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A low-tech token chart to provide visual supports for self-regulation, goal setting, and choice making.  

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A low-tech token chart to provide visual supports for self-regulation, goal setting, and choice making.  

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This low-tech weighted pencil is used to increase sensory input to improve legible writing.  

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This low-tech weighted pencil is used to increase sensory input to improve legible writing.  

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This reading guide helps to track and highlight text while reading.

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This reading guide helps to track and highlight text while reading.

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This whisper phone is made with everyday household materials for individuals with volume control difficulty and speech articulation.  

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This whisper phone is made with everyday household materials for individuals with volume control difficulty and speech articulation.  

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This marker holder is made with everyday household materials for individuals with limitations of the hands.  

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This marker holder is made with everyday household materials for individuals with limitations of the hands.  

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What on-hand materials have you used to make token charts? 

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What on-hand materials have you used to make token charts? 

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Name other material used to make weighted pencils. 

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Name other material used to make weighted pencils. 

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In what ways have reading guides helped your students? 

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In what ways have reading guides helped your students? 

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Describe a situation where a whisper phone could be used?

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Describe a situation where a whisper phone could be used?

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What type of difficulties could the marker holder be used? 

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What type of difficulties could the marker holder be used? 

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Clay mushed around the pencil

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I've never made one! Great idea

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I’ve used the small rubber hair ties instead of the rubber o rings

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Some students require a weighted pencil to provide extra proprioceptive input in the fingers and hand to help provide extra feedback, which may improve handwriting legibility. In addition, a weighted pencil can be used as a pointer for typing for those individuals who have difficulty isolating their finger.
Materials Needed

Hex nuts

Electrical tape/colorful duct tape or elastic bands

Pencils

Wrap metal end of pencil with several layers of tape.

Put several hex nuts onto pencil.

Wrap other end of pencil (under hex nuts) with tape.

Use elastic bands instead of tape for an alternate to the tape. This will allow you the ability to move the position of the hex nuts if necessary.

Wiffleball Holder:
Materials Needed
Using a Wiffleball as an alternative for a pencil/crayon can be helpful for those children who have increased muscle tone or decreased fine motor skills. A variety of writing instruments can be used like crayons (large and small), pencils, pens and markers.

Wiffleball

Crayon/pencil/marker

Elastic bands (optional)

Slide pencil or writing instrument through the hole of the wiffleball.

Elastic bands can be can be used on the ends of the writing instrument to prevent the pencil from falling out of the hole.

Pool Noodle Grip:
Materials Needed
Pieces of the foam from pool noodles can be cut to build up writing utensils, paintbrushes, markers and crayons.

Pool noodle (cut into 2inch pieces)

Dycem or shelf liner

Writing tool

Wrap the Dycem or shelf liner around the writing tool to prevent the tool from slipping once in the foam.

Place the wrapped marker through the hole of the pool noodle.

Have fun creating many different adapted tools for all your clients.

Ideas and adaptations from Adaptive Repurposed Tools ART kits developed by Judith Schoonover, M.Ed., OTR/L, ATP and Deborah Schwind, M.Ed., OTR/L. For more fun and creative ideas go to: https://vota.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/2016%20SSS%20Presentations/Art%20VOTA%20Adapted%20Art%20Tools%20Make%20and%20Take.pdf

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How To: Make Your Own Adapted Pencils/Tools - TechACCESS of Rhode Island

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Listen Weighted Pencils: Some students require a weighted pencil to provide extra proprioceptive input in the fingers and hand to help provide extra feedback, which may improve handwriting legibility. In addition, a weighted pencil can be used as a pointer for typing for those individuals who have difficulty isolating their finger.

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I use them all the time in artic therapy!

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Reading spelling words

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Reading fluency assessments

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When students learn better when reading out loud. I have used daily and on testing. 

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When students learn better when reading out loud. I have used daily and on testing. 

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Great for taking turns in class

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Volume control/ read alouds

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Buttons on a grid

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I am wondering about how to harness Google Forma for this. Portable and shareable! 

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I am wondering about how to harness Google Forma for this. Portable and shareable! 

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Clear packing tape to laminate

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We used the tray on a students’ chair for pecs

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Dry erase board

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Magnets

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Used during speech assessments to stay on track.

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Helps students eliminate “distractions”

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Tracking while reading also to highlight specific facts

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Tracking and I have used rulers

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Love this marker holder!! We have a student with very limited hand control that I am going to deliver this to today!

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This is great even just to change up for some of my students . I use to use the handle of a milk jug

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Tracing letters

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Does the student hold the T part or lower?  I haven’t used this before

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Weak grip