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Sands Alive Starter Set+ Tray And Sculpting Tools
The Sands Alive Starter Set+ Tray And Sculpting Tools is a set of 3 sculpting tools and one sand roller designed for children with sensory disabilities to enhance their sensory awareness, fine motor skills, and creativity. Molds easily into any shape. Glides between your fingers. This set is stress reducing, maintains attention. Never dries out. No directions needed, ideal for individuals or groups. No mess, designed for indoor play.
2-Station Art Easel With Storage
The 2-Station Art Easel With Storage is an art therapy product designed for people with upper extremity and neurological disabilities to do art on. Double the art fun in the classroom with a 2-Station Art Easel with Storage that keeps art supplies organized and ready. Each station has a dry-erase board, trays for paint cups, easel clips, and additional storage below. Paint and Bins not included.
2D shape activity using craft sticks and play dough
4-Station Art Easel With Storage
The 4-Station Art Easel With Storage is an art therapy product designed for people with upper extremity and neurological disabilities to do art on. Double the art fun in the classroom with a 4-Station Art Easel with Storage that keeps art supplies organized and ready. Each station has a dry-erase board, trays for paint cups, easel clips, and additional storage below. Paint, Markers, & Bins not included.
A Sparkly, Black Glue Winter Snowflake Craft For Kids
A Sparkly, Black Glue Winter Snowflake Craft For Kids is a general arts and crafts project designed for students to do in a classroom setting.
Adapted Color Spinout
The Adapted Color Spinout is a switch adapted toy that allows children to create spin art by activating a switch. Simply insert the paper disc, choose the marker, hold down the switch and watch beautiful designs take shape. Adjust gear arms for dozens of different patterns. Connect up to 3 markers at once. Set includes 6 markers and 40 paper sheets
Adapted Hobby Craft Handle
---- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a customized adaptation of a carder handle used by an individual with gripping difficulties in her craft hobby of making items out of the hair of pets. In the process hand-by-hand process pet hair must be un-tangled using carders before spinning. Carders are curved rectangular brushes with bristles of kinked wire; they are used to pull clumps of hair apart and thus align the hairs. The handles on the carders were ½ inch diameter dowels, and
Adapted Scissors
These Adapted Scissors are designed for people with grasping disabilities to use. They are mounted on blocks of plastic.
Apple Lacing Fine Motor Busy Bag
The Apple Lacing Fine Motor Busy Bag is a therapeutic aid designed to help children develop fine motor skills by using their fingers to lace the string through the holes in the edge of a plate. As they navigate the holes they are strengthening their muscles and stretching their brains to problem solve at the same time.
Aroma Dough
Aroma Dough is a scented therapy dough designed to soothe and help release stress, ease muscle pain and stiffness and encourage post-stroke hand movement. Aroma dough is smooth, silky, and responsive to light pressure or heavy kneading and it’s unique moisturizing formula allows a slow release of essential oils for hands-on therapy. Six colors/fragrances are included in one kit: Purple – calming lavender, Blue – ylang ylang to ease anxiety, Green – refreshing peppermint, Yellow – invigorating le
Art For All Language Kit (Model Lk-Aa)
Art for All Language Kit, model LK-AA, is a painting and drawing activity and language tutorial program designed for use by individuals with cognitive disabilities. Concepts addressed are art tools and how they are used, colors, and counting and graphing using M & Ms. The kit includes a book written with limited vocabulary and repetitive lines using Mayer-Johnson Picture Communication Symbols; an interactive computer book that combines text, pictures, speech, and sound; and a songboard, word
Art Horse
The Art Horse is a seat designed for young artists with disabilities to sit on while they do art. It gives artists a unique and comfortable place to sit and create with. Students straddle this seat and prop art boards or sketch books against the upright portion, providing an option for sketching and painting. The durable wooden construction means this art horse will hold up to rough classroom conditions. After students finish creating, easily wipe the seat down.
Art Start Gift Pack
The Art Start Gift Pack is a set of crayons with built-up handles designed for use by children with fine motor disabilities. The set includes eight Chubbi Stump Crayons (see also separate entry), eight Chubbi Paint Sticks (see also separate entry), and eight Chubbi Chalks. These short, thick crayons and chalks are long-lasting and break-resistant and easy to grasp with a whole-handed palmar grasp. COLOR: Assorted.
Art Visual Supports and Schedules
These Art Visual Supports and Schedules are art class visual supports designed for students with Autism and learning disabilities to add to the sensory experience and reduce anxiety and frustration in art class. Add schedules, visuals, rules and communication supports to art activities with this resource. Art projects can be challenging for students with autism. Setting expectations and providing communication supports can help reduce some of these challenges. Use these visuals during class art
Artist Mouth Operated Brush/tool Holder.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Holder overcomes difficulty of gripping and manipulating brush or tool with hands and fingers. An ordinary plastic or rubber kitchen mixing tool is adapted to serve as a means to grip and manipulate the artist's brush using the teeth. Rubber or plastic tubing can also be attached to the brush to enhance ability to grip and manipulate it using the teeth. COMMENTS: For further information contact developers: National Institute on Art and Disabilities, 55
Artist's Foot Powered Sanding/pounding Aid.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to allow sanding or clay pounding with a foot; can also be adapted to hold some artist's tools. Three pieces of 1 inch board are made into a shallow U just large enough to fit the shoe of the intended user, and a leather strap to hold the device on the foot to which it is fastened. A hole can be drilled in the front to hold a tool such as a paintbrush. Includes drawing. COMMENTS: For further information contact developers: National Institute on
Artist's Head Operated Brush Holder.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Headgear, either bought or manufactured, adapted to hold a paintbrush. Pictures device for an artist who cannot grasp or manipulate a paintbrush with hands and fingers. A helmet-like piece of headgear made with leather and metal or bought from an orthopedic supply house is fitted with an angled brush holder attached to either the top or sides. COMMENTS: For further information contact developers: National Institute on Art and Disabilities, 551 23rd St.
Artist's Paint Jar Holder.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Racks to hold baby food bottles, to serve as paint jars, giving them stability and prevent spilling of paint. Describes rack made of a piece of 1/4 inch plywood with holes large enough for baby food jars, fastened to a piece of 1 inch heavy wood the same size as the plywood using two strips of wood 1 1/2 inches wide. Suggests that a commercial spice rack fastened to a 2 by 4 inch board could also be used. COMMENTS: For further information contact devel
Artist's Table Easel.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Wooden easel which can be positioned at any angle on table. Diagram shows double easels, hinged at top. Each plywood face is set on a wooden base. Wood strips on base position easel. Easel could be made in various sizes. Note that materials list and cutting layout sketch are not the same. Using a separate wooden base for each side of the easel would increase its adjustability. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools,
Artist's Tool Adaptations Made From Plumbing Supplies.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Adaptations to artists brushes which improve ability to grip brush, and to adjust angle at which brush is gripped. Drawings illustrate how flexible faucet tubing, copper elbow and "T" joints and plumbers insulation can be used to create brush grips tailored to the angles needed by individual artists. Wooden dowels, and rivets are also needed. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: Gugerty, J.; Tindall, L. TITLE: Tools, Equipment & Machinery Adapted for
Birds Friends Hand Strengthening Play Dough Mat
Birds Friends Hand Strengthening Play Dough Mat is a free printable designed for use by children with fine motor and grasping disabilities to improve fine motor skills with a bird theme. Adding a motor component to a leaning theme can be a strategy to help children learn through play while boosting the fine motor skills they need for tasks like holding a pencil grasp, having endurance while coloring and writing. This activity improves dexterity in pencil control, which plays a big part in fluid
Bow Maker
DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with use of only one hand to form large bows for gift baskets. This simple jig acts as a second holding hand. Two one-inch dowels are placed about seven inches apart on a plastic platform laid on a sheet of Dycem to keep it from slipping and the jig and the pad are held in place with a one-hand clamp. A plastic spring clip is bonded to the base and rests against the right-hand pillar. This clip holds one end of the ribbon, which is the wi
Braille Beads: APH Starter Kit (1-08879-00)
Braille Beads are designed for students or individuals who are blind or have low vision. They are small, plastic rectangles that have braille on one side and incised print letters on the other side. Each bead has two holes through which wire or cord may be threaded. Also included are image bead manipulatives, such as flower, peace sign, heart, and circle. Braille Bead dimensions are 10 millimeters tall by 8 millimeters wide by 5 millimeters deep (braille height is 0.52 millimeters).
Brain Food
Brain Food is therapy putty for children ages 3 and up with fine motor disabilities to play with and exercise their fine motor skills. The child opens up the fun tin and is visually stimulated. When the child starts grabbing, its synapses light up. The putty provides tactile stimulation as the user molds, bends, stretches. When the user squeezes it they can watch as it oozes between their fingers. Can be used to channels fidget energy so the user can focus mentally, and ideal for networking the
Brent Rehabilitation Wheel (Model 16)
The brent Rehabilitation Wheel, model 16, is a potter's wheel designed for use by individuals who use wheelchairs. This variable-speed power wheel has a frame that was designed in conjunction with rehabilitation and therapy experts. The frame provides access for a wheelchair, a standard stool, or a standing user. The wheel can handle 150 pounds of clay continuously. This wheel includes the brent Classic Controller with these features: Optimal torque at all speeds as the wheel speed remains const
Bubble Painting
Bubble Painting is a do it yourself activity designed for children with sensory processing disorder and special needs to do. It’s a fun and easy craft and used household items.
