Multisensory Rooms and Environments ─ Controlled Sensory Experiences for People With Profound and Multiple Disabilities

Fowler is an occupational therapist specializing in providing services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. Here she explains how artificially engineered environments consisting of pieces of multi-sensory equipment can set a specific mood in the room for people who may have a combination of intellectual, physical, and sensory impairments and have trouble filtering sensory input. She first sets out the theory and practice, then describes equipment for touch, movement, seeing, hearing, and smell. There is no index. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Susan Fowler has 16 years' experience as an occupational therapist with a particular interest in providing services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. She is the author of Sensory Stimulation: Sensory-Focused Activities for People with Physical and Multiple Disabilities, also published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Scope (Vic.) Ltd is a non-profit organisation providing disability services throughout Melbourne and Victoria, Australia, to thousands of children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities. It has also co-published three other resources with Jessica Kingsley Publishers: Enhancing Self-Esteem: A Self-Esteem Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities, Anger Management: An Anger Management Training Package for Individuals with Disabilities and Sensory Stimulation: Sensory-Focused Activities for People with Physical and Multiple Disabilities.