Promote Index Finger Isolation to Press Button Music Switch

Advertisements The following slide shows an illustration from my book The Recycling Occupational Therapist. It also shows my son demonstrating…

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Making Plastic Toys for Baby’s Bath Time Play

Advertisements Bath toys typically involve filling and dumping water, sticking things on the wall and wind-up toys that swim around….…

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Developmental Disabilities and Switches to Activate Battery-Operated Devices

Advertisements Updated March 28, 2025 Many children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more willing to engage…

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How “Success-Only” Activities Promote Learning

Advertisements Updated March 21, 2025 Many years ago, I worked at a day program training adults with developmental disabilities and…

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Make a Robot to Develop Manipulation Skills

Advertisements Here is an excerpt from my book The Recycling Occupational Therapist… … and a few more manipulation ideas…

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Detergent Bottle Monster Head

Advertisements Making this activity develops bilateral coordination and motor planning skills while pulling the elastic to create monster teach. Children…

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Stacking Boxes to Develop Visual-Motor Skills, Body Awareness and Coordination

Advertisements Babies develop eye-hand coordination by stacking objects…. Older children further promote hand skills when stacking in patterns such as…

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