Abstract

Multi-Sensory Environments have been proven as an effective therapeutic tool to ease behavioral symptoms in individuals with developmental disabilities and autism if the function of behavior is automatic/sensory based. In an individual that is sensory seeking, sensory input calms the nervous system and allows the body to stay controlled. Applied Behavioral Analysis and Occupational Therapists work with children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Disorder. Some therapists work in a therapeutic clinic setting while others go to the client’s home or out in the community to engage in an active life environment. In home therapists rely on the tools that they can transport themselves or supplies that parents have in their house. Due to space constraint in homes and financial cost of Multi-Sensory Environment equipment providing sensory input can be a challenge for in-home therapists and parents to accommodate. Creating a center that has several Multi-Sensory Environments can serve as a location for in-home applied behavioral analysis therapists, occupational therapists, and art therapists to conduct therapeutic sessions outside of the patients’ home environment.