A+ Products and Recommendations

Dear Parents,

Many clients have asked for links to specialized equipment, sensory tools, and books that will help them to continue providing therapeutic interventions at home for their child. I have personally researched and located the best possible value for these items on Amazon, which I use in my practice and most often recommend to my students for home use. I hope your children will benefit from these therapeutic toys, games, exercise devices, and books, which are kid tested and approved by A+ Handwriting Pediatric Occupational Therapy!

(Disclaimer: Purchasing Amazon items through these links will allow my business to earn an itty bitty commission, which does not add anything extra to your cost for each item).

– Books
– Executive Skills
– Hand and Fine Motor Strengthening
– Handwriting Helpers
– Sensory Integration Products

BOOKS:

The Sensory Processing Diet, by Chynna Laird

Raising a Sensory Smart Child, by Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L and Nancy Peske

The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up,Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years, by Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.

EXECUTIVE SKILLS:

Plastic Hourglass Timers: Want your child to work faster for completing schoolwork or chores? Use a plastic hourglass sand timer, and watch the race to the finish. Use timers for Minute-to-Win-It educational games. Allows kids greater awareness of time passage without any alarming alarms or ticking sounds. Plus, it’s fun to watch the sand fall as an intriguing visual sensory experience.

Wobble Cushion: Sits on top of a regular chair or surface, and provides quiet vestibular sensory input for improving focus and attention span when required to sit for periods of time, as in classrooms, church, and family meals. It’s a WIN-WIN for meeting the child’s needs for movement while maintaining peace with others in the room.

Wedge Cushion: This type of wobble cushion is beneficial for students who have low muscle tone where they tend to slump in their seats, lean back too much, or tend to sit in a banana posture. The wedge cushion places the child’s pelvis in a more anterior tilt, which facilitates a more upright trunk posture and allows a small amount of non-disruptive “body wiggling” movement (vestibular input) that children crave when sitting for long periods of time. This particular wedge cushion is 15″ x 15″ and fits all sizes of seats, while providing an additional tactile input option with the raised bumps on one side if desired. This is a great way to achieve passive sensory input while improving posture and focus!