Educational Supports

  
Clicker

Writing tool that has options of word banks or picture dictionary along with many other supports.

On a computer or iPad.

Manufacturer: Cricksoft

Co:Writer

Co:Writer uses strong word prediction, translation support and word recognition to help individuals who struggle with writing. On a computer or iPad.

Manufacturer: Don Johnston

Kurzweil 3000

Kurzweil is educational software to provide literacy support. Built-in features for reading, writing and study skills support students to address a wide range of educational objectives. On a computer.

Manufacturer: Kurzweil Education

Snap and Read has a variety of tools to assist readers with comprehension. On a computer or iPad.

Manufacturer: Don Johnston

A great sensory toy that can also double as a weighted lap pad. Weighs approximately 2.2 lbs. and measures 14" x 14".

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

This multisensory learning tool features 8 divided columns, 30 glistening marbles in 6 different colors, and a worksheet pocket on the back. It weighs approximately 2 lbs. and measures 14" x 8-1/2".

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

The deep pressure soothes and serves as a gentle reminder to stay in place. Place on lap while seated, or across the back when lying down. Just wipe down to clean.
Small (3 lbs): For children weighing 30+ lbs.
Medium (5 lbs): For children weighing 50+ lbs.
Large (7.5 lbs): For children weighing 75+ lbs.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Weighing 4.5 lbs, Wipe Clean Weighted Shoulder Wrap provides wonderfully calming deep pressure input as it hugs your shoulders and upper back. Made of a wipe clean durable laminate fabric, these weighted wraps can be sanitized on the spot with wipes or spray.

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

SENSORY KITS - Items come pre-selected in kits.  Check out the kits to see what each one comes with.

Kit includes the following items:
Bumpy Gel Cushion, Busy Fingers Tangram Puzzle Set, Disinfectant Spray, Feelings Fidget Set, 2 Gel Timers, 2 Grab It Balls, 3 Keychain Ball Fidgets, Medium Weighted Lap Pad, Noise Canceling Headphones, Sensory Brush, 2 Sensory Fidget Tubes, Time Timer, Turtle Pet Massager.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function & Therapy Shoppe

Kit includes the following items:
Feelings Fidget Set, Fidget Kit, 2 Gel Timers, Leo the Weighted Lion, Noise Canceling Headphones, Pressure Foam Roller, 2 Sensory Fidget Tubes, Sensory Sack-Small, Tangle Fidget, Time Timer, Turtle Pet Massager.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function & Therapy Shoppe

Kit includes the following items:
Feelings Fidget Set, Fidget Kit, 2 Gel Timers, Noise Canceling Headphones, Pressure Foam Roller, 2 Sensory Fidget Tubes, Sensory Sack-Large, Tangle Fidget, Time Timer, Turtle Pet Massager, Weighted Lap Pad-Medium

Manufacturer: Fun and Function & Therapy Shoppe

The Bumpy Gel Seat Cushion encourages weight shifting, fidgeting and movement to sharpen focus.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

The glittery gel-filled tangram shapes keep both fingers and minds busy. Squeeze the seven colorful shapes as you solve tangram puzzles found on our Tangram Cards.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Lightweight pocket-sized gel fidgets. Each circle has a face and a word depicting these 6 emotional states: Excited, happy, sad, worried, sleepy and angry.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

This set of three sensory fidgets includes one filled with sand, one filled with pellets, and one filled with small balls to provide unlimited fidgeting and visual stimulation.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

This 16-pc. fidget kit includes: a Pullers Pickers Ball®, Tickley Tactile Sensory Ball, Colored Corn Brush, Spiky Sensory Shape, Crazy Coiler, Original Silly Putty, Boinks, Klicks Fidget, Textured Tangle, 4 Pick Apart Corks™, a Velcro Fidget Strip™, Silly Tongue Pig, and a Extra Thick Massager Grip.

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

Gel Timers are a quiet, interesting gel timer to help manage time and focus in the classroom.

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

Our palm-sized gripper balls feature peg-like protrusions to encourage grasping and tactile exploration.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Lightweight yet powerful, these adjustable Noise Reduction Headphones block out extraneous noise, but still allow you to hear and participate in nearby conversations. Reduce noise up to 20 decibels. Ideal for noisy environments like auditoriums, sporting events, airports or birthday parties. Foldable for easy use wherever you go.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Tickles the Turtle provides localized vibration for a mini massage. Reduce tension and wake up tired muscles so kids can calm and focus.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Foam roller that provides deep pressure massage therapy, joint compression and sensory integration.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

This palm-sized Silicone Sensory Brush features soft bristles on one side and smooth tactile bumps on the other.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

These 8" silent fidget tools provide a fun and engaging way to relieve stress, decrease anxiety, and take a short brain/body re-focusing break.

Manufacturer: Therapy Shoppe

This twistable, squishy and tactile fidget is quiet and easily portable.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Kit comes with one Time Timer. The visual representation of the Time Timer helps children to self-regulate and teachers or caregivers to better manage time.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

Smooth, stretchy body sock that provides deep pressure.
Small- 40”L x 20”W
Large- 55”L x 30”W

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

The deep pressure soothes and serves as a gentle reminder to stay in place. Place on lap while seated, or across the back when lying down. Just wipe down to clean.
Medium (5 lbs): For children weighing 50+ lbs.

