USING SWITCH ADAPTED POURING TOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY
96. Measure and pour snack portions into bowls. 97. Pouring popcorn into the popcorn popper.
Switch Adapted Pourers are another great resource to add fun opportunities in many academic areas. You can also make your own that is cost effective to get started (How to make your own switch activated pouring tool). (Image 7)
COOKING 98. Adding ingredients when cooking/baking. 99. Making sand/colored rice art in a mason jar. 100. Water the dog/cat/classroom pet.
Having these four tools in your classroom, allows you to cre- ate hundreds of opportunities for your students to interact with peers, engage in academic instruction, show you what they know, and engage in self-directed play and leisure activities. Schedule these into your day, and you will have your students getting 100’s of switch hits a day resulting in increased muscle control, endurance, empowerment, and fun! REFERENCES: Alternative Pencils.,Department of Health Sciences Center for Literacy and Disability Studies retrieved from https://www.med. unc.edu/healthsciences/clds/alternative-pencils/
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Burkhart, Linda, Two Switches for Success: Access for Children with Severe Physical and/or Multiple Challenges. https://lind- aburkhart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/switch_hand- out_3_12_Burkhart.pdf. 2016 Kangas, K. How Seating and Access Must be Altered to Sup- port Independent Access to Assistive Technology. Retrieved from https://nvatll.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/kangasseating. pdf
Image 7: Image of student activating a switch to pour paint on a canvas
MATH AND SCIENCE 85. Mixing items to see the reaction. 86. States of matter (add water to ice). 87. Making colors to dye eggs or color water for tie dying. 88. Adding water to make water beads/fake snow. 89. Pouring into a funnel to fill containers (salt/pepper, spic- es, etc…) ART, SPECIALISTS, AND LEISURE 90. Creating Acrylic Pour art. 91. Pouring paint onto spin arts. 92. Pouring sand when playing with peers in a play/sensory table. 93. Pour dirt and seeds into a pot to plant seeds.
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GROUP TIME OR CLASSROOM CHORES 94. Water plants. 95. Pouring juice/milk/water to drink.
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