Sensory rooms are designed to allow anxious students to blow off steam and calm down. They're often intended for children on the autism spectrum, but proponents say they can benefit any agitated ...

Parker Hoesel, a second grader at Webb Elementary School, demonstrates a trust fall inside the school’s sensory room while Doug Adams, the school’s behavioral interventionist, watches. Webb was able ...

Sensory rooms, once the domain of special-needs students, particularly children diagnosed with autism and Asperger’s syndrome, are going mainstream. Through the use of objects like lights, rocking ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WHNT) – Students in Limestone County are back in the classroom this week. However, for some students, the lights, posters, noises, and activity can be overwhelming. That’s where sensory ...

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Emma E. Booker Elementary used to have a sensory room, but after roughly 20 years, it had become outdated and limited. Now, with outside support from a local business, the school has a fully renovated ...

Where most people simply saw a school storage closet, Stacey Nelson saw a place where special needs elementary school students could get transformative care. Nelson applied for and received a $4,500 ...

GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WOOD) — October is National Sensory Processing Awareness Month. A West Michigan family and Hope Network are sharing the importance of making spaces more inclusive. Originally from ...

Claire House unveils a new sensory room on the Wirral to support seriously ill children with calming, inclusive and adaptable ...

COLONIE – Carabelle Audi sat in the front row at the news conference Tuesday grinning from ear to ear as her mother announced the soon-to-be opening Bring on the Spectrum, a new community space and ...

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso announced a $9.25 million investment Tuesday to build new sensory rooms for students with disabilities across the borough, calling it one of the largest ...

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