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Welcome at my Snoezelen internet portal.

This site is to be your independent central gateway & guide to all available and published information that is known throughout the world of Snoezelen. From here you will have access to the latest national and international developments, articles, actual conducted research, daily experiences, studies, conferences etc, etc. anywhere on the world.

The Story behind
For 20 years now I apply Snoezelen as an approach for elderly people with dementia. In all those years I conducted many trainings sessions, workshops and lectures to share and to let people learn from my experience in daily practise. During this time I discovered that there are many people in all kinds of professions and all over the world doing wonderful things with Snoezelen. Especially the last few years the number of different client populations on which Snoezelen as a therapy is used has increased enormously. But, to my surprise I noticed that all the people I met had one thing in common: a lack of information! 

On each conference I saw people were very anxious to share information and their own experiences. All over the world Snoezelen is practised on several levels and in different stages. So, everyone is still learning every day. Unfortunately it became clear to me that most of you who are working with Snoezelen invent the wheel over and over again. Why?, because there is a huge lack of information about what is going on somewhere else and what are other people doing.

So, that is what I want to change from now on; learning by sharing information.

The mission of myself and this site

To spread Snoezelen as a philosophy and to contribute to a world wide acceptance and use of Snoezelen as an approach. It is my purpose that you all share vital information, discuss and learn from each other, so that we all are able to develop and practise Snoezelen towards a higher level. Not for ourselves, but to the benefit of all our clients and patients to whom we are all obliged to improve their lives as far as we possibly can.

With kind regards,

Ilse Achterberg
Occupational Therapist and Snoezel Trainer & Coach

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