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This sensory feeding guide is designed to support caregivers, paraprofessionals, and educators in helping children who experience food aversions related to sensory processing. It provides practical strategies for recognizing body language, using supportive cues during meals, and incorporating sensory play to build comfort with new foods over time. In the school setting, this guide can be used during lunch, snack time, and classroom activities to create consistent, low-pressure feeding experience

This is a very popular parent handout used at our clinic. This chart helps to address behaviors with a reward and consequence system that is fully customizable to the child and requires little to no extra effort for parents-- just provides enough additional structure and consistency for the child to develop behavioral boundaries.

This resource can be given to parents and guardians navigating their child's IEP or 504 plan. This can be a disorienting topic that may lead to frustration if it is not explained so that it is completely understood. The 22 slides offer a thorough explanation and information to ensure that any parent or guardian with questions about this process has all the tools they need to advocate for their child to receive the resources they require at school.

Use this checklist after observing the student in your classroom for at least 3 weeks. This can be used as a screening tool prior to referring the student to school-based occupational therapy, given to parents as areas for increased attention at home, or given to an outpatient-based occupational therapist if the student does not receive in-school services.

Classroom-friendly sensory strategies to regulate students prior to transitions, specials, challenging tasks, or as a circle time activity. Includes proprioceptive input and deep breathing exercises. No prep and no equipment needed.

Game board and 30 cards. Use this game as a calming tool for kids to do on their own or with classmates. All you need is a die and have the kids pick out an item of their choice to use as the game piece. Each time you roll, move the designated number of spaces and draw a card matching the space you land on. Print out and laminate the game board and cards for continued use.

Use this Google Sheets Template to keep track of each student and their IEP progress, services, meetings, parent or teacher consults, inclusion classes, subject matter, and dates/times.

Quick reference for parents to begin to understand the IEP process. Use as a guide for conversation or as a reminder to give to parents who are already familiar with the process.

Black and white tracing pages, A-Z uppercase and lowercase tracing pages. Useful for letter sounds.

Teacher template to create education-based attention goals for occupational therapy services. An IEP goal template provides a structured framework for writing goals, ensuring that all essential components are included—such as present levels of performance, measurable goals, and short-term objectives. This consistency makes it easier to write clear and comprehensive goals. Using this template ensures that the IEP goals are in alignment with the student’s academic and functional goals. Also includ

Sensory processing difficulties are unique to each child meaning solutions are not "one size fits all". As an Occupational Therapist who has worked with PreK-12 students, I've created a resource to help better understand how to use sensory intervention in order to meet each student's specific needs. Each type of sensory response is described so that you can recognize the distinct differences between them in your students. Some students may need alerting sensory stimulation as they are not engage

Worksheets designed to help students with their letter formation and alignment. Three sections are included for hanging, short, and tall letters. Each section has 3 different types of lined paper; extra wide with midline, wide with midline, and regular. The visual prompt at the top of each page helps student to place the letters in the appropriate position on the line.

Teacher template to create education-based handwriting goals for occupational therapy services. An IEP goal template provides a structured framework for writing goals, ensuring that all essential components are included—such as present levels of performance, measurable goals, and short-term objectives. This consistency makes it easier to write clear and comprehensive goals. Using this template ensures that the IEP goals are in alignment with the student’s academic and functional goals. Also incl

Teacher template to create education-based social participation goals for occupational therapy services. An IEP goal template provides a structured framework for writing goals, ensuring that all essential components are included—such as present levels of performance, measurable goals, and short-term objectives. This consistency makes it easier to write clear and comprehensive goals. Using this template ensures that the IEP goals are in alignment with the student’s academic and functional goals.

Teacher template to create education-based social participation goals for occupational therapy services. An IEP goal template provides a structured framework for writing goals, ensuring that all essential components are included—such as present levels of performance, measurable goals, and short-term objectives. This consistency makes it easier to write clear and comprehensive goals. Using this template ensures that the IEP goals are in alignment with the student’s academic and functional goals.

Simple, no extra supplies needed, fall activity for all! Print pages, cut out shapes and the cards with visual prompts for students to copy or allow them to get creative and make their own colorful design! Have the students cut out their shapes to work on scissor skills. Work on visual or auditory processing by showing or telling your students a face to copy. Great for learning about shapes and number of sides as well.

Simple, no extra supplies needed! Print pages, cut out the 12 feathers and the 4 cards with visual prompts for students to copy or allow them to get creative and make their own colorful design! Have the students cut out their own feathers to work on scissor skills. Work on visual or auditory processing by showing or telling your students a pattern to copy. Also a great activity to review colors, teach complementary colors, and cool vs warm colors.

One-page questionnaire for parents to complete during the first week of school to communicate any specific information concerning classroom behaviors, accommodations, and more. This handout covers environmental challenges and sensory concerns/behaviors without using language that could be alarming to parents. The information provided will help you set up your classroom to best fit your students' specific needs. For additional resources to set up your classroom to be sensory friendly and inclusi

Use this visual rating scale for students to express their understanding of a topic/lesson or describe how they are feeling. Can be applied In many situations for all types of students.