Building the SNOEZELEN room
In 2007–2010, we worked with the Zahrada Integration Center to build a SNOEZELEN room in the building’s basement. The word snoezelen is a combination of the Dutch words “snuffelen” to smell/sniff, to snoop) and “doezelen” (to doze).
This multi-sensory stimulation room is built in order to meet the needs of the school’s students and the integration center’s other clients. After several years of practical use, the snoezelen room definitely has found its place among the search for new techniques and in the pupils’ schedules.
The room can be used for educational and therapeutic activities, basal stimulation, visual learning, aromatherapy, massages and more. The calm music and diverse sounds from the audio system enable a spatial perception of sound, and the subdued lighting, whose colors the child can change itself, combined with UV lighting effects, water bubbling in a vertical cylinders, an illuminated ball pool, plasma lamp and fiber lights combine to create a stimulating atmosphere. There are also a large projection screen and a data projector, and teachers can work with an illuminated panel and other light-based tools for training visual functions.
Teachers work either individually with one pupil at a time or in small groups. The snoezelen room is also a highly popular place for relaxing between demanding activities during the day.
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