Sensory Rooms for Schools

How Sensory Rooms in Mainstream Schools Can Help Students

Sensory rooms in mainstream schools can provide a myriad of benefits for students, not only disabled students but also for the students around them. Five of the benefits of sensory rooms for schools are:

1. Providing a safe space for students to process their emotions or sensory overload away from other students and the classroom.

2. Giving students somewhere to go in break times or over the lunch period.

3. Creating a therapeutic environment – school is a stressful time for young people, with academic and social pressures. Sensory rooms can help them to cope with that in a productive way.

4. Sensory room equipment for schools can help students develop and work on vital skills that classrooms don’t teach.

5. Taking students away from the source of sensory overload and putting them in a calming space might allow them to begin to regulate their emotions more easily, and therefore get them back in the classroom and learning much quicker.

To find out more about the benefits of sensory rooms for schools, please see our blog.

Sensory Room Equipment for Schools

As students with certain disabilities might find the classroom restrictive or overwhelming, a sensory room should be a flexible space for them to use to their benefit. This might be for calming themselves or for expending extraneous energy in a productive way.

At Experia, we have various sensory room packages for mainstream schools as well as special schools.

One of the best options to make a smaller sensory room feel more tailored is the option of IRiS technology, giving the user the ability to control bubble tubes, fibre optics and even a Jet Stream, which creates different wind speeds.

Sensory Room Guidance for Schools

Of course, the most important part of sensory rooms for schools is ensuring that they are used to their fullest potential. The first consideration is that staff who use the room with students must be SEN trained and trained to use the room effectively.

Sensory rooms are not punishment for being disruptive but a way of helping students cope and regulate. Students should be encouraged to ask to use sensory rooms if they feel overwhelmed or need a break.

When designing sensory rooms in mainstream schools or special schools, you must take into account the ages and abilities of the students who might use them and how many students might need to use the room at once. 

We have a range of testimonials and case studies of sensory rooms for schools we’ve worked with in the past, such as the Al-Hidaya school in Al Thumama and a special school in Hounslow. If you would like to discuss designing a sensory room for your school or purchasing some sensory room equipment for schools, please get in touch with our friendly team today.