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Showing posts with label Sensory Rooms. Show all posts
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Sep 9, 2011
Mar 7, 2011
Snoezelen Rooms
Article by Marc Rocheleau
Retrieved from windsorite.
For those with severe physical and developmental disabilities, two rooms are offering new hope.
After an open house back in early February at Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s (CNIB) Windsor office, two Snoezelen rooms are in business.
“Snoezelen is a registered name for a type of philosophy,” said Jody Lowrie, CNIB’s Early Childhood Vision Consultant/Early Intervention Specialist for the Blind-Low Vision Program. “It’s used with specially designed equipment or a room that promotes sensation, relaxation and leisure driven by the individual it’s intended for.”
Lowrie is familiar with severe disabilities; her son is autistic and blind. Until 1998, when a Snoezelen room opened at Hospice, people had to travel to Kitchener to use one. The sensory stimulation therapy gave her son a chance to relax and stopped him from biting himself.
Due to lack of funding, the Hospice location was recently forced to close. Realizing there was available space at CNIB, Lowrie made the pitch to host two rooms there.
“I had seen that we had extra office space in our local office that wasn’t always being utilized and asked if we could transform it into Snoezelen rooms,” she said. “Approval came from Sherry Malcho, Regional Manager for Southwestern CNIB. I had been using the room in Windsor with the young clients I work with and was aware of its closure due to lack of funding so I proposed to the Windsor-Essex Sensory Community Centre that ‘if CNIB kept it as a Community Room would they donate the equipment to us?’”
The group approved the donation, thanks in large part to Marlene Crawford. Being involved with the room at Hospice since its inception, keeping it in the community meant a lot to her.
One room contains two vibrating bubble tubes, a shimmering light-curtain, line light that glows in black light, mirrors, a bean bag and rocking chair, evening breeze, a falling leaf interactive wall panel, soothing music and can accommodate a wheelchair. The other room, geared towards younger users, contains a bubble wall panel, solar projector, mirrorball, waterbed, interactive sensory busy and glow boards, sparkles the clown and a traffic light.
Retrieved from windsorite.
For those with severe physical and developmental disabilities, two rooms are offering new hope.
After an open house back in early February at Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s (CNIB) Windsor office, two Snoezelen rooms are in business.
“Snoezelen is a registered name for a type of philosophy,” said Jody Lowrie, CNIB’s Early Childhood Vision Consultant/Early Intervention Specialist for the Blind-Low Vision Program. “It’s used with specially designed equipment or a room that promotes sensation, relaxation and leisure driven by the individual it’s intended for.”
Lowrie is familiar with severe disabilities; her son is autistic and blind. Until 1998, when a Snoezelen room opened at Hospice, people had to travel to Kitchener to use one. The sensory stimulation therapy gave her son a chance to relax and stopped him from biting himself.
Due to lack of funding, the Hospice location was recently forced to close. Realizing there was available space at CNIB, Lowrie made the pitch to host two rooms there.
“I had seen that we had extra office space in our local office that wasn’t always being utilized and asked if we could transform it into Snoezelen rooms,” she said. “Approval came from Sherry Malcho, Regional Manager for Southwestern CNIB. I had been using the room in Windsor with the young clients I work with and was aware of its closure due to lack of funding so I proposed to the Windsor-Essex Sensory Community Centre that ‘if CNIB kept it as a Community Room would they donate the equipment to us?’”
The group approved the donation, thanks in large part to Marlene Crawford. Being involved with the room at Hospice since its inception, keeping it in the community meant a lot to her.
One room contains two vibrating bubble tubes, a shimmering light-curtain, line light that glows in black light, mirrors, a bean bag and rocking chair, evening breeze, a falling leaf interactive wall panel, soothing music and can accommodate a wheelchair. The other room, geared towards younger users, contains a bubble wall panel, solar projector, mirrorball, waterbed, interactive sensory busy and glow boards, sparkles the clown and a traffic light.
