconnect, bond and entertain yourselves in a fun and accessible way.

The Right Calming Sensory Lights for Your Sensory Room

At the heart of every sensory room are calming sensory lights. Sensory lights provide stunning effects and help to create stimulating environments for all needs

The Benefits of Soft Play

The benefits of indoor play for children's development are endless! Sensory soft play is very popular with children of all ages and needs as soft play provides a safe and fun environment for them to explore and hone their skills.

The Benefits Of Multisensory Rooms

There are many multi-sensory room benefits and creating a multi-sensory room is a fantastic way to provide a safe and interactive environment for users to explore their senses and improve the way they process new information

7 Sensory Overload Symptoms to Look Out For

How to identify key signs of sensory overload.

Five Ways an ASD Sensory Room can Help Children

Though difficulty with sensory integration can be a developmental hurdle for those with ASD, a sensory room for an autistic child can help them facilitate communication, engage with sensory skills, and develop motor skills, among many other benefits.

How to Recognize Early Signs of Dyslexia

As a hidden disability, dyslexia symptoms can often be hard to recognize, especially the signs of dyslexia in toddlers and early signs of dyslexia in children

3 Dyslexia Learning Tools

According to The Society for Neuroscience, headquartered in Washington DC, an astonishing 5 to 15 percent of Americans have dyslexia, making it difficult for them to spell, read, and write.

Our Top 5 Sensory Solutions for Schools

With the school year coming to an end, investing in sensory equipment for schools is an excellent way to make learning facilities more inclusive for years to come and put leftover budget dollars to good use.

5 Outdoor Sensory Play Activities

Outdoor sensory play activities provide the opportunity to immerse young minds in their senses in a new environment

Occupational Therapy Sensory Room Activities

An occupational therapy sensory room will provide a host of benefits for individuals with sensory processing disorder (SPD).

4 Best Autism Communication Tools

If you know or care for someone with autism, you’ll understand how difficult it can sometimes be to communicate with them.

4 Sensory Activities for Cerebral Palsy

Engaging in sensory activities for kids with cerebral palsy is incredibly beneficial and important for their development.

5 Sensory Tips to Soothe Anxiety in Dementia Patients

Individuals that have Alzheimer’s or dementia may also experience anxiety.

Understanding the Different Types of Stimming

What is stimming? Also known as self-stimulatory behavior, different types of stimming are a common occurrence in people with autism and sensory processing difficulties.

4 Ways to Navigate Autism and Routine when Social Distancing

All over the world, people’s regular routines have been disrupted in impactful ways, due to the restrictions in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus.

6 Key Pieces of Portable Sensory Equipment

Sensory rooms can work wonders for people who face sensory challenges. But, sometimes, you need access to these sensory tools on-the-go.

Indoor Activities to do with Dementia Patients

Engaging and stimulating individuals living with dementia is extremely important for their health, mood, and overall wellbeing.