Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment
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The Benefits of Sensory Rooms in Schools
The benefits of a multisensory environment have become much more apparent in recent years, with a key indicator of this being the steadily increasing appearance of sensory rooms in schools, and outside of the typical home/care home environment in general. In December 2018, education secretary Damian Hinds announced that councils...
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Autism in Mainstream Schools
Autism in Mainstream Schools
Multisensory equipment: not just for special education settingsEvery school, whether mainstream or special education, includes students who could benefit from support through a range of specialist sensory equipment.
Autism affects about one in 100 children, with an estimated 71% of children with autism now attending a mainstream school, so it is more important than ever to help students on the autistic spectrum get the support they need to thrive in a mainstream school setting. Continue reading
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Experia Teams up with the North East Autism Society to create a Future-Proofed Sensory Room
North East Autism Society's Future-Proofed Sensory Room
Students at NE-AS Facility Newton Aycliffe School will be some of the first to benefit from new state-of-the-art sensory equipmentLeading sensory specialist Experia has created a new state-of-the-art room for young adults at Aycliffe School in County Durham.
The independent specialist school, which is based in the North East Centre for Autism, Newton Aycliffe, received more than £9,000 from the Postcode Community Trust (funded entirely by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery) to help finance the specialist project. Continue reading
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What Sensory Input Activities Can Be Used in a Multi-Sensory Room
Following on from my Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment Series, I bring you my latest instalment: Sensory input activities that can be used in a multi-sensory room. Continue reading
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Why use a Multi-Sensory Room?
Following on from my Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment Series, I bring you my latest instalment, why use a multi-sensory room? Continue reading
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Sequencing
As part of our Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment series, our OT Jessica Brown, presents the next instalment titled "Sequencing". Continue reading
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Turn Taking
As part of our Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment series, our OT Jessica Brown, presents the next instalment titled "Turn Taking". Continue reading
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Interaction
As part of our Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment series, our OT Jessica Brown, presents the next instalment titled "Interaction". Continue reading
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Story Telling and Theming
As part of our Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment series, our OT Jessica Brown, presents the next instalment titled "Story Telling and Theming". Continue reading
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Shape Recognition, Number Recognition and Colour Recognition
At Experia we realise the importance of Educational Values when designing our Sensory Rooms and equipment. We have teamed up with our own OT Jessica Brown to bring you this new Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment series. Continue reading