Educational Value of Sensory Room Equipment
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Helping a Child with Dyspraxia through Multisensory Solutions
Dyspraxia, also known as developmental coordination disorder, affects children in a number of ways that can make everyday activities difficult. There is a variety of types of dyspraxia which affect different areas of coordination: Oromotor dyspraxia – which can make it difficult to coordinate the muscles needed to pronounce words...
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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