Buddha Board (Model 7502)
The Buddha Board, model 7502, is a painting activity designed for use by individuals with fine motor or cognitive disabilities. The special surface on the board enables the user to create spontaneous art or practice writing the alphabet, numbers, or his/her name using a brush and plain water. When the image is painted with water, it appears on the surface, darkens, and then slowly evaporates. The set includes a brush and a water holder stand. DIMENSIONS (LxWxH): 12 x 9.5 x 0.25 inches. WEIGHT: 2
Bug Lab - A Fun Bugs Kids Math Game
Bug Lab - A Fun Bugs Kids Math Game is designed for children with intellectual disabilities and sensory processing disorder beginning to grasp numbers. It is to be played in the classroom or at home. To play this card game, the child recreates the number of bugs on the cards.
Calming Lavender Scented Playdough
The Calming Lavender Scented Playdough is an essential item for the Calm Down Kit (see product) by Chaos and the Clutter designed for children with anxiety disorders to calm them down. It is a do-it-yourself product and can be made easily. To make, follow the following instructions.
Cando Scented Therapy Putty
Cando Scented Therapy Putty is a scented recreational dough that helps users develop grip strength and focused attention. The added scent of each putty allows for sensory integration. Each set of four contains the following scents and resistances: vanilla (extra-extra soft), banana (extra soft), cherry (soft), and apple (medium). Nonedible.
Chubbi Paint Sticks
Chubbi Paint Sticks are crayons with built-up handles designed for use by children with fine motor disabilities. These short, thick crayons are long-lasting and break-resistant and easy to grasp with a whole-handed palmar grasp. They can be used dry for a rich color similar to a pastel or they can be dipped in water and used wet for a paint-like color. COLOR: Eight colors per set.
Chubbi Stump Crayons
Chubbi Stump Crayons are crayons with built-up handles designed for use by children with fine motor disabilities. These short, thick crayons are easy to grasp with a whole-handed palmar grasp. COLOR: Eight colors per box.
Clamp-It
Clamp-It is an adjustable craft tool holder designed for use by individuals with use of only one hand, arthritis, or fine motor or physical disabilities. Clamp-It is mounted on four suction cups, and can be used vertically or horizontally to hold an item in a fixed position. The clamp size can be changed by turning two wing nuts. DIMENSIONS: Maximum holding width is one inch.
Clothespin Color Wheel
The Clothespin Color Wheel is a do it yourself busy bag designed to help low vision and learning disabled special needs children learning how to match colors.
Clothespin Snowmen
The Clothespin Snowmen craft is a do it yourself occupational therapy activity for children with upper extremity disabilities to exercise fine motor skills.
Color Bug Pediatric Manipulatives
The Color Bug Pediatric Manipulatives is a pediatric fine motor toy for children with special needs. Color Bug Pediatric Manipulatives allow users to create remote-control pictures using the light touch directionality switch. The bug, with a marker in it, will move across the paper and leave marks which are different every time. Color Bug Pediatric Manipulatives come with one color bug and four markers.
Color-By-Texture Marking Mat (1-03332-00)
Color-By-Texture Marking Mats are designed for use by children who are blind or have low vision disabilities. Children can create art using these mats. Place a chosen mat underneath a coloring page and rub with a waxed crayon. A wider assortment of textures and shapes can be generated by using different coloring techniques as described in the accompanying instruction booklet.
Colors of Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers
Colors of Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers is a do it yourself activity for Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder and sensory processing disorder to explore Fall colors.
Construction Set In A Box
Convert-Able Table
The Convert-Able Table is a height-adjustable tilt top work table designed for use by children and adults with mobility disabilities. This table features interchangeable snap-on table tops that allow it to be used for a variety of activities, such as reading and writing, art, and sensory stimulation. The height adjusts to enable a child in a floor sitter or an adult in a wheelchair or stander to use the table. Features include a powder-coated steel frame, four-dual locking casters, push-button h
Convert-Able Table (Art Easel)
The Convert-Able Table (Art Easel) is a height-adjustable tilt-top work table and overhead bookholder designed for use by individuals who use wheelchairs or with severe physical disabilities or spinal cord injury. This unit lifts books for eye-level or overhead reading within a range of 9 to 18 inches high. Springs provide the lifting power. The unit is designed so that the paper will stay where placed: up or down, left or right, at any angle without adjustment of knobs or levers. Horizontal gui
Crayon Brix
Crayon Brix are crayons with built-up handles designed for use by children with fine motor disabilities. These wrapperless aqua crayons can be used wet or dry and come in a thick rectangular shape for ease in grasping. A reusable clear plastic case is included. COLOR: Eight colors per set.
Crayon Holder
“DO IT YOURSELF” ENTRYPURPOSE: To create an adaptive crayon holder for children with grasping and fine motor skill disabilities. Take a 35-millimeter film canister and cut an "X" in the bottom and top. Insert the crayon through the Xs. Using both top and bottom of canister makes the crayon more stable. MATERIALS: Discarded 35 millimeter film canister (available for free from any store that does film processing) and crayon. TOOLS: Utility Knife. TITLE: Adapted Crayon Holder JOURNAL: Ideas to shar
Creativity Street Chenille Stems, 1/8 x 6 Inches, Assorted Colors, Pack of 1000
Creativity Street Chenille Stems, 1/8 x 6 Inches, Assorted Colors, Pack of 1000 is a crafting product designed for children with learning disabilities to make a wide variety of- creative craft projects. Variety of colors for dynamic designs. Includes 1,000 Craft Stems.
Creativity Street Glitter Pom, 1/2 in, Assorted Color, Pack of 80
The Creativity Street Glitter Pom, 1/2 in, Assorted Color, Pack of 80 is a set of arts and crafts products designed for children ages three and up to engage in creative play. Good for creating jewelry, collages, holiday decorations and more.
Creativity Street Non-Toxic Washable Glitter Glue, 4 oz Bottle, Assorted Color, Pack of 12
The Creativity Street Non-Toxic Washable Glitter Glue, 4 oz Bottle, Assorted Color, Pack of 12 is a set of arts and crafts products designed for individuals with neurological disabilities and sensory processing disorder to engage in fine motor play. Sparkling glitter glue allows students to get creative making a variety of art projects including greeting cards, signs, posters and more. Glue rinses from the skin and most machine-washable clothing.
Creativity Street Premium Wood Craft Sticks, Natural, Pack of 1000
The Creativity Street Premium Wood Craft Sticks, Natural, Pack of 1000 is a set of arts and crafts materials designed for children with learning disabilities to engage in creative play. Sticks are designed for a multitude of arts and crafts projects and are good for stirring and mixing inks and paints. Choking hazard. Not for children under three years old. Good for building structures, sculptures, collages and many other creative projects. A good addition to an early education art class, craft
Crochet Aid For One-Handed Operation.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to hold thread and maintain tension on it to allow a person with use of one arm to crochet. Describes a wood stand with a box to hold the yarn or thread, and a system of buffers and levers to maintain tension on it and position the work in process; tension is released with a foot operated pedal. Includes photograph. COMMENTS: Designed by Bob Loughlin. For further information contact: Technical Aid to the Disabled, 227 Morrison Road, PO Box 108,
Crochet Aid For The Amputee.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Aid developed to allow a below-elbow amputee using a prosthetic hook to crochet. Device constructed from a plastic (Polyform) strip 32 by 2 cm bent in half at right angles with one half bent into an oval; and a strip of velcro. Describes how the device and the prosthetic hook used together anchor the thread and provide tension to facilitate crocheting. Includes photograph and drawings. COMMENTS: Author affiliated with Loma Linda University Medical Cent
Crochet Grips (Models 11317 & 11318)
Crochet Grips are crocheting aids that help control motion and provide a better grip for weak hands. The form-fitted grip, My-Grip, is applied to the crochet hook, heated, and molded to the fingers of individual users. SIZES: Large (11317) fits hook sizes I - L; Small (11318) fits hook sizes B - H and steel hooks 00 - 14.
Cubex Therapy System On Wheels
The Cubex Therapy System on Wheels is a fine motor training kit designed for use with individuals with neurological disabilities and/or who use wheelchairs. This wheeled station accommodates four users standing and/or in wheelchairs At the ends of the unit are 90-degree fold-away work surfaces with bolt boards and a pegboard that opens to 60 or 90 degrees. Other features include a slide-out full-width plastic-laminate work surface and a reversible activity board in the top with a pegboard on one
Cutting Board For Graphic Arts
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To enable an individual with scleroderma to cut mats, foam board, fabric, and other materials used in graphic arts. The board consists of a plastic cutting mat mounted on a wooden board with a spring-loaded metal strip across the top and down the left side. The user slides the material to be cut under the strips and tightens them using an attached tri-nut. This holds the material in place and enables the user to cut it without danger of cutting her fingers. TITLE: Cut
Deluxe Stringing Alphabet Letters
Stringing Alphabet Letters is an educational toy designed for use by children with fine motor, developmental, autism, sensory processing, and learning disorders to lace, sort by letter/color, hide in putty, or line up. This activity encourages the development of bilateral coordination and fine motor skills and is designed to teach the alphabet. The set includes 288 uppercase alphabet letters in assorted bright colors; each letter has a hole in the side so laced words are readable.
