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Soo many recycled items can be used in activities

Soo many recycled items can be used in activities that build fine motor skills, encourage movement and coordination, foster bilateral coordination and crossing midline! The summer months are the perfect time to save up a stockpile of recycled materials to create a mini toolbox of OT materials! Use the items to work on hand strength, scissor skills, motor planning, or other occupational therapy goal areas.

Here are some free and recycled items to stock your therapy toolbox:

Cardboard
Newspaper
Buttons
Bread bag twist ties
Recycled egg carton
Bread bag plastic tabs
Recycled bottle caps
Cardboard tubes
Rubber bands
Small containers

For the full list and ideas to use recycled materials in OT goals or motor development activities, head to www.theOTtoolbox.com and search “recycled”! ♻️

Fascinating connections between emotional regulati

Do any of these sound familiar? The Spinal Galant

“While taking care of one's physical self is nec

“While taking care of one's physical self is necessary for wellness, self-care practices that include attention to leisure, nutrition, exercise, sleep, and social participation more closely reflect occupational therapy's goal of promoting health and well-being.” Self-care can look different to each one of us!
Great read on the examination of self care in occupational therapy. The term “self-care” has, in OT’s history, traditionally been referred to basic activities of daily living (ADL), including bathing, grooming, dressing, etc. and potentially limiting the profession’s ability to promote wellness among clients. However. ✨We can do more. ✨Self care in the traditional definition in OT terms revolves around wellness, wellbeing, and health. Ability, participation, purposeful engagement requires more. Self care includes holistic, physical, psychological and emotional, social, leisure, spiritual supports.
Check out “Examining the Occupational Therapy Definition of Self-Care: A Scoping Review” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07380577.2019.1703238#_i5

DIY tool for building visual perception, visual mo

DIY tool for building visual perception, visual motor skills, fine motor dexterity & precision, bilateral coordination, crossing midline...so much more! ☝🏼 Go to www.theottoolbox.com ✌🏼Search for “Dyed Rainbow Lollipop Sticks” and make your own tool to build skills!

Working on fine motor skills, hand strength, preci

Working on fine motor skills, hand strength, precision, or dexterity? All you need is some paper and those hands! 🖐🏽 Folding paper builds finger isolation, arch development, eye-hand coordination, separation of the sides of the hand, and more. Check out the post on The OT Toolbox (today’s post) for more info on how to make folding paper a fine motor workout...AND super cute folded paper animal crafts that boost skills!

Critical thinking is made up of more than just thi

Critical thinking is made up of more than just thinking! Here is a breakdown of thinking skills, doing skills, and how regulation plays a pivotal piece in the big picture. All of this allows for completion of tasks, essential for executive functioning and getting things done! https://www.theottoolbox.com/critical-thinking/ It’s the blog!

A wellness wheel shows the balance and integration

A wellness wheel shows the balance and integration that occurs among all of the wellness components. Each pie piece is important and works together to create an integrated and well-balanced lifestyle. Read more by heading to The OT Toolbox website and searching “wellness wheel”.

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