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Free occupational therapy teacher manuals
Play Dough Tray Activity Guide for Preschool, Pre-K, TK, and Kindergarten
Play dough trays are an open-ended, invitation to play and explore using the items provided on the tray usually around a theme or specific topic. Play dough trays activities are the perfect multi-sensory activity to strengthen fine motor muscles and learn various literacy, math, science, health, STEM, and SEL skills. Make learning FUN again with play dough! What's Included: Play Dough Tray Activity Guide! teacher tips and trickssupply ideas 54 play dough trays for the whole year by season and t
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PreK - K
Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
FREE Animal-Themed Yoga Cards: Self-Regulation, Brain Breaks, Gross Motor
Are you interested in increasing the focus, concentration, working memory, body awareness, executive function, and self-regulation of your students? Would you like a quick and easy, no-plan, grab-and-go gross motor activity? Do you need to lead gross motor groups within a small space? You can use Animal movement posters hung on the wall of a classroom or sensory room. Hand-held cards can be pulled out for a quick brain break.10 Sample cards from the Four Set Bundle:Classroom or Circle Time --
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Not Grade Specific
Developing a Fine Motor Program for Classroom or Therapy
Developing a Fine Motor Program for Classroom or Therapy - Article by Jan McCleskey, MA, OTRThis is an article for teachers or for occupational therapists, to teach how to develop a program for classroom or therapy for fine motor skills. Perfect for a training inservice for staff. Contents of training article:• Developmental fine motor skills (preschool – 1st grade)• Typical and atypical grasp patterns• Research on development of grasp patterns• TIP grip protocol for developing grasp• Coloring
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PreK - 1st, Staff
Teaching Interoception Introductory Guide for SEL, OT
Have you heard of interoception, but don't know what it is or how to teach it? This introductory guide is for you! Do you work with kids who have frequent meltdowns or lack self regulation skills? If kids don't notice their body signals, they don't know when to apply strategies that you are trying to teach them. This summary gives a definition of interoception, why you should be teaching it, and how. This is not meant to be a comprehensive resource, but an introduction only. The following resour
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Not Grade Specific
School-Based OT ADHD Scope and Practice Guide
Occupational therapists are qualified to provide a multitude of interventions to support the occupational performance of children with ADHD. Our background knowledge, training, and expertise perfectly match the actual needs of the ADHD student far more than any other profession in the school setting. The role of the school-based occupational therapist is essential in facilitating functional performance for students with ADHD in the school setting. Download this quick fact sheet to align your sch
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Not Grade Specific
Teacher's Checklists for Eye Tracking and Vision Perception
A "Must Have" for all teachers! This packet includes background information of all teachers about the importance of VISION and LEARNING and offers a simple method to identify students of all ages with eye tracking and vision perception difficulties.
This packet includes definitions for teachers and "Easy to Use" observation "Clue Sheets" to identify struggling students.
Once identified, MAXIMIZE VISION PERFORMANCE, offers grade-level appropriate activities of "eye games" that can be purchased th
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Tips for Dealing with Letter Reversals
Many young children reverse letters because they lack familiarity with the symbols. When learning to write letters in the Early Years, Foundation and early Year 1, this is a common occurrence, ideally, reversals should not be present beyond seven years of age.Verbal Cues and Starting PointsIt is valuable to learn letters as movements rather than as visual shapes. This gives children a mechanism for remembering visually confusing letters. If the letters are taught effectively, with starting point
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PreK - 3rd
FREE Editable IEP Snapshot
Here is a free editable IEP Snapshot suitable for ECSE/FA special education students!This download will direct you to an editable Google Doc that will let you input your students' necessary information; just copy and paste to create snapshots for your whole class!This snapshot comes with spaces to gather your student's eligibility, IEP start & end date, allergies and medication, goals, related service schedule, and more. At the beginning of the year & after an ARD, I like to update snaps
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Not Grade Specific
EDITABLE * Caseload/ IEP Meeting Schedule
Editable Caseload/IEP Meeting Organizer Checklist to help ensure you have completed all necessary steps to successfully finalize your IEP and ensure your paperwork gets filed in a timely and organized manner. All you have to do is download the file (it is in Google Doc), add the student's IEP information in sequential order so you don't forget or have a due date surprise you, and check off or highlight your items as you complete them, ensuring you don't forget where you left off and what additio
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Staff
Mastering Prewriting and Cutting: a Guide for Success
Unlock the potential of your child's fine motor skills with this comprehensive guide to mastering prewriting and cutting! This resource is designed to help parents, teachers, and therapists build essential skills. Follow the developmental sequences and tips outlined in the guide, and watch your child’s abilities flourish. Print, laminate, and hang up so that you can refer to it often!