Desktop Reading Stand (Model 1-03220-00)
The Desk Top Reading Stand, model 1-03220-00, is an adjustable bookholder designed for use by individuals with low vision. This portable desk top reading stand holds reading material at a proper position for individuals with low vision. This wooden stand has a book shelf that can be moved from left to right, adjustable page clamps, and a built-in carrying handle. DIMENSIONS (HxW): Top surface measures 23.75 x 18 inches. WEIGHT: 9 1/8 pounds.
Diphthong Worksheets - Build and Write
Diphthong Worksheets - Build and Write are worksheets designed for students with learning disabilities to learn how to read a diphthong, blended vowel word. Diphthongs are words like cloud, count, couch, pout, etc. These worksheets are a craft activity.
DIY Easy To Use Mounted Scissors
These DIY Easy Mounted Scissors are designed for those individuals with upper extremity disabilities to cut with.
DIY Kinetic Sand
DIY Kinetic Sand is a do it yourself project designed for children with sensory processing disorder to do. The DIY Kinetic Sand is indoor play sand with properties of motion that can be used for people with learning disabilities to enhance their sensory awareness, fine motor skills, and creativity. Kinetic Sand soothes and engages both kids and adults in schools, at work, in therapy sessions, and at home. Users can squeeze it, shape it, build with it. It continually rearranges itself and moves l
Do-A-Dot 6-Pack MINI Island Bright Markers
The Do-A-Dot 6-Pack MINI Island Bright Markers are designed for children with fine motor and learning disabilities to color with. Do·A·Dot Art ® will spark imagination and awaken creativity as the young artist discovers their own unique artistic style. These markers are easy to use, there are no cups or brushes to set up or clean up, no drips or spill and the product won't dry out if the cap is left off. The child can blend colors.
Do-A-Dot 6-Pack MINI Jewel Tone Markers
Doodle Buddy
Doodle Buddy is a mobile application for the iPad ?designed for patients with fine motor disabilities to use in Occupational Therapy sessions to improve their ability to draw, use pens, stamps, etc.
Drawing Board.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Small stand or easel that sits on a table to hold paper for a child to draw or paint. Plywood board 10 by 10 inches which slides into a base made of 8 by 10 inch plywood with two battens (1 by 1 by 10 inches) fastened on leaving a gap between them of about 5/16 of an inch; the distance between the boards determines the tilt of the easel. This can be painted flat black and used as a blackboard, or paper can be tacked to it. SKILLS REQUIRED: Woodworking.
Easel
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To create an easel to enable an individual with quadriplegia to engage in creative painting. Made of plywood, the easel consists of a base that sits on a table and a board that is hinged to the front of the base, and a wheel on to which the painting is mounted. The wheel allows the painting to be rotated on the board. The two-piece base consists of a fixed piece at the bottom and a sliding piece above, with Teflon disks in between to ensure the top piece moves easily.
Easel Accessory Set
The Easel Accessory Set is a set of accessories for am easel designed for young artists ages 3 and up with upper extremity disabilities to use. It includes four eight-ounce bottles of vibrant poster paint, four spill-proof paint cups, four medium sized brushes, a roll of easel paper, a 10-pack of jumbo rainbow chalk, an eraser and a dry erase marker.
Easel For Wheelchair
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with severe phyical disabilities to paint. The easel has a crossbar that restson the arms of a wheelchair with an arm in the center that points away from the user; a clamp at the end of the arm holds the vertical mount for the easel, which extends between the user's legs. The vertical mount supports a vertical rail equipped with two horizontal carriers that hold the painting in place. Another arm, mounted on the left, is equipped w
Easier Painting
---- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted easel and head mount for artists with cerebral palsy who have limited hand/grasping function. A new head mount was created after evaluating the consumer using the inner mechanism from a welder’s helmet, which has a tensioner in the back to ensure an exact fit. A small brass plate was riveted to the front, taking care to preserve the frame’s cloth surround so that the individual’s forehead was protected. Onto the plate, a
Easy Homemade Lacing Cards
Easy Homemade Lacing Cards are do it yourself lacing cards that parents make out of foam sheets designed for children with sensory disabilities to play with. They create a lacing card busy bag that can be taken anywhere that is a great quiet activity as well as good fine motor practice. The parent can use farm cookie cutters to make farm lacing cards or use dinosaur stencils to make dino theme lacing cards.
Electronic Easel
The Electronic Easel is designed to provide an electronic easel that is highly adjustable with the use of a mouthstick. The painting easel is mounted on the frame of an electric car seat. The 9 different easel adjustments are controlled by a switch which operates by positioning a mouthstick in front of the switch face. A switch and paintbrush holder are mounted on a framework which consists of 9 mm stainless steel rods. PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT: Designed by Chris Andersen and Fred O'Kelly for a hig
Etch A Sketch (Model 7002)
The Etch A Sketch, model 7002, is a switch-operated drawing activity designed for use by children with severe physical or upper extremity disabilities. This switch-adapted version of the classic Etch A Sketch has four built-in switches to enable the user to draw in horizontal (right and left) or vertical directions (up and down). To erase, remove the Etch A Sketch from the base and shake. The base also has four external jacks for capability switches (not included) if required. POWER: Uses 6 C ba
Exacto Ergo Utility Knife
The Exacto Ergo Utility Knife is a craft knife with a large handle designed for use by individuals with arthritis or grasping disabilities. Useful for cutting cardboard, matboard, foamboard and other art materials, this knife has a large ergonomically-designed handle allowing a full-hand grasp for those with limited hand strength and dexterity. A twist-open knob and patented hinged casing facilitate changing blades. This knife also allows the blade to be positioned horizontally for use as a pain
Exploring Shapes with Play Dough
Exploring Shapes with Playdough is a do-it-yourself general arts and crafts activity designed for children with learning disabilities to learn shapes.
Exploring Textures with Play Dough Rollers
Exploring Textures with Play Dough Rollers is an activity design for children with sensory disabilities to engage in sensory integration and work on fine motor skills.
Extended Easel (Models Ee100, Ee100D, Ee200D, & Ee200S)
Extended easel functions as three different pieces of furniture. Floor easel is designed for child for long sitting activities. Raised book edge holds material at a 20 degree angle and also adjusts to a horizontal plane for play. Adjustable leg set converts floor easel into a portable desk adjustable from 21 inches to 27 inches in height. Capable of converting to horizontal setting. Intermediate size converts easel to a smaller desk 14 inches to 21 inches in height. The seat block converts floor
Extended Tray Easel
Extended easel tray has a 20 by 24 inch surface with a 14 1/2 inch cutout. Designed to interface with the TherAdapt Mini- or Primary Cube Chairs and the Mini-Prone Stander. Top adjusts to 30 degree angle. The large model is 28 inches wide by 23 inches deep with an 18 1/4 by 4 1/2 inch cutout. Three types of legs are available for both sizes: 9 to 15 inches high, 15 to 21 inches high or 26 to 32 inches high.
Faber-Castell Art Grip Color Pencils
Faber-Castell Art GRIP Color Pencils are easy grasp colored pencils designed for use by children and adults with arthritis or fine motor or grasping disaabilities. These pencils have a triangular barrel with soft grasp dots to aid in grasping. These pencils are available in sets of 6, 12, 24, or 36 pencils with acid-free, pemanent colors. Some sets include a portable storage tin. DIMENSIONS: The pencil leads are 3.3 millimeters.
Faber-Castell Grip Pencil
The Faber-Castell Grip Pencil is an easy-grasp pencil designed for use by individuals with arthritis or fine motor disabilities. These wooden pencils combine an ergonomic triangular shape with a soft-grasp zone. The lead is break-resistant, dermatologically tested, and designed to be easy to sharpen. These pencils are available in five grades of hardness (2B, B, HB, H, and 2H); 2B is the softest, while 2H is the hardest.
Faber-Castell Jumbo Colour Grip Pencils
Faber-Castell Jumbo Colour Grip Pencils are large easy-grasp colored pencils designed for use by children with fine motor or grasping disabilities or arthritis. These large pencils feature a triangular barrel and grasp dots to aid in holding the pencil. Sold in sets of six or 12, these non-toxic pencils can be blended dry or used with water as water-color pencils. The set of 12 pencils includes a jumbo pencil sharpener.
Faber-Castell Jumbo Triangular Colored Ecopencils
The Faber-Castell Jumbo Triangular Colored EcoPencils are easy grasp colored pecils designed for use by individuals with fine motor or grasping disabilities. These pencils have an extra-thick lead, a triangular shape that aids in proper finger positioning and prevents rolling, and a shorter barrel for easier grasping. The set includes 12 pencils and a jumbo pencil sharpener.
