Snoezelen: children with intellectual disability and working with the whole family
Snoezelen or controlled multi-sensory stimulation was first introduced in Israel in1993. This paper presents a new concept of working with the whole family in the Snoezelen room with the participation of a social worker. The purpose was to facilitate family encounters with the child, to enable parents and siblings to become better acquainted with the resident through his/her strengths and special abilities, to encourage parental involvement in the care, to encourage increased visits, to improve quality of life (QoL) for the resident and to reinforce a better relationship between resident, family and home. Sessions were divided into two major parts. The first segment (duration 20-40)
