What
is a Multi-Sensory Room?
It is a room dedicated to blocking out noise, control space, temperature,
and lighting. It is an artificially created atmosphere that brings together multi-sensory
equipment in one place to stimulate the senses. This multi-sensory experience promotes
pleasure and feelings
of well-being and can be utilized as part of the individual treatment experience. It is
Controlled Sensory Input (CSI), especially designed to promote choice and interaction,
through planned and carefully modulated sensory stimulation. It relieves stress, anxiety
and pain. Multisensory rooms have been shown to help people with autism, brain injury,
challenging behaviors, dementia, developmental disabilities, mental illness, palliative
care, pre and post surgery, PTSD, special education and of course wellness. Multisensory
rooms work by maximizing a person’s potential to focus and then to act on this change
through an adaptive response to their environment. An adaptive response is defined as the
individual initiating and reacting in a meaningful, productive way to situations, things
and people in their environment.
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