SNOEZELEN ROOM

Lorna Thompson Memorial Snoezelen Room

What is a Snoezelen Room?

The Snoezelen Room offers a nurturing, person-centered supportive environment and interdisciplinary treatment space. It is used to facilitate empowerment, self-organization, relaxation, sensory awareness, communication, reality orientation, activity tolerance and general awareness of self, peers and the environment, all in a safe, non-threatening space.

Historically, sensory rooms have been used to benefit people with moderate to severe developmental difficulties and older adults with cognitive impairments. The idea to expand the use of sensory rooms for individuals with hearing/vision loss is a more recent application. An essential part of this development is to maintain an emphasis on engaging in meaningful activities and in recognizing the relationship and importance of the therapeutic use of the enhancement of the physical environment, including the use of sensory rooms, which affords a more nurturing and recovery-orientated therapeutic environment, according to Tina Champagne M.Ed. OTRL/ 2006