Fall Alphabet Pack
The Fall Alphabet Pack is an alphabet pack set designed for children with learning disabilities to be used in the homeschool setting. This pack has over 30 pages that can be used for either coloring or painting as well as alphabet tracing strips. The user can either choose to cut the strips out or use them the way they are printed. To ensure the tracing pages or strips last longer, the user can laminate them or slip them into a protective sleeve.
Father's Day Handprint Platter
The Father's Day Handprint Platter is a Father's Day gift designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to craft. This activity works on fine motor skills.
Feelor Touch The Color
---- PROTOTYPE --------- PURPOSE: To design a prototype of a color pencil set with specialized character-forms on the head as a teaching aid for young children with low-vision and/or blindness. Because young children are able to grasp concepts of shapes better than mere words or Braille, creating a pencil for the color red that has an apple shape on the head allows the child to color by association to real-life objects. Each color in the set has a retractable led pencil with a button on its side
Felted Votive Holders
Felted Votive Holders is a fine motor skills activity for people with cognitive disabilities to use eye hand coordination and practice scissor skills.
Ferby Triangular Colored Pencils
The Ferby Triangular Colored Pencils are easy grip pencils designed for children with upper extremity disabilities to color with. They have a 6.25 millimeter core and are break resistant. Wears for 3-4 times longer than standard colored pencils and requires less frequent sharpening. The pencils have closed ends so the core is not exposed and is safe for user to put in their mouth.
Fiskars Squeeze Punch
The Fiskars Squeeze Punch is a paper punch designed for use by individuals with arthritis or fine motor or grasping disabilities. Ergonomic handles and a specially engineered squeeze motion make these punches two times easier to squeeze than regular hand punches. An open punch head feature lets the user see where he or she is punching to avoid paper waste and to add distinctive style to craft project designs such as embellishments on homemade cards, scrapbook pages, and collages. The punches are
Fit-a-Space
Fit-a-Space is an activity designed for children with fine motor disabilities to play with, sort, string, and puzzle with. The Fit-a-Space is good for developing fine motor skills. Use the 52 fit-in shapes to form patterns and sort by shape or color on a table or on a string.
Fizzy Dough Pre-Cursive Handwriting
This Fizzy Dough Pre-Cursive Handwriting is a do it yourself activity for children with upper extremity disabilities to learn cursive handwriting in a fun way.
Flip Top Easel
Flip top easel has a 45 degree angle with book edge for reading and a reverse 30 degree slant for writing and drawing. Skid resistant base. 18 inches wide by 16 inches high.
Floppy Foam Brush
The Floppy Foam Brush is an adapted brush designed for use by children and adults with fine motor or grasping disabilities. These brushes are made of pre-cut foam with pre-cut foam bristles. The user can roll up the foam and secure with a rubber band in a size and shape to accommodate his/her needs. The foam can also be wrapped around a piece of cardboard, a cardboard tube, or a frozen juice can to provide a different shape or a firmer grip. When used with water-based paint, the bruses can be ri
Flower Zipper Pull Craft
The Flower Zipper Pull Craft is a do it yourself activity designed for children with fine motor disabilities to work on zipper pull technique. When children learn to zipper, they need to work on a few fine motor skills: using both hands together and separating the dexterity side of the hand from the stability side of the hand.
Fluency Patterns
The Fluency Patterns is a set of 14 patterns designed for children learning to write with upper extremity disabilities like ataxia and limited dexterity to encourage pencil control. The users can cut out the individual patterns and laminate them for durability.
Fold-Away Easel
The Fold-Away Easel is a bookholder and table top writing desk designed for use by individuals who use wheelchairs or who have upper extremity disabilities. The surface of the easel adjusts to 18, 34, or 45 degrees and features a dry-erase writing surface and a pouch for storing papers. The unit has a non-slip foam bottom, folds flat for storage, and is equipped with soft carrying handles. DIMENSIONS: 15.5 x 11.5 inches.
Fold-up Animals
Fold-up Animals is a do it yourself activity to help build fine motor skills such as cutting and drawing for individuals with disabilities.
Free Cutting Strips
The Free Cutting Strips are a do it yourself activity designed for children with fine motor disabilities to do with an adult.
Functional Forms Wheelchair Easel / Lap Tray
The Functional Forms Wheelchair Easel/Lap Tray is designed to provide a lightweight alternative to traditional lap trays for wheelchair users. Features include a built-in 20-degree angle, pencil holder/wrist rest, removable carrying strap, magnetic paper holder, and a hidden zippered pouch. This easel also has a water-resistant vinyl or leather covering. WEIGHT: 1 pound.
German Sit-On Embroidery Stand
The German Sit-on Embroidery Stand is a needlework hoop with stand designed for use by individuals with use of one hand or other upper extremity disabilities. Crafted of varnished natural beech wood, this device has a shaped sitting board attached to a stand with a round beechwood hoop with height and angle adjustment. DIMENSIONS: 11 x 15.25 inches. The hoop is 9 inches in diameter. COLOR: Natural beechwood
Giant ABC Coloring Page
This Giant ABC Coloring Page is a do it yourself product designed for children with learning and vision disabilities to practice their visual perceptual skills while learning upper and lowercase letters.
Glow Dome (Model 7501)
The Glow Dome, model 7501, is a switch operated toy designed for use by children with upper extremity or severe physical or spinal cord injury. Users can color on the dome with one of six brightly-colored glow markers and then activate a connected capability switch (not included) to cause lights to flash, the pictures to glow, and the dome to rotate at adjustable speeds. The set includes six glow markers, two drawing surfaces, and two starter scenes. POWER: Uses 3 double-A batteries. DIMENSION
Grandstand Portable Reading Easel (Models 1-03204-00 & 1-03204-00)
The Grandstand Portable Reading Easel is an easel-style bookholder designed for use by individuals with low vision. This portable reading stand is made of durable, waterproof material and is designed to be easy to lift, carry, and lock into position. The unit folds up when not in use. It has an adjustable shelf that can be raised and lowered to accommodate the height of the reader. Clips for holding book pages open are included. COLOR: Available in black (model 1-03204-00) or yellow (model 1-032
Grip-It Floor Stand
Grippersnapper & Crayons And Grippersnapper & Paintbrush
The GripperSnapper is a crayon or paintbrush holder designed to enable children with limited grasping ability to color or paint independently. The plastic handles feature a tube-like opening into which the crayon or paintbrush is inserted and two triangular openings which the child's fingers slip into. The user may also wrap his or her hand around the handle. The GripperSnapper & Crayons includes four soy-based crayons and may be used with any standard crayon. The GripperSnapper & Paintb
Groove Slim Colored Pencils
The Groove Slim Colored Pencils are easy grasp colored pencils designed for use by individuals with fine motor or grasping disabiities. These pencil feature an ergonomic triangular shape with a natural grip zone and offset slide guards that enables the user's fingers to slide into the optimal writing hold. The grooves are offset ergonomically so that all the fingers (index, middle finger, and thumb) rest in the proper position. Made of all natural materials, these pencils contain no rubber or pl
Gross Motor Color Mixing for Kids
Gross Motor Color Mixing for Kids is a do it yourself activity for children with learning disabilities to explore their gross motor skills.
Handhugger Colouring Pencils
Handhugger Colouring Pencils are easy grasp colored pencils designed for use by children or adults with grasping disabilities. These triangular coloring pencils have strong leads with consistent laydown of color. The triangular shape helps the user to hold the pencil. Pencils have a slip-resistant texture and are made from wood flour to prevent splinters. COLORS: Yellow, purple, peach, brown, orange, black, red, pink, green, light green, mid blue, and dark blue.
Handhugger Writing Pen
The Handhugger Writing Pen is an easy grasp pen with a triangular handle designed for use by children or adults with fine motor disabilities or physical grasp difficulties. These triangular writing pens have a chunky, hard-wearing nib that gives slight resistance to the paper for greater control. The triangular shape is comfortable to hold for all age groups including those with physical grasp difficulties as well as very young children. The pen has washable ink and a line width of 0.7 millimete
Handprint American Flag & Bald Eagle Craft
Handprint American Flag & Bald Eagle Craft is a therapeutic recreation, sensory integration activity to be done at home between the caregiver and the patient. This can be used for children with learning disabilities, autism, sensory disabilities, or anyone who would benefit from sensory integration.
Head Pointer
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide custom adaptation to a head pointer device for an individual with cerebral palsy. While many commercial devices are available, not all are ideal for every individual. A simple, lightweight version can be customized for individual needs. The design is based on a donated headgear from a commercial safety visor. The individual’s aluminum pointer has a standard rubber tip (a smaller version of the type used on crutches), plus an end clamp that holds whichever p
Heart Penguin Craft
The Heart Penguin Craft is a general arts and craft project designed for people with upper extremity disabilities to work on fine motor skills.
Hobby Paint Or Glue Bottle Spill Protector
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Designed to assist individuals with limited use in one hand or the ability to only use one hand to keep little glue or paint bottles from falling over for arts and crafts projects. Cut a hole in small paper plate — the kind used to serve cake at birthday parties. First, trace the bottom of the bottle in the middle of the plate, on the side used for food. Then cut the hole with an x-acto blade or scissors just a little larger in diameter than the bottle
How To Create A LEGO Duplo Block Painting
How To Create A LEGO Duplo Block Painting is a do it yourself process art activity designed for those individuals with learning disabiliting to express their creativity, use their imagination, explore the world around them and make their own decisions.
