The latest excitement at the Boys and Girls Club in Portage is a room designed to calm people down. Club Director Adam Clough knelt in the darkened room, lifted a giant plush caterpillar from the ...

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Mohegan Sun Arena and Misericordia University officials on Tuesday unveiled Archie’s Sensory Program, designed to help arena patrons on the autism spectrum or with sensory ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airports are offering sensory rooms to ease the stress of travel, which can be particularly demanding for those who suffer from ...

Andrea Fullmer is turning sensory bins, glitter, and custom Play-Doh tools into connection and community with A Box of Preschool.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A unique space in Fort Wayne aims to create calm, stimulate senses, and promote interaction. The Sensory Room at The Jackson R. Lehman Family YMCA was specifically designed ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - When Deb Bearman knows her son, Kyle, is going to have a bad day, she calls ahead to his teacher at Heritage Elementary. Once at Heritage, the 10-year-old fourth-grader, ...

PIGEON FORGE (WATE) – Families of children with autism now have a place to go at Dollywood for a quiet, relaxing environment if they experience sensory overload. It is called a calming room, and it is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foster Kinship unveils a sensory-friendly quiet room designed to help children with special needs decompress, regulate emotions, ...

JAMES CITY — Waiting in long lines to see Santa Claus is inevitable this time of year, but it can present real difficulties for children with special needs. That is why the founders of the ...

Brain scans show that time in nature quiets stress circuits, restores attention, and reduces rumination in measurable ways.