APPENDIX T: ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Adaptive Equipment for Children with Special Needs

Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy Equipment

 Infants, Ages 0-2                                                 Pre-K, Ages 2-5


 	Equipment							Equipment

 	Floor mats, 2-3-inch of varying firmness			Floor mats, 2-3-inch of varying firmness
 	Therapy balls of varying sizes					Therapy balls: 16, 20, 24 and 37-inch diameter
 	Wedges: 4, 6, 8 and 12-inch					Nesting benches
 	Inflatable mattress						Therapy rolls: 8, 10 and 12-inch diameter
 	Air compressor (for inflatables)				Steps
 	Therapy rolls and half rolls of varying sizes			Floor mirrors
 	Nesting benches, varying heights				Climbing equipment
 	Wooden weighted pushcart					Small chair and table
 	Toddler swing							Scooter board
 	Floor mirror							Suspended equipment (see also Adaptive Physical
 									   Education Equipment, Balance/Gross Motor	
 	Feeding		   		   			           Coordination)			
 	Bottle straws							Walkers, sidelyers, proneboards, adapted chairs
 	Cut-out cups	
 	Bottle holders							Toys
 	Built-up handled utensils					Easel
 	Scoop bowls							Tricycles
 	Coated spoons							Ride-on scooters
 									Wagon
 	Toys								Wooden push cart
 	Books								Manipulative toys (puzzles, beads, pegs and pegboard,
 	Mirror							   	   nesting toys, etc.)
 	Ring stack							Fastening boards (zippers, snaps, laces, etc.)
 	Container toys							Paper, crayons, chalk, markers
 	Pegboard							Sand/water table
 	Rattles								Play-Doh or clay
 	Squeeze toys							Target activities (beanbags, ring toss)
 	Tracking toys							Playground balls (see under Adaptive Physical 
 	Toys for pushing, swiping, cause and effect			Education Equipment, Eye-Hand Coordination)
 	Form boards
 	Large beads
 	Large crayons			

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Adaptive Physical Education Equipment

Pre-K, Ages 2-5

Balance/Gross Motor Coordination

Incline mat

Balance beams, 4 and 12-inch wide

Floor mats, 2-inch

Bolsters

Rocking platforms

Scooters (sit-on type)

Tunnel (accordion style)

Training stairs

Hurdles, adjustable height

Eye-Hand Coordination

Balls (to hit, throw, and catch)

Beanbags and Target

Hula hoops

Lightweight paddles/rackets

Lightweight bats

Traffic cones

Batting Tees

Beachballs

Eye-Foot Coordination

Balls for kicking

Foot placement ladder

Footprints or "stepping stones"

Horizontal ladder

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Speech and Language Development

 Infants, Ages 0-2                                               Pre-K, Ages 2-5


 	Equipment							Equipment


 	Mirrors, wall and hand-held					Mirrors, wall and hand-held
 	Assorted spoons, cups, bowls, plates				Tongue depressors
 	Mats and sheets							Penlight
 	Preston feeding chairs						Stopwatch
 	High chair							Tape recorder and tapes
 									Toothettes
 	Toys								Horns and Whistles
 	Dolls (soft with large features and feeding equipment)
 	Rattles (noisemakers and easy to grasp)				Toys
 	Manipulative toys (for pulling, pushing, 			Dolls (with movable parts and removable clothing)
 	   shaking, cause and effect)					Manipulative toys (cars and toys for pushing,
 	Assorted picture books (large pictures, one-a-page)		  stacking, cause and effect)	
 	Building blocks							Building blocks	
 	Balls/belts							Dollhouse
 	Telephone							Pretend play items (dress-up clothes, dishes, sink,
 	Stacking rings							   food, telephone)
 	Shape sorters							Play-Doh or clay
 	Xylophone							Puzzles (individual pieces or minimal interlocking
 	Drum							   	   parts)
 									Picture cards (nouns, actions, etc.)
 	Assessments and Books						Puppets
 	Small Wonder Activity Kit					Animals
 	Pre-Feeding Skills by Suzanne Morris				Storybooks with simple plot lines (large pictures and
 	Parent-Infant Communication				   	   few, if any, words)
 	Bayley Scales of Infant Development									
 	Movement Assessment in Infants by S. Harris			Assessments and books
 	   and L. Chandler						Clinical evaluation of Language Fundamentals -
 	RIDES							   	   Pre-School
 	HAWAII HELP							Sequenced Inventory of Communication
 	Early Learning Accomplishments					Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language
 	   Profile and Kit (Kaplan)					Goldman Fristore Test of Articulation
 	Rosetti Infant/Toddler Language Scale				Pre-School Language Assessment Inventory
 									Assessment of Phonological Processes
 									Expressive and Receptive One-Word Picture 
 									Vocabulary Tests