Sensory room (the other variations of name can be met in literature: a room of psychological stress release/relaxation room) is an external atmosphere organized in a special manner, filled with different types of stimulators which have an impact on all five senses – vision, hearing, smell, feeling, synesthesia. A calm color palette, soft light, comfortable furniture, relaxing tender music, nature sounds – these are the possibilities of sensory room which help a child to relax and feel calm.

Sensory rooms are used in the psychological and pedagogical practice by different specialists: doctors, logopaedists, psychologists and teachers to provide help to children who suffer from various diseases. The employees of those institutions, where the sensory rooms function, call it room-doctor. Such rooms are of great importance for these children’s institutions.