There are many ways to incorporate ribbons & yarn into therapy. They can also be run thru a laminator and kids can follow them with their fingers. Here are some options: Yarn, ribbon, and party streamers work well for wall or floor visual-perceptual motor skill building....
Additional skills that can be strengthened when using a story with theraputty combined. They can include; memory, proprioception, communication skills and much more. Hand strengthening is always so much fun with putty, but sometimes it is important to give it a new twist to keep things...
Use the pictures and Task Box Idea List to help you create fun and effective task boxes. These work real well in the home setting and parents will easily get on board once you give them a box or two to get started. Elderly populations enjoy...
Using dots can be cost effective, fun and functional. Give some of these activities a try. PT: Dots can encourage energy and make a dull therapy room more motivating for young and old clients. Check out the basketball bounce with squares picture to motivate you. Try...
Oh what JOY they bring. Kids and adults love looking at them. Hope the pictures can inspire you to get yourself some. Walmart and other craft stores carry them and they are cheap! Idea: They are fun for finger tip prehension: Place one in each section...
Check out our "Popscicles and other sucky foods" entry for more ideas. Keep food tasting fun and relaxed. If you have therapy tools you have created and want to share them or sell them, let us know so we can help, because Brilliant Therapy is better therapy! Download...
There are many ways to present foods. If your client is struggling with anything oral, try playing games that involve a story- jelly beans and granola can be placed like a trail on the table and retrieved with ones mouth. You can ask kids to...
Here is a list to get you started. Don't forget the obvious, wheelchair races! Many clients like a bit of light-hearted competition. We are only as creative as our members. Share your creative tools with the BrilliantTherapy team! Download the PDF for Wheelchair Level Activities...
Sometimes unexpected tools are best to build skills with. Kids usually find umbrellas fun and adding the therapy activities with it will bring lots of interest. Another Umbrella idea: Hang an opened umbrella upside down and have kids toss pennies or sock snowballs up into it....
Many of our elderly clients find this handout useful because of limited energy and ideas to make themselves food. These are easy to prepare and delicious. Keep things easier on the hands by purchasing already shredded cheese or chopped olives in the can. Share your own delicious...