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Category: child development

Make a Coloring/Erasing Activity out of Bottle Handle

August 9, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, hippotherapy, Make a craft or adaptation, writing skills Filed under: in-hand manipulation, motor control, pencil control, pencil rotation, translation hand activity

Crossing Midline to Sequence Letters or Numbers

August 2, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Learning disabilities, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders, writing skills Filed under: crossing midline, sequencing skills, visual accommodation skills

Fabric Ring Stack for Building Hand Skills

July 7, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: Autism, child development, Developmental disabilities, dyspraxia, Make a craft or adaptation, occupational therapy Filed under: eye hand coordination, fabric ring stack, heavy pressure sensory input, proprioceptive input

Stencil on White Board Activity

June 30, 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, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: reaching activities, stencil activities, upper extremity strengthening, working on vertical surface

Squeeze Pins, Visual Stimulation and Autism Spectrum Disorder

June 25, 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, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: hand strengthening, low muscle tone, sensory processing disorders strategies, squeezing clothespins

Crazy Straw Ring Stack for Motor Planning Skills

June 13, 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, occupational therapy Filed under: crazy straw adaptation, motor planning strategies

How to Make A Vibrating Stringing Activity

June 12, 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, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: motor planning skills, motorized stringing, vibrating adaptation, vibrating stringing, vibration strategies

Vibrating 3 Shape Sorter during Hippotherapy

June 10, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, hippotherapy, Make a craft or adaptation, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: motivating with vibration, proprioceptive vibration sensory stimulation, vibrating shape sorter

Adapted Stringing during Hippotherapy

June 9, 2023 Barbara A. Smith, MS, OTR/L Leave a comment

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, dyspraxia, hippotherapy, Make a craft or adaptation, occupational therapy Filed under: adapted stringing, stringing rings

“Sensory Ring” Works on Motor Planning and Balance!

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Posted in: child development, Developmental disabilities, Make a craft or adaptation, occupational therapy, Sensory Processing Disorders Filed under: motor planning skills, proprioceptive stimulation, sequencing skills, vestibular stimulation

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