SENSORY MAKE 'N' TAKE WORKSHOP
SENSORY & FINE MOTOR FUN FOR CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER
Presented by Shirley Sutton, O.T.
November 17, 2001
COURSE 005
Note: Shirley Sutton is co-author of "Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration". She provided us with a terrific hand-out booklet that is too lengthy to reproduce here. However, I do have permission to display a brief overview and her resource list. I highly recommend that you sign up for her workshop the next time she's in your area, because it was awesome! She provided us with all the tools we needed to come up with our own sensory grab bags, using materials from dollar stores and just stuff from around the house.
EARLY SENSORY FUN
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Description of Kit #1 Contents |
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Sensory Motor Play |
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Bumper Crasher Games for Muscle and Body Sense |
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Bumper Crasher Games - Vestibular Sense |
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Toys for the Eyes |
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Toys for the Hands |
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Sensory Fun - Low Cost Indoor Equipment Ideas |
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Stress Balloon Fidget Toy |
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Games for Smelling |
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Learning to Stay Sitting Tips |
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Big Ball Picture Cards |
LEARNING THROUGH ORAL MOTOR PLAY
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Introduction & Kit #2 Description |
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General Oral Motor Ideas |
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Straw Drinking |
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Blowing Games |
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Movement and Thinking Games for the Mouth |
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Helping Picky Eaters |
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Edible Art |
EARLY FINE MOTOR FUN
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Introduction & Kit Description |
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Tactile Discrimination Games |
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Do It Yourself Tactile Experiences |
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Two Handed Skills |
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Edible Fine Motor Fun |
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Fine Motor Games to Build Finger Strength |
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Recipes - Silly Putty, Finger Paint and Spray Chalk |
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Fidget Bag Toys |
MORE FINE MOTOR FUN
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Kit 4 Description |
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Upright Work Surfaces (Promote Fine Motor Skills) |
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No Crayons! |
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Pre-Writing Strategies |
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Easy Tricks for Teaching Letters, Numbers or Shapes |
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Promoting Scissor Skills |
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Developing a Mature Pencil Grasp |
STARTING TO PRINT AND DRAW
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Kit 5 Description |
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General Fine Motor Activities for Home or Classroom Centres |
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Visual-Motor Skills: Tracing |
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Strategies for Drawing, Printing and Writing |
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Number Raps |
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Pencil Grip Kit |
SENSORY INTEGRATION, MAKE AND TAKE FUN AND WEB RESOURCES
SI articles in PDF format (adobe acrobat)
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Toy Catalogue Listing for Children with Special Needs
WORKSHOP #1 SENSORY FUN
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Benik Corporation 1-800-442-8910 (no website) pressure garments, splints |
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Henry OT 1-888-371-1204 videos, 'tool kit' |
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Imaginart 1-800-828-1376 |
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OT Ideas, Inc. 973-895-3622 Canada 877-768-4332 |
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Professional Development Programs PDP 651-439-8865 |
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Southpaw 1-800-228-1698, SI suspended equipment "gold standard" |
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The Therapy Shoppe 1-800-261-5590 |
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Therapy Skill Builders
732-441-0404 videos and therapy toys |
WORKSHOP #2 ORAL MOTOR SUPPLIERS AND INFO
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Super Duper - free shipping to Canada |
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New Visions (excellent Mealtimes catalogue) 804-361-2285 |
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Linguisystems 1-800-776-4332, speech & language, oral motor books, NUKs |
WORKSHOP #3, 4, & 5 FINE MOTOR FUN, LEARNING TO PRINT AND DRAW
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Shirley.sutton@sympatico.ca ABC and Number Book, Learn to Print and Draw |
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Big Strokes for Little Folks Rubell |
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TRICS for Written Communication, Amundson |
REFERENCE LIST
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Activity Schedules for Children with Autism 1999 McClannahan & Krantz |
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A Parent's Guide to Understanding Sensory Integration. Sensory Integration International |
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Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration (OT for Children with Autism & Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders), Yack, Sutton & Aquilla 416-785-7899 |
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Chalkboard Fun by L. Sena. Therapy Skill Builders |
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Children with Visual Impairments |
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Creative Play Activities for Children with Disabilities by Morris & Schulz. Human Kinetics 1-800-465-7301 |
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Developmental Hand Dysfunction by Erhardt ISBN 0-943596-01-7 |
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Extraordinary Play with Ordinary Things by B. Sher Therapy Skill Builders |
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Fine Motor Dysfunction by K. Levine. Therapy Skill Builders |
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Fine Motor Skills ed. by J. Case Smith. AOTA |
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Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome by M. Bruni 1998 |
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Handwriting Without Tears by Olsen |
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Hand Function in the Child ed. Henderson and Pehoski (chapters by Exner, Benbow, Ziviani) Mosby |
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Hands at Work and Play (Developing Fine Motor Skills at School and Home) Knight, Decker Therapy Skill Builders |
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The Inclusive Classroom by Gould and Sullivan 1999 |
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Learn to Print and Draw: A visual-Kinesthetic Program by S. Wahl and S. Sutton 705-445-8069 |
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My Exercise Book, My Big Ball Book, My Scooter Board Book, My Sensory Song Book by S. Sutton |
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Normal Development Copybook by Klein, Ossman & Tracy. Therapy Skill Builders |
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Oral-Motor Activities for Young Children by E. Mackie. Linguisystems 1-800-776-4332 |
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Pre-Writing Skills, Pre-Dressing Skills, Pre-Scissor Skills by M. Dunn Klein, Therapy Skill Builders |
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Steps to Independence by Baker & Brightman |
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Tool Chest for Teachers, Parents & Students: A Handbook to Facilitate Self-Regulation by D. Henry, Henry Occupational Therapy Services |
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Out of the Mouth of Babes by Frick, Frick, Oetter & Richter. PDP press |
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Raising Your Spirited Child by M. Kurcinka 1991 |
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Sensorimotor Groups by Scheerer. Therapy Skill Builders |
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Sensory Motor Handbook by Bissell, Fisher, Owens and Plocyn. Therapy Skill Builders |
ARTICLES
Case-Smith, Heaphy, Marr, Galvin, Koch, Ellis & Perez, 1998 Fine motor and functional performance outcomes in preschool children. American Journal of OT, 52, (10), pp. 788-796
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