I-Silicone Laser Clay Set
The I-Silicone Laser Clay Set is a pack of putty that changes color when exposed to ultraviolet light designed for children ages 4 and up with learning and emotional disabilities to use during therapeutic recreation. Young artists can write on the putty with the included "laser" light or place clay in direct sunlight to change its color.
Jumbo Fine Motor Tweezers, Set of 12
The Jumbo Fine Motor Tweezers, Set of 12? is a plastic storage container with 12 pairs of tweezers designed for children ages Kindergarten and up with upper extremity disabilities to practice fine motor skills with. It can be used for students who are hypersensitive to textures; they can participate in tactile play using tweezers to hold and move objects. While students concentrate on using these tweezers, they are unaware of the inner circuitry going on. By working on grasping, picking up, and
Kindergarten Worksheets for Kids
Kindergarten Worksheets for Kids are designed for Kindergartens with learning disabilities to learn how to write letters and numbers with legible handwriting. They can be used as a supplement with a tactical activity such as shape cards with a sand tray. They can be used with themed manipulatives to make the lesson more enjoyable, and they can also be used as a board game.
Kindertools Toolbox
The Kindertools Toolbox is a gift collection of a set of children's toothbrushes, a nail brush, a child's fork and spoon set, a crayon holder, and a paintbrush holder designed to enable children with limited grasping ability to perform hygiene, feeding, and recreational art activities. The set, packaged in a carrying case, includes a Kindertools Baby's First Toothbrush, a Kindertools Toddler's Toothbrush, a GripperScrubber Nailbrush and bubblegum-scented soap, a Kindertools Safety Spoon and Fork
Knit-One Kit
Knit-One is a knitting Aid designed for use by individuals with use of only one hand. The unit clamps to a table or a suitable chair arm. The user adjusts the top to the desired knitting angle and slides the needle into position for knitting. The device holds the stitches in position on the clamped needle. The yarn can easily be moved along the needle. The kit comes with an instruction booklet (English only), 1 clamp and 3 pairs of handmade steel knitting needles sizes 4, 5 and 6 millimeter. (si
Knitting Aid.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Aid to hold a knitting needle so a person can knit with one hand. Device made of wood fastened together in an L shape with a circular disk, drilled with radii along one side to permit using several sizes of needles. The disk is attached to the upright with a wing nut which can be tightened to hold the needle. The device fastens to a table with a clamp. COMMENTS: Designed and built by John Hill. Further details available from: Technical Aid for the Disa
Knitting Aids.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to hold a knitting needle so someone with the use of one hand only can knit; the needle is held in place by the nonfunctioning hand resting on the table. Illustrates a knitting aid made of a wedge cut from a 2 inch in diameter piece of wood, 2 1/2 inches long, with a piece of webbing tacked onto one side as a belt loop, and a hole drilled into the end to hold a needle. The block is held at the waist on a belt, and the needle is positioned on the
Knitting Device For Bilateral Upper Extremity Amputee.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Device to maintain tension on the yarn for knitting, designed for a bilateral below elbow amputee who knits using prostheses. Device made with two pieces of tin 2 by 2 1/2 inches glued to two pieces of leather the same size, held together with 2 wing nuts and bolts threaded through 3/8 inch pieces of spring. This is welded to a 9 inch 1/4 inch diameter copper pipe, which is held on a table with a 3 inch C clamp. The bolts can be adjusted according to t
Kroh's Crochet Aid, The
The Kroh's Crochet Aid is a crocheting aid designed for use by individuals with multiple sclerosis, arthritis, or neurological or other disabilities which limit upper extremity strength, dexterity, or range of motion. This device consists of a Velcro band that wraps around the user's wrist or hand and can be adjusted for the proper amount of yarn tension. A ring attached to the band has a small slit for the yarn to pass through, keeping the yarn from slipping through the side. A second ring, whi
Lacing & Tracing Shapes
Lacing & Tracing Shapes are lacing cards designed for children with fine motor disabilities to provide an inviting way for them to build the essential competence of hand-eye coordination. These brightly colored shapes and laces make skill-building especially fun. Along with nine 27-inch laces, the set includes sturdy chipboard cards in the shape of a fish, a horse, a butterfly, a heart, an airplane, a gingerbread man, a triangle, a circle, and a square. The cards also double as tracing tools
Laptop Activity Center
The Laptop Activity Center is an easel and activity board designed to enable children with a variety of disabilities to engage in play activities while in bed or from a wheelchair or while on the floor in a floor sitter or corner chair. The unit features an easel-style frame with four interchangeable play options: a bead and wire maze; a magnetic board with magnetic letters, a clipboard; and a grid with snap-on building blocks. The birch frame has slots to enable the play surfaces to be easily c
Large Easel
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with severe phyical disabilities to access canvasas of various sizes for painting. Made of square steel tubing, the frame is designed to enable the user to access any part of a large painting from one position. The frame is equipped with a central board on which the painting is mounted with brackets at the bottom to hold the painting and a bracket at the top that adjusts up and down in a slot on the board using a knurled nut. The b
Large Magnetic Dry Erase Board (1-03557-00)
The Large Magnetic Dry Erase Board (1-03557-00) is an educational tool designed for people with Low Vision. The working surface of the board measures 21.375 inches by 13.5 inches and is affixed to a blue, rigid vinyl that provides a visual border. This board is intended to be used on a flat, stable working surface. The Magnetic/Dry-Erase Board comes with user-removable protective plastic.
Learning with Playdough Letters and First Words Flash Cards
Leather Tooling Press.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Adaptation to a bench arbor press to allow a skilled leather craftsman to perform operation with one hand and one foot. Leather tooling press modification consisting of an extension of the throat of the press to admit a standard size punch, and a foot pedal linked to the handle of the press with a fine chain. Includes drawings. COMMENTS: For further information contact: E D Smart, Vocational Rehabilitation Services, 423 Seventh Avenue SW, Suite 2, Hick
Letter Formation with Playdough
Letter Formation with Playdough is a do it yourself activity designed for children with fine motor or learning disabilities to learn letter formation and spelling.
Letter Sound Activity with Play Dough Tools
Letter Sound Activity with Play Dough Tools is a learning activity designed for children with sensory processing disorder to learn beginning sounds with playdough tools.
Long Strong Crayons
Long Strong Crayons are crayons with built-up handles designed for use by children with fine motor disabilities. These long, thick crayons are long-lasting and break-resistant and easy to grasp with a whole-handed palmar grasp. COLOR: Nine colors per box.
Loom Modification
---- CUSTOMIZED ADAPTATION --------- PURPOSE: To create a custom adapted loom for an individual with Parkinson’s disease to practice weaving. When this individual was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, she decided that she would try all the things she ever wanted in life including learning how to weave. She taught herself how to weave, bought increasingly bigger looms, and began making clothing for local medieval reenactors. Her diagnosis creates a lot of stiffness which was causing her pain wh
Magic Paintbox
The Magic Paintbox is a painting activity designed foruse by children with fine motor or other upper extremity disabilities or low vision. This activity replicates finger painting, without the mess. Non-toxic gel is contained in a sealed pouch. Users trace patterns and designs with their fingers on the pouch’s surface and a panel behind the gel pouch lights up when pouch is touched to heighten the visual effect. The unit includes a wood frame with lighted panel, plastic gel pouch, and power supp
Make-A-Plate
Make-A-Plate is a drawing activity designed to allow children to create a permanent record of a favorite water-color marker drawing. A special, round piece of art paper is used to create the drawing; the paper is returned to the company and the drawing is imposed on a dishwasher-safe plastic plate. Each kit includes 5 sheets of paper, 1 instruction sheet, a return mailing label/order form, and a pre-addressed return envelope. DIMENSIONS: Finished plates are 10 inches in diameter.
Mardi Gras Slime
Mardi Gras Slime is a do it yourself art project for children with sensory processing disorder to offer visual, tactile, and proprioceptive sensory input.
Matching Textures Bag
Melissa & Doug Jumbo Triangular Crayons
Melissa & Doug Wooden Alphabet Stamp Set - 56 Stamps With Lower-Case and Capital Letters
The Melissa & Doug Wooden Alphabet Stamp Set - 56 Stamps With Lower-Case and Capital Letters is a set for early learners with disabilities ages 3 and up to practice writing skills with, encourage letter and color recognition, hand-eye coordination and creative expression.
Melissa And Doug 12 Triangular Crayons
Melissa And Doug 12 Triangular Crayons are designed for individuals ages 3 and up with neurological disabilities to promote better gripping and fine motor skills. This 12-color assortment comes in a sturdy, plastic, flip-top case. The unique shape will help develop the preferred grip for later writing skills.
Melted Snowman in a Jar Sensory Craft for Kids
Melted Snowman in a Jar Sensory Craft for Kids is a do it yourself for children to make.
