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Useful Equipment for the Tactile System
Stretchy Dino Wrap
The Stretchy Dino Wrap is good for pretend play. With hand pockets sewn inside the wrap, Kids can tuck their hands into the pocket and wrap themselves providing deep pressure throughout the body. Stretch Dino Wrap is good for tactile hypersensitive students. It also encourages the students to become aware of the amount of pressure they put on themselves.
Interactive tactile panel
The panel provides different tactile input for interactive. Useful for hypersensitive students to engage in the softer material and progress to interact with the rougher materials. It is important to encourage them to explore the different surfaces but do not force them when they strongly resist.
Ball Pit
The ball pit is an excellent multi-sensory tool. It provides tactile input by massaging the body, providing support, and deep pressure sensations. Which can arouse or calm an individual depending on individual response.
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Have the student jump feet-first into the ball pit, thereby promoting proprioceptive and vestibular stimulation, while tactile input is obtained from the balls.
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Have the student sit in the ball pit and move the balls around their body, thereby increasing tactile input. Give specific instructions for movement, or allow self-led exploration of the sensation.
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Ask the student to burrow into the ball pit, help cover the student with balls (so long as they are agreeable to the experience), when ready to leave the ball pit, have the student stand up quickly, so they burst through the balls.
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Prior to the student entering ball pit, hide an object amongst the balls. Explain to the student you want them to find the object (have a visual cue as necessary). Have the student sit in the ball pit and move the balls around with their arms until they find the object.
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Increase difficulty by having student identify the object by only feeling it, thereby working on tactile discrimination.
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Tactile Wall
