A Guide to Developing a Sensory Space
Developing a Sensory Space in your School
From a sensory corner to a sensory corridor or a sensory room! This guide has everything you need to develop a space and maintain a space in your room.
Our day is full of sensory experiences from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep. We all respond to sensory information within our environment differently as we touch, move, see, hear, taste and smell things around us. The environment in which learning takes place has a significant impact on the participation of children, especially those with SEMH needs. This resource aims to highlight the importance of teachers and school staff creating and using sensory spaces in schools to enhance and promote the health and wellbeing of the whole school with a focus on both the culture and the environment.
The resource provides a strengths based, student centred approach to looking at the sensory environments within a school and establishing a culture where sensory spaces and sensory strategies are utilised throughout the school day. It offers guidelines for teachers and school staff to holistically support students by collaboratively creating and using sensory spaces with their students.