Mitten Match Number and Fine Motor Skills
Mitten Match Number and Fine Motor Skills is a do it yourself activity designed for preschool or kindergarten children to build number sense and work on building their fine motor and visual discrimination skills. These skills are needed when a child starts learning to recognize the different numbers and letters. This mitten matching activity works on identifying numbers and pairing them with the corresponding number of dots.
Model Stand
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with cerebral palsy to work on resin models. Because of reduced motor skills and strength in his right hand, the user required a means holding cast resin model pieces in place while he combined or painted them using his stronger hand. A custom stand was created with a heavy steel base containing holes for two vertical steel posts which clamp into place. Each post is equipped with a clamp holder at the top. A number of clamps were p
Model Stand 2
CUSTOM ADAPTATION PURPOSE: To provide a means for an individual with cerebral palsy to work on resin models. Because of reduced motor skills and strength in his right hand, the user required a means holding cast resin model pieces in place while he combined or painted them using his stronger hand. A custom stand was created with a heavy steel base containing holes for two vertical steel posts which clamp into place. Each post is equipped with a horizontal arm with a clamp holder at the end. The
Mounted Table Top Scissors
The Mounted Table Top Scissors are a craft supply, scissors, designed for people with weak hands or other upper extremity disability to use during therapeutic recreation. It offers the artist stability as the scissor is fixed to a plastic base with non-slip pads. The scissor is operated by depressing the large "T" shaped handle. The spring will automatically reopen the scissor after the cutting action has been completed.
Mounted Table Top Scissors
These Mounted Table Top Scissors are a product designed for those individuals with upper extremity disabilities to help them cut paper and similar items. Mounted scissors do not require gripping. Helpful for people with limited hand strength or control. Large handle easily depresses for cutting.
Mouse Marker Holder
The Mouse Marker Holder is designed for student's with upper extremity and fine motor disabilities to draw with ease. This one is made from an old computer mouse. I have taken out the insides and inserted a burfab (velcro friendly material) band. The student's hand is placed on the mouse and the band is closed over their hand and velcroed snuggly. Once they have chosen their color of marker, it can be inserted into the holder on the front of the mouse. They can now slide it around the page.
Name Writing Mitt
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable an individual with grasping or fine motor disabilities to print his/her name or participate in a sponge painting activity. Attach foam or rubber letters to a Duramitt glove. These gloves are marketed by Playtex, Inc., and come in two styles. One type of Duramitt has a sponge covering on the palm portion of the mitt, and the other style has the tough scrubbing nylon covering on the palm portion. With either mitt it is possible to attach pieces of Velc
No More Dry Markers
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: To provide an opportunity for children who have difficulty with fine motor and upper extremity coordination participate in drawing activities by using a weighted marker holder to select and recap markers.
Observatory Tube
Empower observation and fine motor skills with the stationary Observatory Tube, made from shatter-proof clear PETG with soft protective rear end-guards.
Paint 'n' Swirl
Paint 'N' Swirl is a painting activity designed for use by children with upper extremity, fine motor, or eye hand coordination disabilities. Blank cards are placed in the unit and, as one child drizzles the included glitter paint, a second child operates the device, causing the cards to spin to create designs. Using a Battery Device Adapter (not included; see separate entry), this device can be used with a single switch.This set includes the spinner unit, glitter paint, and blank cards. POWER: U
Paint by Number Safari - Tropical Rainforest UEB
The Paint by Number Safari - Tropical Rainforest UEB is meant for young artists with upper extremity disabilities to teach them color concepts with an emphasis on real-world colors and shape recognition, encourage visual and tactile exploration, develop fine motor skills, encourage social engagement, and teach fun facts about amazing creatures. They can learn about art, nature, and real-world colors. Tropical Rainforest is the first of the Paint by Number Safari(TM) Series. Paint by Number Safar
Paint Chip Color Matching
The Paint Chip Color Matching is a do it yourself busy bag designed for those individuals who have a slight learning disability to teach them colors and matching.
Paint Chip Color Matching Activity
Paint Chip Color Matching Activity is a do it yourself (DIY) activity to be done in a special education or preschool classroom by children with autism or with low vision who are learning colors.
Paint Chip Color Sort Busy Bag
Paint Chip Color Sort Busy Bag is a busy bag designed for children with fine motor, cognitive and learning disabilities to learn color recognition, matching, and sorting.
Painting Easel
The Painting Easel is designed to be wheelchair accessible, portable, and adjustable with very little physical exertion. The easel has a folding wooden frame that supports an adjustable painting board, which runs on two sets of wooden "T" section tracks. The painting board moves up and down by means of a suspended counterweight, and is held in place by a 3-inch peg. PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT: Designed by Alan Vukusic for a wheelchair user with limited arm strength and very small reach. The base of t
Painting Glove
DO IT YOURSELF ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable children with vision disabilities coupled with other disabilities to join in painting activities. This device consists of sponge paint brushes attached to a child’s stretchy glove. The handles are removed from one or more sponge paintbrushes and the openings where the handles had been are expanded to accommodate one or two fingers of the glove. Place a small amount of low-temperature glue in the hole in the sponge. With a hand in the glove, place the
Paper Holder
CUSTOM ADAPTATION
PURPOSE: To enable an individual with use of only one hand to cut paper with scissors. The device enables the paper to be elevated and positioned for cutting and consists of a cylindrical wooden base with a magnet embeded in it and a steel plate lid with a raised handle. The paper is held between the lid and the magnet for cutting and the paper can be maneuvered while in the holder. TITLE: Tried and Tested. JOURNAL: TAD Journal. REF: Vol. 12 no. 1, Autumn 2001: p. 18. PAGES (in
Paper Straw Necklace
The Paper Straw Necklace is a do it yourself activity designed for young children with fine motor disabilities to work on fine motor skills.
Pencil Grips
The Pencil Grips are pen and pencil holders designed for use by individuals with arthritis, fine motor disabilities, grasping disabilities, and other disabilities of the fingers and hand. These contoured, soft rubber grips aid in holding pens, pencils, slim crayons, standard paint brushes, etc. COLOR: Assorted.
Penguin Hand Print Craft
The Penguin Hand Print Craft is a general arts and craft project designed for children with upper extremity and learning disabilities to work on fine motor skills.
Phases of The Moon Activity
The Phases of The Moon Activity is designed for children with learning disabilities to learn and work on fine motor skills. For this activity, children observe the moon each evening (or almost every night) and the teacher has them mold the moon's shape.
Picasso Series
The Picasso Series is a set of four cause and effect training program titles designed for use by children with cognitive or severe physical disabilities. Pressing a switch enables the user to draw and then color a picture while teaching switch use. The program enables the child to capture a paint pallette for each picture. COMPATIBILITY: For use on IBM and compatible comnputers or Macintosh computers. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A Macintosh running MacOS 10.1 or newer, or a PC running Windows XP or new
Play Dough and Alphabet Beads Activity
Play Dough and Alphabet Beads Activity is a method designed for children with learning disabilities to explore letters, develop fine motor skills, and learn sight words.
Pool Noodle Stack
Pool Noodle Stack is a do-it-yourself busy bag designed for children with sensory, cognitive and learning disabilities to play with. To play with, children can either stack the pieces to work on their counting and number recognition, or they can thread the pool noodles onto the pipe cleaners.
Populas Group Therapy Table
The Populas Group Therapy Table is a therapeutic recreation craft table designed for teachers and therapists to use with their students or patients in rehab centers and schools. Strong, steel legs keep the laminate tabletop steady. Provides plenty of room for four to eight people to sit comfortably.
Potter's Wheel Brace
The Potter's Wheel Brace is designed to support an individual's upper body while leaning to use a pottery wheel. The device is made of bent aluminum tubing with a foam sleeve wrapped around the top section. Two rubber mounts are attached to the bottom ends. PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT: Designed by Jay Drew for a user with poor upper body support who needed a device to support the stomach when working over a pottery wheel.
Preschool Crayons (Model Sc-409)
These Preschool Crayons (no. SC0409) are specially shaped with a large knobbed end so that they are easier to grasp by small children or persons with limited manual dexterity. The crayons are break-resistant and their color won't rub off on skin. These crayons are non-toxic. COLORS: Pink, yellow, green, orange, red, and blue.
Printable DIY Paper Clip Bookmarks
The Printable DIY Paper Clip Bookmarks are do it yourself products designed for children with sensory processing disorder and upper extremity disabilities to create.
Prop-It 10-In-1 Table Top Easel
The Prop-It 10-In-1 Table Top Easel is an art therapy product designed for those with neurological and upper extremity disabilities to use. The Prop-it 10-in-1 Table Top Easel is a lightweight portable kit that contains essential tools needed by the entire spectrum of rehab specialists. Ships in 1 week.
Prop-It 9-In-1 Easel
The Prop-It 9-in-1 Easel is a bookholder and easel designed for use in teaching children with disabilities. The unit comes with nine teaching tools: a big book easel, presentation easel, magnet board, dry erase board, felt board, chalk board, display, big-book storage rack, and an art easel. The unit folds flat for storage and portability. DIMENSIONS (LxW): 18 x 24 inches when folded.
Pumpkin Puffy Paint
Pumpkin Puffy Paint is a do it yourself activity designed for children with sensory processing disorder to do.
