Soft padding – Bounce on it?
Soft matting and wall padding have been a feature of many rooms for a number of years. The addition of wedges, bean bags and other shapes in a space can…
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Won’t Play or Can’t Play? by Chris Barson
Learning to look at things from the child’s point of view is going to help us to get play and communication going in kids on the spectrum. Play and learning…
Sensory vibrations
Sound or hearing stimulation is as important as visual stimulation. Creating vibrations with music can have a big effect on a learner’s ability to understand sound. As well as helping…
Effects Projectors – Look at that!
This is a fun way to project colourful images onto walls, ceilings and floors, even umbrellas. Although it could be argued that video projection offers a wider range of material,…
How far can you push it?
Switching systems will enable the student to turn electrical appliances on and off via switches, which are designed to accommodate many physical demands. These systems offer more than simple on/off…
What did you say?
Hearing is one of the most important senses we have. People without the ability to hear often say that they are the most isolated from our world. I have a…
Relaxology, an out of body experience!
White rooms The design of the white room is unique; it’s a space where students can relax, escape, recuperate and evaporate the stress and complexities of the real world for…
Assessments and investigations of vision – some helpful tips!
It is common to hear that we ‘do visual stimulation’ with students with visual impairments, and it will prove to be beneficial for all ages. However, to do this we…
Prerequisites to communication – based on the work of Dr Chris Kiernan (1982)
In order to communicate and/or to learn to use a language, the learner must have: Sensory Abilities: Adequate Hearing and Vision We need to know to what extent the child…
Sensory Umbrella’s!
The key element of working in the classroom is finding an appropriate environment to work in. This article is going to have a look at one successful and very popular…
Gofindit cards!
Here’s a great idea from Carol Allen – ‘Gofindit cards.’ A brilliant very sensory indoor or outdoor scavenger hunt! Each card shows a different sensory characteristic or sensation – which…
Sensory room environments
Sensory Room Design Get the catalogues and you will note that there are hundreds of products you can use. The catalogues are a veritable Aladdin’s cave of cash consuming gadgets,…
Ipads Autism
We really need hard evidence to support importing new teaching technologies into the classroom. The trouble is, there is little evidence to guide us as to what works and in…
Bubble tubes and Autism
How to use this vital tool with pupils with difficult behaviour. Since the dawn of multi-sensory rooms, light rooms or whatever you may happen to call your special place, one…