Strategies for Multiple Disabilities

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	Sensory Areas: Weather By Gwyn McCormack This theme-based multisensory activity helps children who are blind or visually impaired to develop skills in all areas, including literacy, tactile, visual, and auditory skills.
	Sending Your Child Off for the First Day of School By Liamsmom Create notes in braille or with tactile markers to let your child know that your thoughts are with them on the first day of school!
	Sensory Areas: Toys By Gwyn McCormack These ideas for theme-based multi-sensory activities help children with visual impairments to develop literacy and numeracy skills, as well as visual, auditory, and tactile awareness.
	Sensory Areas: Growth and Change By Gwyn McCormack This theme-based multisensory activity helps children who are blind or visually impaired to develop skills in all areas, including literacy, numeracy, tactile, visual, and auditory skills.
	Sensory Areas: Homes By Gwyn McCormack These ideas for multi-sensory activities help children with visual impairments to develop literacy and numeracy skills, as well as visual, auditory, and tactile awareness.
	Electric Toothbrush Painting By Monique Desany A vibrating toothbrush provides sensory input for children with multiple disabilities before performing fine motor tasks, such as drawing or writing.
	Gingerbread Man Sensory Activity By Monique Desany This sensory activity helps students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities to develop independence.
	Sensory Rainstick for Children with Multiple Disabilities By Monique Desany This is a simple activity to reinforce "cause and effect" and to engage children with multiple disabilities in a meaningful sensory experience.
	Snap, Crackle and Pop Sensory Bin By Monique Desany This sensory activity is designed by an OT to help children with visual impairments or multiple disabilities to explore a variety of textures and develop their senses.
	Watches: A Tactile Book for Young Braille Readers By Calleen Gaeir This tactile book uses all different kinds of watches to reinforce concepts such as big and little.
	Lunch Crunch Story Box By Showarth This activity uses real food items along with the book "Lunch Crunch" to make it more meaningful for children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with low vision.
	Question Cards By KQuinn This activity is designed to help students who are autistic, including those with visual impairments or multiple disabilities, to develop their critical thinking skills.
	Ice Cube Painting By Monique Desany Designed by an Occupational Therapist (OT), this activity uses a unique medium to work in and provides special sensory elements to drawing and writing for children with visual impairments or multiple disabilities.
	Bubble Wrap Painting By Monique Desany This activity by an OT is a fun way to work on improving fine motor skills and handwriting.
	Teaching Vocabulary to Use in the Community By Liz Eagan Pre-teaching vocabulary is a helpful strategy to enable students who are blind or visually impaired with additional disabilities to get more out of community experiences.
	Mommy Book By Liamsmom This is a strategy for parents or caregivers who will be separated from a child who is deafblind or who might not understand where the person has gone.
	St. Patrick's Day Activity By Liz Eagan This braille activity is a good way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with children who are blind or visually impaired.
	O & M Travel Cards and Book By Liz Eagan Collect items from the environment to reinforce beginning literacy skills during orientation and mobility lessons.
	What Are You Thankful For? By Charlotte Cushman Fun Thanksgiving idea and activity for children who are blind or visually impaired, including students with multiple disabilities
	Tom Makes One Pizza By Gwyn McCormack This activity helps to teach one to one correspondence or the concept of one to children who are blind or visually impaired.