Push Pin Poke Drawing Templates
The Push Pin Poke Drawing Templates are a set of 5 themes with a total of 20 pictures designed for people with neurological disabilities to inspire them to participate in "poke" drawing. These themes include transport, fruit, faces, the garden and shapes. Preparation involves placing a cork mat on the table, then colored cardstock (or paper) and then the printed template. Use a push pin to poke each dot to create a drawing. For the best effect, the child should hold the finished picture up to a
Push-Down Tabletop Scissors
The Push-Down Tabletop Scissors are designed for individuals with poor hand strength or hand control, weak grip, tremor, and one handed use who are unable to use scissors with conventional loops. Two “T” shaped handles are operated either by depressing the handle with the scissors in a stable position or by “scooting” it across the table. A spring-action mechanism automatically reopens the scissors once the pressure is released. Large "T" shaped handles to assist grip and leverage. Stainless st
Pvc Pencil Holder
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with limited hand or finger control to hold a pen, pencil, paint brush, or similar item. To make this device, drill a quarter-inch hole into the center of one of the PVC Tees. Assemble the pencil holder by attaching a PVC Tee to each end of the PVC Nipple. The parts may be threaded and will screw together. Thread the thumbscrew into the drilled hole. Place pencil, marker or paintbrush into the Tee and tighten with the thumbscrew until sec
Replacement Battery Cover
The Replacement Battery Cover is designed for use by individuals with low vision, arthritis, or fine motor disabilities. The cover is designed to work with the Nurture Smart Crib Mobile and it includes a plastic cover, silicon insert, nurture smart label and screw cover.
Sammons Preston Easel
The Sammons Preston Easel is designed for use by individuals with upper extremity disabilities. This plastic tabletop easel can be used to support activity boards, puzzle boards, and pegboards to combine perceptual activities with range of motion activities. The support shelf can be placed anywhere on the easel, and the easel angle can be adjusted from 15 to 75 degrees in 10-degree increments to increase or decrease the angle of reach and difficulty of the activity. The easel can be cleaned with
Sandles
Scan And Paint (Model 302)
Scan & Paint, model 302, is a cause and effect training program designed for use by children with cognitive, severe physical, or upper extremity disabilities. In this program, between two and ten paint tubes are lined up on the right side of the screen. To the left of the paint tubes is a simple picture which contains a few sections that can be colored in. A pointer points to one of these sections. The student must select one of the paint tubes for coloring in the section that the arrow is p
School-Rite Ltrb Galaxy Activity Template (Model 673)
The School-Rite Galaxy LTRB Activity Template, model 673, is a drawing and spatial orientation activity designed for use by children with eye hand coordination, neurological, or fine motor disabilities. This thick plastic stencil can be used for teaching directionality and training student skills in locating objects. It introduces the concepts of left, right, top and bottom, focusing on physical placement of images within the context of a template. It provides sample shapes for recognition and i
See-Thru Art Easel
This See-Thru Art Easel is an art therapy product designed for people with upper extremity and neurological disabilities to make art on. Explore color and creativity with this See-Thru Art Easel that allows children to paint on both sides of its clear acrylic easel. Ships in 1 week.
Shadow Drawing
Shadow Drawing is a do it yourself activity for children with learning disabilities to learn about shadow concepts of the sun. The parent or teacher does this with them outside.
Sidiki Portable Transparent Writing / Activities Table (Model 817103)
The Sidiki Portable Transparent Writing/Activities Table, model 817103, is a table-top easel and tilt desk designed for use by people who use wheelchairs and in therapy programs. The scratch -resistant plexiglass easel adjusts to five different positions from horizontal to vertical and can also be used as blackboard, vinyl cling "flannelboard," or activity table. The wood-framed easel features four grooves to accommodate an included shatterproof mirror insert for speech activities; a plexiglass
Simple Fork Print Sunflower Craft
Simple Fork Print Sunflower Craft is a therapeutic arts and crafts activity designed for children with emotional disabilities to enjoy sensory integrative elements, as well as individuals that would benefit from practicing their hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
Sliding Marker Holder
The Sliding Marker Holder is designed for individuals with grasping disabilities to hold a marker while doing art. This marker holder is made from plexiglass and lifted up off the page with 4 small legs. The marker is inserted into the holder and it can be knocked or slid around the page without disrupting the marker. For some students, use of this will be the first time they have independently made a mark on a page.
Small Holder For Knitting Needle.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Holder enables those with use of one hand to knit or crochet. Knitting needle or crochet hook is inserted into hardwood holder. Holder is held in place on table or other surface with suction feet. Includes photograph. SKILLS REQUIRED: Assembly. AUTHOR: New York University Bellevue Medical Center Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation TITLE: Self-Help Devices for Rehabilitation REF: Dubuque, Iowa: Wm C Brown: p 272 NARIC CALL NUMBER: R3360 PA
Snowmen Shape Play Dough Mats
Snowmen Shape Play Dough Mats is a general arts and crafts activity designed for students with fine motor and learning disabilities to teach them shapes.
Soft / Writing Drawing Grips
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with grasping or fine motor disabilities to hold pens, pencils, crayons, or paint brushes. To make these grips, take a 35-millimeter film canisters and cut an "x" in the bottom. The size of the "x" should correspond to the diameter of the writing or drawing implement. Slide the writing or drawing tool through the "x" to create a large gripping surface. The user can hold the tool in a tripod grasp, modified tripod grasp or in a palmar gras
Songboard And Book Easel
The Songboard and Book Easel, model PVC-SB, is an easel and book holder designed for use by individuals with grasping, upper extremity, ormobility disabilities. This collapsible easel is lightweight and portable. The top part of the easel holds a standard songboard, which is attached to the easel with Velcro. Brackets extend from the middle section of the songboard, providing a place to display a standard-size book or 3-ring binder. In classroom use, this gives the instructor two free hands to a
Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag: Option #1
The Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag is designed to keep toddlers with special needs calm and focused while teaching counting, sorting, and color identification. There are a few options for fine motor play. Option one: color identification, sorting by number, and making a rainbow.
Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag: Option #2
The Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag is designed to keep toddlers with special needs calm and focused while teaching counting, sorting, and color identification. There are a few options for fine motor play. Option two: color identification, sorting by number, and making a rainbow.
Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag: Option #3
The Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle Busy Bag is designed to keep toddlers with special needs calm and focused while teaching counting, sorting, and color identification. There are a few options for fine motor play. ?Option three: rainbow color and shape sorting.
Special Education and Autism Visual Aids: Classroom Starter Pack
Special Education and Autism Visual Aids: Classroom Starter Pack is a set of twenty-four visual aids designed for children with Autism to support them during any setting or subject. Using visuals, particularly with students with autism is a best practice and can increase independence, decrease transition difficulties, increase positive behaviors, provide clear expectations and increase motivation among others. Some of these require student or classroom specific icons to go with them. For example
Spectra Deluxe Bleeding Tissue Paper, 12 x 18 Inches, Assorted Colors, Pack of 50
Spectra Deluxe Bleeding Tissue Paper, 12 x 18 Inches, Assorted Colors, Pack of 50 is designed for those individuals with upper extremity disabilities to create a rich and vibrant, watercolor looking art project. Colors blend when moistened. Deluxe-grade tissue that bleeds. Pack of 480. This product has no choking hazard.
Sponge Painting Handles
"DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY --- PURPOSE: To enable individuals with grasping or fine motor disabilities to participate in a sponge painting activity. To make these handles for cut-out sponges to provide a more secure grasp for painting, use a plastic dish scrubber as a knobbed handle. Cut the curled nylon scrubbing surface off the scrubber handle, and hot-glue the cut-out sponge piece on the scrubber base. If the user cannot grasp a knobbed handle, use a grill scrubbing tool or a floor scrubbing tool
Squiggle Wiggle Vibrating Pen
The Squiggle Wiggle Vibrating Pen is a battery operated vibrating pen that allows the children with developmental disabilities ages 4 and up to turn straight lines into a series of loops, circles, or curves, depending on how closely it is held to the writing surface. It gives the user tactile stimulation and encourages appropriate grasp. Includes four different color refills.
Squiggles Wiggle Writer
The Squiggles Wiggle Writer is a pen designed for children ages 4 and up with learning disabilities and sensory processing disorder to write and make art with. The Squiggles Wiggle Writer pen turns straight lines into a series of loops, circles, or curves depending on how closely it's held to the writing surface. Gives the user sensory input and encourages grasp. Includes four different color refills. Not recommended for people who are tactile defensive.
Squishy Sky Sensory Bag
The Squishy Sky Sensory Bag is a do it yourself product designed for children with sensory processing disorder to create. This Squishy Sky Sensory Bag is simple to make and uses a few materials. Depending on the age of the child, they can help cut out the clouds to make the sensory bag.
Stay Put Easel (Model 1484)
The Stay Put Easel, model 1484, is an easel designed for use with individuals with emotional or neurological disabilities. A switch, communicator, toy, or other device is secured to the easel or plate with duolock (extra-strong Velcro) and the easel is clamped to a lap tray or table to prevent the user from throwing the device. OPTIONS: Sets of C-clamps are available separately. DIMENSIONS (LxWxH): 13 x 12 x 10.5 inches.
