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Disability Awareness for 5 year olds
Practical ideas for parents who want to help their child's classmates and playmates understand more about their child and his/her special needs.
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Dragonfly: Specials Needs and Universal Access Resource
Universal Access Educational Video Games and Software.
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6 Sets of Therasaurs - Gold, Green, Blue
Note: Review only, product no longer for sale.
Save money on bulk purchase of hand exercisers!
Buy in bulk for your program! Get 18 sturdy Therasaurs at a reduced price. Therasaur hand exercisers are made of a unique polymer material that provides tactile and proprioceptive sensory stimulation and will always return to its original shape. It will not leak even if punctured. Therasaurs come in gold, green, and blue with each color representing a different resistance levels. These classifications are soft, medium and hard. Ideal for progressive therapy! Therasaurs are perfect for all areas of hand rehabilitation including wrist, hand strength, developing fine motor skills, sensory stimulation, hot and cold therapy, surgery recovery, arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome, and stress reduction. It fits comfortably in the hand and is washable with antibacterial soap. Designed for children 3 years and older. Latex-free.
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Play Tip!
Keep one in the freezer for cold therapy. One hand strenghtening exercisers - Grasp dino in the palm of the hand so that the hand is covering the dino. Squeeze and hold. Relax and repeat 10 times.
Typical Access Profile
Auditory Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Hearing Hyper-Acute |
Vision Normal Low Extremely Low Not Using Vision |
Gross Motor All Some Few Not Using Gross Motor |
Fine Motor All Some Few Not Using Fine Motor |
Developmental Age Range 0 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 13 and Over |
Language Typical Some Spoken Receptive Only Sign Assistive/Augmentitive Not Using Language |
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Language Comprehension with Switch Adapted Boom Boxes
To encourage language comprehension in children with special needs, try recording simple stories on tape and then let the child use his or her switch to independently activate any of the Switch Adapted Boom Boxes or Tape Decks and hear the story told to them in a familiar voice. Vary the stories with lots of music too!