This is a speech favorite! Clients enjoy placing the items into the correct pocket on the wall. This takes the "boring" out of therapy. You can do many different versions for different themes, such as love, patriotic, and real versus unreal. OT: This can be adapted to...
This is an easy painting task to keep messes at bay. Two or three drops of paint is all you need to make a flower. This activity also helps with visual spacial planning and a better understanding of the shape of a circle. SUPPLIES: Fork, acrylic/craft...
Being resourceful is an important form on intelligence. Understanding how different colors can be put together to form a picture is scary at first, but then clients start talking more and become absorbed in the task. Before you know it, everyone has something that they...
This activity is a winner. As you can tell, it allows for individuality and skill building all in one shot. It can also work for grandparents day! Supplies: -1 Paper Plate -Green & White Paint (or just light yellow and/or light green paint) -scissors -1 marker (for writing) - pipe cleaner...
Using visual supports for autistic clients an be helpful for everyone. Directions: Let client know that they will earn 3 stars/hearts before they get to engage in a task of their choosing. As the client stays on task, therapist/teacher can place a star/heart on the task...
Kerplunk is a wonderful game that increases energy and focus at the same time. It helps with impulse control, turn taking, fine motor coordination, concentration, thought analysis, and finger dexterity. Place it on a high counter and use a rocker board and you can emphasize...
Visual memory games are fun challenges for many different clients from traumatic brain injury to developmental delay. You can play them at a baby shower or in the clinic. Clients are shown several items for about 1 minute then the items are removed from sight...
This is a fantastic way to make your own meaningful puzzle designs. A fantastic way to work on visual perceptual and visual motor skills when you have limited resources. Watch the video to see how easy it is. All you have to do is have 2...
This was developed by Dr. Sunbeck, and it has many developmental benefits, some of them are: --Improved coordination between both hemispheres of the brain. --Increased coordination and sports abilities --Improved ability to control both eyes together as well as tracking an object. --Preparation for learning --Improved concentration and reasoning efficiency Directions:...
This activity helps with writing and critical thinking. If you are not seeing the difference between drop letters and tall letters, then correcting writing errors will be a challenge. In the school setting, letter zone awareness can be important and this task can help. To assist...