Let’s Participate! with Assistive Technology Supports

Resources for AT Sensory Supports

Websites:

Sensory Integration Information

  • Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation:
  • Kids Activity Blog- SPD:
  • Child Mind Institute:
  • PBS: Sensory Play and Early Development

Sensory Products

  • Sensory Smarts
  • Autism-Products:

Books:

Miller, L.J. (2014) Sensational Kids: Hope and Help for Children with Sensory Processing Disorder (Rev). New York: Penguin Random House.

Ayres, A. Jean (1979, 2005). Sensory Integration and the Child: Understanding Hidden Sensory Challenges. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services

Biel, Lindsey and Nancy Peske (2005). Raising A Sensory Smart Child: A Parent's Guide to Sensory Integration Dysfunction. New York: Penguin Books. (Sensory Classroom Tips)

Articles:

Meeting the Sensory Needs of Young Children - by Stacy D. Thompson & Jill M. Raisor (Young Children, May, 2013)

The decline of play in preschoolers and the rise in sensory issues – by Valerie Strauss (Washington Post, September 1, 2015)

Sensory Checklist: From Raising a Sensory Smart Child, Biel & Peske, 2005

Resources for AT Visual Supports

National Centers:

Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)

CFSEL Resources: Practical Strategies for Teachers/Caregivers

  • Scripted Stories for Social Situations
  • Tools for Working on “Building Relationships”
  • Book List
  • Book Nook
  • Teaching Social Emotional Skills
  • Tools for Developing Behavior Support Plans

Center for Disability Studies- University of Maine:

  • Visual Supports Checklist

Connect Ability. CA Visuals Engine:

  • Create Visual Supports for Your Child- (FREE templates with BoardMaker symbols)
  • Visual Communications:

Head Start’s Center for Inclusion:

  • Creating and Using Social Stories
  • Classroom Visuals and Supports (Head Start’s Center for Inclusion)

do2Learn website: Create visual schedules using the do2Learn™ website. Requires paid subscription after a free trial.

Apps & Software:

Smart Kids Apps for Teaching Emotions:

Software + Apps for Social stories:

Picto Selector: software to create visual supports

YouTube:

Visual Systems for Young Learners:

Articles:

Using Social Stories to Ease Children’s Transitions-

Take a Look: Visual Supports for Learning:

Pinterest

VCU AT Blog:

PACER- Tikes:

Tot n Tech: Look for videos on how to create simple AT supports.

ACTIVITY

Consider AT supports and strategies for the following Participation Goals:

Participation Goal / AT Supports + Strategies
Exploring all activity materials; getting “messy”
Sitting still on floor or in a chair
Keeping hands to self
Self-regulation; controlling behavior
Walking in line
Transitioning easily