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Noise cancelling headphones are a great way to help those who get overstimulated with noises. These can help students stay calm and focus. Based on the information about the headphones they work well for students and allow them to engage more inside of the classroom. These are a great tool to help in other areas where there may be loud noises.

Pros: are a good resource for a decent price and work for many students

Con’s: the student not wanting to wear them

You can purchase them on amazon for 20 dollars or more depending on the brand.

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A swing can be used inside the classroom or outdoors. They can be helpful for the students and relax them if they become overstimulated. It is also good to use for breaks to keep them calm and relax before an outburst may happen.

Pros: it helps calm the student in most cases.

Cons: may be overwhelming for student or there is no place for the swing to go inside the classroom.

The swing can be purchased from multiple websites in different styles. The website above is a good website that has multiple different swing options in varying prices from 50-500 dollars.

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These mainly come in the hourglass shape above and the colored liquid moves up or down when you flip it like a timer. This is a good tool to help a student focus or sit still during instruction. Students from my experience use it well and understand the way it is supposed to help you focus or stay calm but it is still important to do work.

Pros: can keep student still and not distracting others

Cons: the student may be too engaged and lose focus on instruction or other students may want to use one as a toy

This can be purchased on amazon or other websites for around 10 dollars.

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This is mainly a soft or hard rubber object in different shapes that students chew on. This is to help prevent students from chewing on their clothes, their self, or objects in the classroom. This is helpful and most students chew on the chewy when provided with one instead of other objects.

Pros: the students no longer chew on random objects or clothing

Cons: the students tend to put them down and pick them back up consuming extra germs still

These can be purchased from different websites depending on the type of chewy. The website provided above has many different variations for around 20-30 dollars.

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This can be a regular yoga ball or a yoga ball chair. This can help a student sit in a chair or to use as sensory relief by rolling over the ball.

Pros: can help the student sit

Cons: they may become too distracting bouncing on the ball while sitting

The chairs can be purchased on amazon for around 65 dollars but there are other websites that also sell the chairs.

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This can be any form of chair that rocks. It can help the student sit during instruction since they still get to move. This is the favorite chair in the classroom from past experience because of the enjoyment they feel when rocking.

Pros: the students will sit in a chair instead of moving around

Cons: many students want the chair making it difficult to use it

A traditional rocking chair can be purchased for about 40 dollars on Walmart but there are multiple websites with different types of rocking chairs

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A social story is a written paragraph or picture that describes the social interaction and expectation of a certain situation. Social stories can help a student understand the expectations and what to expect in that situation along with learning social norms.

Pros: student learns social skills and is prepared for situations

Cons: it may seem overwhelming to the student when listening or reading about the situation

Social stories are created by the teacher or parent and are adapted to the student

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This can be a big trampoline or a little one with a handle. These can be used by the student to help their jumping sensory needs so they do not jump on other furniture.

Pros: it can calm and refocus the student and keep them from jumping on different furniture at home or in school

Cons: when in school other student may want to jump for fun and become a distraction

A small trampoline with a handle can be purchased from Walmart for about 50 dollars depending on the brand

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These are covers for the fluorescent ceiling tile lights inside of classrooms. They dim the light and make it less of a bright white. This can help students who do not like the bright light or it hurts their head and eyes.

Pros: no extreme light and it can calm students

Cons: the classroom may be darker making it harder for students with bad vision to see clearly

They can be purchased from amazon for around 40 dollars for a ten pack

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This is a weighted pillow to be placed on a child’s lap to help them sit. This can help a child sit still or relax when they are sitting with something weighted.

Pros: the child will sit still

Cons: some children may find the weight overbearing and not like it

These can be purchased for around 75 dollars from play-learn but there are also options of making your own. The website above provides a high quality weighted lap pad designed for children.

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This is a board designed to help students work on their balance skills. This will also help students improve their strength helping them stand up more and prevent falling over.

Pros: help students gain more balance and strength

Cons: students may struggle to use it or may make them dizzy if using one with a maze.

Balance boards can be purchased from the autism products website above for about 62 dollars but the price varies depending on the level of difficulty of the board.

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This can be any form of bin that can hold different textures or toys. It helps expose children to different textures or environments. It can also be calming or relaxing for the student depending on the textures.

Pros: students can explore and relax

Cons: some students may dislike the textures and get overwhelmed

A sensory bin can be purchased at the link above on lakeshore for about 70 dollars but you could also use a storage bin from Walmart.

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This is a machine you can go through that provides pressure to your entire body. This can help relieve a student of their pressure sensation to relax them.

Pros: students can feel calm and can refocus

Cons: some students may hate the pressure and freak out and it is expensive

This can be purchased from the link above at autism products for 800 dollars.

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This is a vest that can be worn with weight inside to help a student sit or relax. This can be helpful for the students who struggle to sit still or need a little extra weight or pressure on their body.

Pros: students can feel calm and will sit still

Cons: some students may not like the weight and try to take the vest off

This can be purchased at the website above from Harkla for around 70 dollars.

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This can be any small toy designed to help keep your hands busy. This is helpful to keep students sitting still because their hands are busy with the toy. It can also be used to help keep them clam in a situation that may overwhelm them.

Pros: there are different types of fidget toys and can help keep the student sitting still and calm

Cons: some may be loud or the textures may be weird for the student or other students may want to play with them and become distracting

Fidget toys can be purchased at the website above from oriental trading where there are different packs you can buy from 10-14 dollars or more.

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These are clothes designed to be tight against the body. They can help those who do not like loose clothing against their skin and for those who may like the pressure.

Pros: can help with sensory and keep students calm

Cons: some students may not like them or only like the clothing tight in certain areas

They can be purchased at the website above from fun and function for about 25 dollars for each type of compression clothing .

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This is a giant pad that is soft for students to land on if they like jumping or fall often. For the students who like jumping or falling onto things this is helpful to keep them from getting hurt or falling onto the wrong furniture.

Pros: its a nice size and a soft landing area for students

Cons: some students may throw themselves violently onto the crash pad and may get hurt if they do it the wrong way or miss

This can be purchased from the link above at autism products for about 189 dollars.

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These are pictures that go with a schedule or any activity that is done in the classroom or at home. This can help non-verbal students communicate and prepare for what activity they will do.

Pros: student is prepared and may not become overwhelmed and have a tantrum

Cons: sometimes the students gets overwhelmed seeing all the pictures or when the picture does not match the activity as expected

These are free and just need to be created by the teacher or parent depending on daily routines and activities

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This is a tube students can crawl inside and through. This can help students who like to go into small or tight spaces.This can help relax the students and keep them calm in overstimulating environments.

Pros: students stay calm and relaxed

Cons: sometimes students dislike the tight spaces or may try to pick up and throw the tube.

This can be purchased from Walmart for around 13 dollars.

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This is when a dancing video can be played for the students. This helps when it is used as a brain break or to help get out the students movements so they can sit still

Pros: students will relax after and move less

Cons: some students may become more hyper after

This is free and is a YouTube video that can be played for the class. The video above is an example of a favorite dance.

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