Sensory Bean Bags & NDIS DreamPods | Ivory & Deene (2024)

FAQs

What are the benefits of sensory bean bags? ›

Sensory bean bags help kids to self-regulate, allowing them to feel physically safe, comfortable, and secure in their environment. These sensory bean bags also work for adults with special needs. They've been proven to alleviate hyperactivity, improve motor skills, and reduce sensory overload.

Bean bags are a brilliant form of adaptive furniture for all children, and especially helpful for children with autism. This is because their shape and density can be adjusted for maximum comfort and benefit.

Your NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) funding allows you to purchase our Foam Bean Bags (individual case dependent). Just email shop@baha.com.au with: Your NDIS Number.

Sensory bags help young children to develop their sense of touch and fine motor skills as they manipulate the small objects around the bags. The types of sensory bags you can make is endless!

Our sensory pods are private, sound dampening rooms that provide relief and peace for neurodiverse individuals in challenging environments. Sensory pods can positively enhance the mood, thoughts, and behaviors of people who struggle with overstimulation in their environments.

One type of service that is funded by the NDIS is autism support. Autism support services can include a wide range of things, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, and dietitian services. Nutrition is an important part of autism support, as people with autism often have specific dietary needs.

What's inside my Therapy Pod? Therapy Pod is filled with Australian made Sensory™ Foam. It's extremely durable and allows you to "float" on the Therapy Pod. We spent months working on it to get the goldilocks formula just right so that you have the comfiest and most relaxing experience of your life.

The NDIS funds a range of supports and services which may include education, employment, social participation, independence, living arrangements and health and wellbeing. In order to be considered reasonable and necessary, a support or service: must be related to a participant's disability.

Reduce Anxiety with a Bean Bag Chair

Sinking into a bean bag and letting the comfortable material form and envelop your body can truly soothe anxiety. When stress and worry creep into your mind, take a break in a bean bag to relax your muscles and mind.

Bean bags provide even pressure to the body, extremely important for children who are stimulated by their environment. Practitioners who work with special needs individuals and children have found that the even pressure of the bean bag instills self-regulating emotions and calms the nervous system.

What is bean bag slang for? ›

A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicl*. (slang) An idiot.

A body sock is used for sensory regulation, maintaining a calm but alert state; where impulses, emotions, and behavior are in check. It provides calming and organizing input to the participant, all over the body at the same time.

Bean bags can also play a significant role in improving balance and coordination in young children. Kids must maintain stability and adjust their posture to stay balanced when sitting or standing on a bean bag. This constant adjustment helps to strengthen their core muscles and improve their overall balance.

Come With Medical Benefits

When sitting on them, your body size can automatically fit into them, thereby promoting good posture. Sitting on these bean bags also promotes mental relaxation, which may help with anxiety, stress, and depression.