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Author: Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L

Stringing or Removing Ghosts to Develop Manipulation Skills

August 25, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: Autism, child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation Filed under: ghost activity for toddlers, make your own ghosts, manipulation strategies, stringing shapes

Two Screw Lids Container Insertion Activity

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, dyspraxia, Make a craft or adaptation, Uncategorized Filed under: manipulation strategies, screw cover manipulations, screw lid manipulations, screw lid strategies

How to Make Container Tops and Lids Matching Activities

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation Filed under: manipulating screw caps, screw cover manipulations

Matching Colors on Vertical Plane Ring Stacks

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: color matching, sensory strategies, vertical plane activities

Make a Spider Web Container Opening for Proprioceptive Sensory Stimulation

August 24, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, dyspraxia, Make a craft or adaptation, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: insertion tasks, proprioceptive sensory input, resistive hand activity, resistive materials, spider web

Squeeze Balls to Reduce Anxiety While Reading

August 23, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: anxiety strategies, fidget tools, proprioceptive sensory stimulation

Hemiplegia Adaptation: Make a Handle to Stabilize A Container

August 19, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation, Uncategorized Filed under: built up handle, grasping strategies, spastic cerebral palsy strategies

Make An Adapted Sponge Paint Handle

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Posted in: Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation Filed under: adapt a handle for sponge painting, adapted sponge painting, grasp strategies

Make a 3 Ball Snow Person: Lacing the Head into the Body and Coloring

August 18, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation Filed under: eye-hand coordination, make a lacing snow man, manipulation skills

“Ready, Set, Go” Motor Planning Activity

August 16, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: Developmental disabilities, dyspraxia, Make a craft or adaptation Filed under: ball strategies, fine motor activities, motor planning strategies, partner activity

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    Updated March 3, 2025 I have found that materials that vibrate often motivate babies, older children and adults with disabilities…
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     Updated March 3, 2025 The healing powers of horses have been recognized for thousands of years with the earliest recorded…
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    Updated march 16, 2025 Cutting with scissors is one of the most challenging fine motor skills! Providing the right scissors,…
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    Updated March 18, 2025 Types of Sensory Processing Disorders  Understanding Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) is complex because there are three…
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