Caring for Our Children: Appendix T - Adaptive Equipment Adaptive Equipment for Children with Special Needs Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy Equipment Infants, Ages 0-2 Equipment Floor mats, 2-3-inch of varying firmness Therapy balls of varying sizes Wedges: 4, 6, 8 and 12-inch Inflatable mattress Air compressor (for inflatables) Therapy rolls and half rolls of varying sizes Nesting benches, varying heights Wooden weighted pushcart Toddler swing Floor mirror Feeding Bottle straws Cut-out cups Bottle holders Built-up handled utensils Scoop bowls Coated spoons Toys Books Mirror Ring stack Container toys Pegboard Rattles Squeeze toys Tracking toys Toys for pushing, swiping, cause and effect Form boards Large beads Large crayons Pre-K, Ages 2-5 Equipment Floor mats, 2-3-inch of varying firmness Therapy balls: 16, 20, 24 and 37-inch diameter Nesting benches Therapy rolls: 8, 10 and 12-inch diameter Steps Floor mirrors Climbing equipment Small chair and table Scooter board Suspended equipment (see also Adaptive Physical Education Equipment, Balance/Gross Motor Coordination) Walkers, sidelyers. proneboards. adapted chairs Toys Easel Tricycles Ride-on scooters Wagon Wooden push cart Manipulative toys (puzzles, beads. pegs and pegboard. nesting toys, etc.) Fastening boards (zippers, snaps. laces. etc.) Paper, crayons, chalk, markers Sand/water table Play-Doh or clay Target activities (beanbags, ring toss) Playground balls (see under Adaptive Physical Education Equipment, Eye-Hand Coordination) Adaptive Equipment for Children with Special Needs Speech and Language Development Infants, Ages 0-2 Equipment Mirrors, wall and hand-held Assorted spoons, cups, bowls, plates Mats and sheets Preston feeding chairs High chair Toys Dolls (soft with large features and feeding equipment) Rattles (noisemakers and easy to grasp) Manipulative toys (for pulling, pushing, shaking, cause and effect) Assorted picture books (large pictures, one-a-page) Building blocks Balls/belts Telephone Stacking rings Shape sorters Xylophone Drum Assessments and Books Small Wonder Activity Kit Pre-Feeding Skills by Suzanne Morris Parent-Infant Communication Bayley Scales of Infant Development Movement Assessment in Infants by S. Harris and L. Chandler RIDES HAWAII HELP Early Learning Accomplishments Profile and Kit (Kaplan) Rosetti Infant/Toddler Language Scale Pre-K, Ages 2-5 Equipment Mirrors, wall and hand-held Tongue depressors Penlight Stopwatch Tape recorder and tapes Toothettes Horns and Whistles Toys Dolls (with movable parts and removable clothing) Manipulative toys (cars and toys for pushing, stacking, cause and effect) Building blocks Dollhouse Pretend play items (dress-up clothes, dishes, sink, food, telephone) Play-Doh or clay Puzzles (individual pieces or minimal interlocking parts) Picture cards (nouns, actions, etc.) Puppets Animals Storybooks with simple plot lines (large pictures and few, if any, words) Assessments and books Clinical evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Pre-School Sequenced Inventory of Communication Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language Goldman Fristore Test of Articulation Pre-School Language Assessment Inventory Assessment of Phonological Processes Expressive and Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Tests Adaptive Equipment for Children with Special Needs 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 Caring for Our Children, 2nd ed. Copyright 2002. National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care 1-800-598-KIDS(5437) info@nrckids.org