Looking Into The Senses

Senses found In a Sensory Room

The world is full on sensory stimuli. Adding these stimuli to the Multi Sensorial Rooms would help the individual who suffers from the disability to relax and calm down. Most individuals are not able to respond properly to different stimuli and others could have lost the skill to respond due to accidents or different illnesses’. For these individuals the world could be a scary and difficult place full of different reactions to stimulation. This could result in inappropriate behaviour and individuals reacting in ways that others do not understand. That is why Multi Sensorial Environments are crucial for these individuals.

A Multi sensorial space may be used to educate or relax by adapting different sounds, lighting techniques to the needs of the individual. These rooms mainly consist of areas that help the individual to relax, develop learning skills, stimulate senses and help individuals during therapy.

The five senses which we are most familiar with:

1.       Vision: Provides us with details about what we see

2.       Touch: Keeps us in contact with our surroundings

3.       Smell: We use the sense of smell all the time to identify many things

4.       Hearing: Provides us with details about the sounds we hear

5.       Taste: Gives us feedback on different types of tastes

Two senses with which we may not be as familiar are:

1.       Vestibular —this sense puts balance into our lives.

2.       Proprioception —this sense processes information from our muscles, joints, and other body parts to provide us with an unconscious awareness of the position of our body parts

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