Multisensory areas provide a calming and relaxing environment as well as learning opportunities for all children, not just those with special needs. So try to visit a multisensory room or make your own as part of your project on light and dark.
Settings that cater specifically for children with multiple disabilities are increasingly fortunate enough to have multisensory rooms. These rooms are distraction-free, often 'whited out', areas that might include equipment such as:
* a variety of different lighting equipment including fibre-optic tubes, spotlights, bubble tubes, mirage-effect projectors, fluorescent materials and ultraviolet lights
* mirror balls
* sound/light panels
* olfactory boxes
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