SENSORY ACTIVITIES
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Lightbox Activities Objective: The student will visually fix or briefly gaze at lights.
Depending on the student’s abilities, present the following activities for the student.
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Decorate Mobile/Stand
Objective: The student will regard, visually attend to or reach toward objects (ex. Lights, reflective, colorful, etc.). Student will touch a switch to activate an activity (cause & effect).
Decorate the mobile or stand by wrapping miniature lights along the bars in a color the student prefers. Alternate with other colors depending on student’s ability to tolerate complexity. Consider attaching a fan to a switch and encourage student to push the switch to blow the materials that are suspended, play a unit related song or turn on the mini lights.
Decorate the mobile or stand by wrapping miniature lights along the bars in a color the student prefers. Alternate with other colors depending on student’s ability to tolerate complexity. Consider attaching a fan to a switch and encourage student to push the switch to blow the materials that are suspended, play a unit related song or turn on the mini lights.
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Possible Materials to Suspend:
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Character Play
Objective: The student will attend to and follow the movement of objects.
Obtain a switch activated toy or stuffed animal. Encourage the student to activate the switch to make it move while visually attending to it.
Obtain a switch activated toy or stuffed animal. Encourage the student to activate the switch to make it move while visually attending to it.
Visual Interest Box or Backdrop
Objective: The student will regard or visually attend to lights and reflective materials. Student will touch a switch to activate an activity (cause & effect).
Decorate the box by drilling holes in the box and attaching miniature lights. Suspend reflective materials. Alternatively, suspend lights to the back of an APH Invisiboard and suspend metallic materials. Consider attaching a fan to a switch and encourage student to push the switch to blow the materials that are suspended and turn on the mini lights.
Decorate the box by drilling holes in the box and attaching miniature lights. Suspend reflective materials. Alternatively, suspend lights to the back of an APH Invisiboard and suspend metallic materials. Consider attaching a fan to a switch and encourage student to push the switch to blow the materials that are suspended and turn on the mini lights.
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