Description
Older special needs kids have unique self-care goals. They may be functioning at the level of a much younger child in many ways. They aren’t babies any longer, and they’ll let you know it! If you haven’t spent a lot of time with kids over 12, you need this handout pack! This set of 15 handouts on working with the older special needs child gives you key insights that guide effective treatment planning. You get useful materials in this Older Special Needs Child Handout Packet to send home or share in parent-teacher nights and IEP meetings.
Created by experienced occupational therapist, this 18 page PDF will be delivered electronically immediately following payment.
Make your life easier with this attractive, easy-to-follow set of handouts written by CathyAnn Collyer, OTR, LMT. They work well as individual handouts or part of a larger, customized informational packet. Have new therapists that need to get up to speed? Have therapists who are new to the teen population or to treating kids with medical conditions? This packet gets them off to a good start. Shared in a meeting, these sheets immediately demonstrate your clinical expertise to school staff and parents.
What is Included in this Older Special Needs Child Handout Packet?
• What’s So Different for the Older Special Needs Child?
• Independent Nail Care
• 5 Hygiene Issues for Teens
• Teaching Older Kids to Wash and Dry Hands
• Boosting Dressing Skills in the Older Child
• Hanging Up Garments and Towels
• Why Teens Stop Using Utensils During Meals
• Kitchen Activities with the Older Child
• Wiping up Spills
• Opening Water Bottles
• Teaching Older Kids to use the Public Toilet
• 5 Strategies to Teach Wiping
• Fecal Smearing and Other Challenging Bathroom Behaviors
• How Can Menstruation be Managed?
• “Private Time”
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
The Practical Guide to Toilet Training the Autistic Child
View all of the resources created by CathyAnn Collyer, OTR, LMT
