Decreasing Visual Clutter

Here is a board that I made for one of my students with Autism.  She is often times visually overwhelmed by the amount of visual stimuli in her classroom.  I created this board for her so that she could have access to her daily classroom schedule, daily specials and of course a checklist for her handwriting.  Her pens and pencils are kept on the board as well!  This has decreased her anxiety as well as kept her more focused when working behind the board.

Occupational Therapy Wordle

I love being an occupational therapist!  Why do you?

Happy Speech and Hearing Month!

One of my favorite disciplines to work with are Speech and Language Pathologists.  Collaboration between an Occupational Therapist and a Speech and Language Pathologist equals better treatment outcomes and student success!

Using Assistive Technology to Support Writing

As a graduate school student who is studying assistive technology in special education, I have come to realize the importance of using technology to support writing.  I have been learning about various types of software, hardware, and apps that can be beneficial when supporting these students.  Here is a nice article on using assistive technology to support our students so that all students can access the curriculum in the most supportive way.

http://www.cited.org/index.aspx?page_id=108

Using Pictello To Create Stories for Children With Special Needs

I love this Pictello app!  You can create social stories, sensory diets, picture cue cards when learning new tasks!  It is a great app to use and below is the link about Pictello.

http://www.assistiveware.com/product/pictello

TEACCH Program

The TEACCH Autism Program is clinical, training and research program based at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  This link will provide you with information on TEACCH and how it has helped children with Autism around the world learn.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/treatment/teacch

Cue Cards For Helping Your Child To Get Dressed

Here is a nice example of using cue cards to help a student with Autism or with a Developmental Disability get dressed.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/Aetc2Z0WEmr8rC8IqJQKW5vjNNhQf4CxjpkgA2-8ITPqePEB7H-E4K0/