Straw Play
Straw Play is a do it yourself activity that works on gross motor and scissor skills for children with learning or cognitive disabilities.
Study Pal
The Study Pal is a bookholder and table top writing desk designed for use by individuals who use wheelchairs or who have upper extremity disabilities. This wooden easel has a slanted surface that adjusts to four angles and a lip at the bottom to hold materials in place. The unit folds to book size for storage and transport. DIMENSIONS: 9 x 12 inches.
Stylus Steadier
The Stylus Steadier is a do it yourself adapted stylus holder designed for individuals to hold their pencil, paintbrush writing utensil steady. Instructions below.
Susan Bates Luxite 14-Inch Jiffy Knitting Needles
Susan Bates Luxite 14-Inch Jiffy Knitting Needles are knitting aids designed for use by individuals with arthritis. These extra-thick, brightly-colored single-point needles are made from Luxite plastic, and are lightweight, durable, and warm to the touch. SIZES: US needle sizes 17 (large), 19 (large), 35 (extra large), or 50 (extra large). DIMENSIONS: Needles are 14 inches long. COLOR: Pink (US size 17), blue (US size 19), orange (US size 35), or green (US size 50).
Swirl Art (Model 380)
Swirl Art is a painting activity designed for use by children with cognitive and fine motor disabilities. The unit consists of a spinning containter into which a blank card is placed. As the card spins, children apply paint using squeeze bottles to create kaleidoscopic designs. This unit is adapted for use with a single switch (required but not included). Yhe set includes three sqirt bottles of paint and a blank card. POWER: Uses one D battery. DIMENSIONS (LxWxH): 11.5 x 9.75 x 2.75 inches. COLO
Table Top Easel
The Table Top Easel is a bookholder with storage desk designed for use by individuals who use wheelchairs or who have upper extremity disabilities. This wooden easel can be used at a 30- or 60-degree angle and features storage space under the slanted surface and an extended lip to prevent materials from sliding off in the 30-degree position. DIMENSIONS: 20 x 14 inches. COLOR: Natural wood varnish finish.
Tabletop Songboard Easel (Model Pvc-Te)
The Table-Top Songboard Easel, model PVC-TE, is an easel designed for use by students with physical disabilities who benefit from upright presentation of learning materials. This collapsible easel is lightweight and portable. The top part of the easel holds a legal file folder-size songboard or game, which may be attached to the easel with Velcro. The easel provides an instructor with two free hands to assist students or manipulate objects or picture cues.
TactileDoodle Kit (1-08824-00)
The TactileDoodle Kit is designed for people who are blind or have low vision disabilities. TactileDoodle allow users to quickly generate tactile, raised-line graphics to convey a variety of concepts or art within the classroom or at home. Users can demonstrate a variety of concepts related to science, math, geography, illustrate spatial concepts and simple maps, practice handwriting skills, play interactive games like tic-tac-toe, complete artistic drawing activities, practice tracing skills (e
Tangle Art
Tangle Art is a way for people who have limited bilateral coordination to practice their coordination by holding a piece of paper with one hand and tracing with the other, then coloring craft sticks. This activity is good for pre-writing skills. Coloring in the shapes encourages the motor skills needed to move the pencil in handwriting.
Task Box Labels for Independent Work Stations
Task Box Labels for Independent Work Stations are watercolor task box labels designed for special education students to add structure to their independent work. Visual schedules will help those students complete station work without constant prompting from staff. This is part of a larger bundle. This is a digital download. The teacher will download, print and prep as needed. No physical items will be sent to the user.
Textured Paper Collection (Model 1-03275-00)
The Textured Paper Collection is tactile graphics paper designed for use by children who are blind or have low vision. The kit contains tactile colored sheets that can be cut out and applied to another surface for such purposes as making tactile items on worksheets, creating area patterns in tactile diagrams, adding texture to adapted storybooks, creating tactile artworks, or labeling household items or books. In addition to paper, vinyl, and Tactile Colours paper in various colors, the kit incl
Therapeutic Playdough Balloons
These Therapeutic Playdough Balloons are balloons filled with playdough with faces drawn onto them. This is an activity for Autistic children or children who have challenges when it comes to handling emotions because they don't understand. They are stress ball balloons, great for discussing emotions as well as giving those little finger muscles a good work out. This activity is good therapeutic recreation and fine and gross motor play.
Thigh Pointer
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY -------DESCRIPTION: A thermoplastic cuff formed to the thigh which has a pointer attached to it. This device allows an individual to point on a communication board, play certain musical instruments, paint, etc.
Trace and Pin All Year Round
Tray for Sand and Putty
The Tray for Sand and Putty is art therapy equipment designed for teachers, parents and therapists to use with children ages 3 and up with disabilities while they play. With the Tray for Sand and Putty a child can engage in sensory integration and fine motor play without a mess. Easy to clean surface for putties and sand. Surface wash with mild soapy water. Not dishwasher safe.
Universal Cuff.
--- "DO IT YOURSELF" ENTRY ------- PURPOSE: Cuff which fastens around the hand and has a tool pocket to facilitate holding a short handled tool. Instructions for constructing a single strap cuff of canvas webbing, a 2 inch metal ring, hook and loop velcro, leather or vinyl scrap and cord or a shoelace. Lists materials needed and possible sources; includes diagram and drawing. SKILLS REQUIRED: Sewing. AUTHOR: Beems, J TITLE: Adaptive Garden Equipment: A Resource Manual for Patients, Families and
Vision Vu Easel (Models 14Dc, 14Dc-Bb, 14Dc-Gr, 14Dc-Lm, 14Dc-St, & 14Dc-Tg)
The Vision Vu Easel is an adjustable height easel and copy stand designed to hold papers at a computer work station. The easel adjusts in angle and height, and drops below the desktop for keyboard systems. A clip and line guide are included. DIMENSIONS: 14 inches wide. COLOR: Clear (model 14DC), blueberry blue (model 14DC-BB), grape (model 14DC-GR), lime green (model 14DC-LM), strawberry red (model 14DC-ST), or tangerine (model 14DC-TG).
Washi Tape Mason Jar Lid Ornament
Washi Tape Mason Jar Lid Ornament is a do it yourself craft designed for children with fine motor disabilities to engage in fine motor play and use their fine motor abilities.
Wheelchair Tray Easel (Models 31140 & 31141)
The Wheelchair Tray Easel, Models 31140 and 31141, is a bookholder with lapboard and an easel designed for use by people who use wheelchairs. The adjustable angle easel attaches to any lapboard with a front rim. Model 31140 is made of clear polycarbonate, and Model 31141 is fabricated of Melamine-impregnated fiberboard. Both models have a hinged, adjustable length leg brace for setting the angle of the easel. The easel includes a 1.5-inch front edge or lip. WARRANTY: The manufacturer warrants th
White Chalk
This White Chalk is designed for use by individuals ages 3 and up with upper extremity disabilities to practice holding and using a writing utensil. For fun, this chalk is for playing hopscotch or creating art on a sidewalk or a chalkboard. This box of twelve traditional, round sticks of white dustless chalk is non-toxic.
Wikki Stix
Wikki Stix is a general arts and crafts product designed for children with learning and fine motor disabilities to play with at school and home. Each package contains 48 Wikki Stix in the 8-inch length plus illustrations and play ideas on the back. Wikki Stix are made of a strand of acrylic, hand-knitting yarn enhanced with a microcrystalline, food-grade, non-toxic wax. There is no latex, nor any peanut or nut oil.
Wikki Stix Activity Set
The Wikki Stix Activity Set is a fine motor activity kit designed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and learning disabilities to play with. Contains 84 Wikki Stix in 16 colors and two sizes (48 each 8 inches and 36 each 6 inches), plus multi-use playboard, handy storage bag and eight pages of fun ideas and illustrations. Wikki Stix are a one of a kind activity that is twistable, stackable, sticky and buildable while offering therapeutic benefits as well. Created from a unique, patented
Wikki Stix Numbers And Counting Cards
The Wikki Stix Numbers and Counting Cards are designed for children with neurological disabilities to help them learn number formation 1 to 20. It has 27 individual cards plus 36 Wikki Stix. Education activities such as counting, math concepts and simple shapes are also included.
Wikki Stix Rainbow Pak
The Wikki Stix Rainbow Pak is a package of bendable. stackable art therapy products for children with disabilities to practice fine motor skills with. The Wikki Stix Rainbow Pak has 24 each 8-inch Wikki Stix in 6 rainbow colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple), plus a sheet of ideas and activities.
Wipe Off Crayons
These Wipe Off Crayons are hand grips and tools designed for children with upper extremity disabilities to write on whiteboards. Good for marking on most non-porous surfaces such as laminated surfaces, vinyl coated books, and white boards. These specially formulated crayons wipe off with a rub from a paper towel or dry cloth.
Wood Slice String Art Ornaments
Wood Slice String Art Ornaments is a do it yourself craft for children with fine motor disabilities to engage in fine motor play, to practice fine motor skills, and to encourage creativity.