Nov 10, 2009
Try This Tuesday: Sensory Rooms
Hello I am Amber and I am one of the Kidz Krew members. I am a SAHM of 4 wonderful kids. Each of my children are a blessing to me and each one hold there very own unique design about them. Trey is my Good Helper and loving big brother, Jordan is of course my lil momma sassy girl girl, Lance is my feisty athletic type, and Brandon is my angel on earth, my special needs baby.
All of them have shown me great things in this life and because of them I am a better person. So who am i now well lets see..... I am Amber I love to read, blog, be with my family, and love life in General. I am great to talk to I love to be able to help others. I have been happily married to the man of my dreams for 6yrs now. We live in the country in a small town called De Queen, Arkansas. Its nice and peaceful and not alot goes on here but I love small towns. If you would like to know more about me or my wonderful family please stop by and view my sons site.....www.prayforbrandon.org and feel free to drop us a note.
All of them have shown me great things in this life and because of them I am a better person. So who am i now well lets see..... I am Amber I love to read, blog, be with my family, and love life in General. I am great to talk to I love to be able to help others. I have been happily married to the man of my dreams for 6yrs now. We live in the country in a small town called De Queen, Arkansas. Its nice and peaceful and not alot goes on here but I love small towns. If you would like to know more about me or my wonderful family please stop by and view my sons site.....www.prayforbrandon.org and feel free to drop us a note.
I wanted to share with you something I posted awhile back on Brandon's Blog.
Well as some of you may have heard we have been accepted for Make a Wish program. Part of the wish I want is called a Sensory Room area. I found some really cool videos on this and will share them with you soon. I have seen how sensory rooms effect Brandon because we have certain areas in the house like his bed we have a twilight turtle a friend bought him for his birthday that lights the room with stars...
Well as some of you may have heard we have been accepted for Make a Wish program. Part of the wish I want is called a Sensory Room area. I found some really cool videos on this and will share them with you soon. I have seen how sensory rooms effect Brandon because we have certain areas in the house like his bed we have a twilight turtle a friend bought him for his birthday that lights the room with stars...
We have a seahorse that another friend got him that plays music and sounds like bubbles and water.
He has a music box with all different sounds that help him feel relaxed and calm
He is light sensitive and visually impaired so dimmed areas of the house with a movie or not bright lights make him happy.
At school they have different areas for him they call it his quiet area where he goes when too much is going on and he gets upset. They have different feel and touch things on the wall, they have a mirror just different things for him. I love that and with a house of 6 I think he will benefit from this if we had a area in our house for just him.
So let me explain what a Sensory Area Room is :
a place where your child can go to relax, explore, and find new ways to communicate.
At school they have different areas for him they call it his quiet area where he goes when too much is going on and he gets upset. They have different feel and touch things on the wall, they have a mirror just different things for him. I love that and with a house of 6 I think he will benefit from this if we had a area in our house for just him.
So let me explain what a Sensory Area Room is :
a place where your child can go to relax, explore, and find new ways to communicate.
I got this from this site to help you better understand what a sensory room really is:
By the term "sensory room", we are talking about a specific room, with specific sensory equipment and activities, to benefit specific sensory processing difficulties. The room must be tailored to one's specific sensory needs just the same as, for example, you purchase a mattress and/or pillow. Some people will prefer a firm mattress and firm pillow, some prefer a soft mattress and soft pillow, and some prefer a combination, soft mattress with a hard pillow or vice versa.
Although a sensory room will be tailored to address an individual's unique needs, (and ideally would be set up with input from a knowledgeable professional such as an occupational therapist) there is also certain equipment which can have therapeutic sensory system effects on most anyone.
Although a sensory room will be tailored to address an individual's unique needs, (and ideally would be set up with input from a knowledgeable professional such as an occupational therapist) there is also certain equipment which can have therapeutic sensory system effects on most anyone.
There is a lot of good information on that site that is very helpful to you if you are more interested in.
Its a therapeutic way of learning while in a good frame of mind. To me it would be like a day in the spa for us. So just watch the videos and find out how you can do this for your children to. Oh just a reminder I only want a part of a room made for him like this the rest I have other ideas for the rest of it lol wait and see them on the next post.
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