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).
Sensory Room
These are blogs that help someone to build a sensory room
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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. -
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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Preventing Meltdowns in Children With Autism
We've all been there. You head into the grocery store and right when your cart is full and you're waiting in line, your child goes berserk! They can't stay one more minute in the checkout line and right when their voice hits a decibel that can crack a mirror, you realize you can't stay there either. Preventing meltdowns is difficult enough, but trying to prevent autism tantrums and meltdowns is like trying to decode a ticking bomb. And just when you think you've got a strategy in place, voila! You're back to square one. So let's take a look at some autism meltdown strategies to help you find the best way to deal with autistic tantrums.
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Sensory Benefits of a Bubble Tube
What is a Bubble Tube?
Bubble tubes are a key piece of sensory equipment that plays a vital role in sensory development and feature in a wide number of sensory rooms or environments and there are many sensory benefits of a bubble tube. Bubble tubes create constantly moving color changing bubbles which can both sooth ad catch the eye. We have a range of controllers – these are our iRiS Talkers. Continue reading
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Lighting, Equipment and Bubble Tubes for Sensory Rooms
Designing a sensory room can be a lengthy process, and many areas need to be considered to produce the best possible environment for the user. It's worth investigating how to incorporate certain elements, such as bubble tubes when planning a multisensory room. Experia USA supplies a selection of specialized lights, mirrors...
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A Multisensory Room For Back To School
This year as the school year begins at Ingleside Primary School in Ingleside, Texas or the Robert Driscoll Elementary School in Robstown, Texas, the children will have the privilege of spending time in a quality multisensory room, as part of their routine. The multisensory rooms are designed specifically for each...
