October 20, 2013 DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – When you first enter, a multisensory room looks kind of boring – it’s all done in white at the Developmental Achievement Center in Detroit Lakes. So much for first impressions. When it’s in full operation, the room is like a 10-year-old’s dream bedroom: Pillars of bubbling water in … Read More

May 09, 2013 – Allegany Arc is proud to announce the addition of a Multisensory room to its day-habilitation program. They recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony/opening reception to celebrate this achievement. The Multi Sensory Environment (MSE) can stimulate or relax people through the use of touch, sound, vibration, color and/or light – effective in … Read More

October 11, 2012 – Owen Wege was getting his dose of sensory stimulation on Wednesday at Baggaley Elementary School, absorbing the sights of the colorful bubble tubes and a waterfall of lighted fiber-optic strands combined with the clashing sounds of cymbals, tambourines and soothing mood music. The 9-year-old was joined by other youngsters participating in … Read More

Disco lights, music, and a lot of bubbles, are what students at the Regional School for the Deaf and Blind, get to experience in their brand new multi-sensory classroom. This room helps heighten the senses for students who have trouble hearing, or seeing. When the students come in here, the lights and sounds make them … Read More

September 25, 2012 – A Baggaley Elementary School teacher is undertaking a big challenge to transform a small conference room into space that can be used to better the lives of children with autism. A multisensory room in the Unity school will provide a controlled place where students with autism can interact with their environment, … Read More

(MOBILE, Ala.) – Pulsating music and bubbling lights! At first glance, the darkened room with thumping bass and bubble light looks like some high tech dance club. But it’s much more important than that. It is a sensory room. And it’s the newest classroom at Mobile School for the Deaf and Blind. “I’ve seen expressions … Read More

MOBILE, Alabama — Tubes of yellow bubbles that can be changed to green or orange or red with the touch of a button. A pit of iridescent plastic balls, big enough to sit in. Plus a waterbed, vibrating platform and various objects to explore sound, including bells, tambourines and music. These are the objects awaiting … Read More

The Milwaukee Center for Independence offers children a new way for kids to interact with the world in a room that resembles a night club. Physical Therapist Kathryn Cabral says, “This is our multi-sensory environment that we bring children and adults with sensory processing issues to interact with the room, and have a new experience.” … Read More

Source Journal Sentinel June 25, 2012 – Six-year-old John Burks sits near a padded white mat in a white-walled room, waiting for it to be transformed into his own private party space. Streams of red simultaneously gush through a pair of ceiling-to-floor vertical bubble tubes on each side of the room. A pile of fiber … Read More

Treatment and Learning Centers ramps up occupational therapy department April 25, 2012 Maryland – Serhan Stegman toddled to the bubble tubes, wrapped his arms around the long cylinders of water, changing colored light and rising bubbles. Like a child on a carousel, he spun, his tiny arms the fulcrum for his spinning delight. Serhan, 2, … Read More