Sensory Room
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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. For autistic users, autism-friendly lighting in a sensory room can improve a child's focus and attention to detail while in a fun, relaxing and safe space... -
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.
A sensory school environment is a must for kids nowadays, especially for those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and sensory challenges. They provide a safe space for children to develop cognitively, emotionally, and socially.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 54 children have been identified with ASD in the United States. So, you can imagine that there’s a significant number of sensory seekers in the classroom who need the very best support.
In this article, we’ll explain what multisensory solutions are, why it’s so important that schools invest in them, and we’ll also reveal our top 5 sensory solutions for schools.
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Occupational Therapy Sensory Room Activities
An occupational therapy sensory room will provide a host of benefits for individuals with sensory processing disorder (SPD). Participating in sensory processing activities during occupational therapy sessions helps to aid development and improve well-being for those with SPD. Our brains are designed to process a variety of senses every day... -
5 Sensory Tips to Soothe Anxiety in Dementia Patients
Individuals that have Alzheimer’s or dementia may also experience anxiety. Although it can feel overwhelming, properly identifying anxiety in dementia patients and offering the best types of support is essential. In this blog post, we’re going to explain what anxiety is, discuss some dementia anxiety symptoms, and offer five top... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Creating a Sensory Soft Play Room
The Benefits of a Soft Play Sensory Room
Creating 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...