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Not Grade Specific
Writing/Occupational Therapy Goal with Rubric for Elementary Student
This is a general IEP goal for an elementary school student who qualifies for Occupational Therapy services and has a goal that is monitored by the special education teacher who collaborates with the Occupational Therapist to meet the needs of the student. The goal is listed with copies of the rubric below to serve for documenting data points using the student's work samples or to use while observing the student actually performing the task.
Grades:
K - 5th
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FREE - Smart(er) Goals -Neurodiversity-Affirming Glow-Up Goal Writing Guide
Your neurodiversity-affirming goal writing guide. This is nuanced. This may be new. This isn’t easy work.And you’re doing a good job.This guide can help.
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Staff
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Visual Stress and Brain Gym: Learning , Attention and Behavior.
Assessment, activities, lesson plans, and effective strategies for addressing sensory stress and sensory processing disorders affecting reading, math, attention, behavior, handwriting, communication, movement/sports, and much more.
Grades:
K - 5th
Functional Goals for Children with Multiple and/or Severe Disabilities
This document was created to aid special education teachers in setting functional goals for their kiddos! As an occupational therapy student currently working for a school, I created this resource to make writing attainable, measurable, and occupation-based goals easy for teachers after noticing our amazing teachers struggle in this area. It is evidence-based practice for OTs to tag into a teacher's classroom goals so everyone is on the same page about supporting specific skills, behaviors, and
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PreK - 2nd
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Self-Help skills and strategies for snack and mealtime sample
FREE RESOURCE Self-Help skills and strategies for snack and mealtime sample
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Not Grade Specific
Sensory Diet Handout
This is a great resource handout or reference sheet to use with parents or classroom staff that explains the basics of a sensory diet. Many students benefit from sensory opportunities throughout their school day!
Grades:
Staff
FREE IEP Meeting Agenda - Checklist
IEP meetings can be overwhelming and busy. Don't forget any steps of the IEP meeting with this checklist.Checklists can be printed and handed out to all IEP meeting participants to ensure everything is addressed.Missing one of these components in the IEP could disrupt learning and not provide students with the best educational experience and environment. Find my editable version here.Enjoy this freebie and checkout my other products!
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Not Grade Specific
Early Language Activity Cards
Activity ideas for children working on early language skills. Cards are meant to be used for a parent/child language enrichment class (group), so directions on the cards are geared toward that setting, however they can also be used and modified just as activity ideas. Language enrichment class available for purchase: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Play-with-Purpose-ParentChild-Language-Enrichment-Class-for-SLPs-10278820Cards can be printed and laminated or used digitally.
Grades:
PreK
School-Based OT Practice Guidelines by State
Understanding the role of OT as it relates to educational standards has greatly helped me in developing age and grade appropriate occupational therapy goals, and therefore become a more competent therapist. In addition to state standards, each state may also have OT/PT practice guidelines to guide service delivery in the public school system. These practice guidelines will outline the role of occupational therapy in detail as it relates to your state’s laws and regulations. I compiled a director
Grades:
PreK - 12th
How to Use the First Strokes Handwriting Program in a School Setting
How to Use the First Strokes Handwriting Program in a School SettingTraining manual for the First Strokes Handwriting Program. Comprehensive manual to train how to teach handwriting, stroke sequence and patterning, and memory skills through the First Strokes Program. Includes free printables! The First Strokes Handwriting Program is very much a motoric handwriting program, designed to get patterning and sequencing of letters. This program is perfect for students to:1. Learn to sequence lette
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PreK - 1st
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Active Listening (Gross Motor Skills)
Gross Motor Instructions to assist Childrenwith Auditory Memory and Motor Sequencing. Can be used for Brain Breaks.Sample Activities from the Auditory Memory Manual by Lorna Sommes
Grades:
K - 4th
Neurodiversity Affirming Term Recommendations for Educators & School Therapists
Free list of neurodiversity affirming terms to use (and list of outdated terms to avoid) for educators, teachers, and school-based therapists (OT, PT, SLP, psychologists). PLUS BONUS brainstorming section for additional stigmatizing or deficits-based terms to avoid.
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Not Grade Specific
Pre-Writing strokes
This product will be of use to kids who struggle with handwriting. These pre-skills are to be mastered before expecting good handwriting. Each stroke has to be mastered to be able to move to the next one.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
I Feel Frustrated - ABA Autism Choice Board Special Needs Special Education OT
Choice Board
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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