Colour Applied to TEACCH and Snoezelen Rooms and Therapies
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2019-03-15
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Saes, Joana
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Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade de Lisboa
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How can colour be used in therapy rooms and in therapies? Colour is known to have influence in human behaviour, through the interaction between colour wavelengths and sensory stimuli in the environment, subconsciously influencing the human mind. A therapeutic space requires specific characteristics regarding the exercises to perform in such space as well as the participants involved. Colour is also considered as an ‘international language’ allowing people to express their preferences, their choices, and their emotions. Throughout the research we have attempted to answer the following questions: How can colour, introduced in games, equipment, objects, images and projections, be used as a teaching tool in a TEACCH room, as opposed to a Snoezelen room? How does a therapist work on specific skills with autistic children in a structured therapy environment such as TEACCH, in comparison to a non-directive therapy environment such as Soezelen? Research results indicate that colour is used in diverse ways in both environments, being the major differences the way in which it is introduced to the children, the objectives it aims, as well as the use of light in connection with the equipment.