Manufacturer: Fun and Function

JAWS is for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing the screen or navigation with a mouse. JAWS provides speech and Braille output and assists with most computer applications and functions. On a computer.

Manufacturer: Freedom Scientific

Fusion combines Zoom Text, with its screen magnification and other enhancements and JAWS, with its highly functional screen reader. This tool has a full spectrum of supports for users with any level of vision loss. On a computer.

Manufacturer: Freedom Scientific

Zoom Text Magnifier/Reader is an integrated program tailored for low-vision users. It can enlarge and enhance everything on the computer screen and automatically read documents, web pages and email. On a computer.

Manufacturer: Freedom Scientific

Capture audio and written notes. Listen to recording anytime and have the notes that go with it. The desktop app allows user to export, organize and share content.

Manufacturer: Livescribe

The C-Pen reader is a portable, pocket-sized device that reads text aloud with an English, Spanish or French human-like digital voice.

Manufacturer: Scanning Pens

This battery-operated eraser offers precision and speed when correcting small areas of work. The top-mounted on/off button works for both right- and left-handed use.

Manufacturer: Various

Wireless digital highlighter that quickly scans and sends text to Bluetooth connected device.

Manufacturer: Scanmarker LLC

OrCam read is a personal AI-driven device for people who have mild low vision, reading difficulties, or reading fatigue. Text is scanned and read instantly through the OrCam mic or to a Bluetooth device.

Manufacturer: OrCam

The HD 280 Pro headphones have excellent sound quality, unique design, and aggressive noise isolation.

Manufacturer: Sennheiser

A writing tablet that is like an endless sheet of paper! It can be used over and over again, and can be erased with a single button, without charge or connection. LCD screen protects the eyes from glare.

Manufacturer: Kent Displays

Orion TI-30XS Multi-View Talking Scientific calculator. Ideal for middle school through college.

Manufacturer: Orbit

Announces data entered as well as calculation results. Large 10-digit LCD readout.

Manufacturer: Reizen

The Ultra Durable Pro headset features ergonomically designed soft contour 100%-contact ear cushions to minimize external noise infiltration and improve sonic quality. A flip-down omni directional microphone boom is well positioned for voice recording—out of chewing range—capturing diverse vocal qualities and inflections, without distracting background noise. The Ultra Durable Pro has an easy to use inline volume control and comfort first headband. Specify 3.5 mm or USB.

Manufacturer: ThinkWrite Technologies

Dyslexia Kit - (All 7 items come in one kit or can be requested separately.)

A pencil shaped stylus that is compatible with iPad mini (6th generation), iPad Air (5th and 4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th generations), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generations).

Manufacturer: Apple

Helpful for Dyslexia & other reading difficulties as well as Macular Degeneration & Low Vision. 1.7x magnification and 50.5mm Lens Diameter. 7mm bright central viewing strip improves contrast and focuses user's attention.

Manufacturer: Coil

This reading tracker helps students with dyslexia tackle complex words and text with a hands-on highlighted strips for reading right on their finger. The different colored overlays reduce visual stress and tiredness, which improve the reader's concentration.

Manufacturer: Hand2Mind

Capture audio and written notes. Listen to recording anytime and have the notes that go with it. The desktop app allows user to export, organize and share content.

Manufacturer: Livescribe

Reading rulers with a variety of colors, small: red, green, pink, orange, blue, yellow, gray and transparent; large: blue, green, yellow, lime, orange, purple, red and emerald. Helps students focus on text.

Manufacturer: KOOGEL

Make reading the enjoyable experience it should be! Typoscopes allow you to ignore any distraction from other type on a page and focus on the line you are currently reading.

Position the 5-in. x 8-in. typoscope over the text so that the line you are reading shows through the 0.675-in. x 6.0-in. cut-out opening, and slide it down as you read. The solid black typoscope will block out all extraneous text and images on the page, letting you concentrate and read more easily than ever before. Made of sturdy, long-lasting black plastic.

Manufacturer: Exclusively by Reizen Inc.

Bar magnifier with red rim, 1.5x magnification. An innovation for the treatment of reading difficulties including visual dyslexia.

Manufacturer: Coil

Writing Assessment Kit  (all 12 items come in one kit or can be requested separately.)

BoldWriter Pen

The BoldWriter 20 Pen is a smooth writer that creates EASY-TO-SEE and READ, highly visible, bold, black lines, making it ideal for the visually impaired and those with low vision.

Manufacturer: Reizen

Weighted hand-writing glove with open palm. Fingerless design allows for maximum finer and wrist flexibility. This glove provides proprioceptive input and compression.

Manufacturer: HandiThings

Tool for writing larger letters or when using a bold marker. Sturdy metal template measures 8.5 x 11 and features 13 extra-wide writing spaces each measuring 1/2 Wide x 7 Long. Great for the Blind and those with low vision.

Manufacturer: Various

These fun and functional pencil grips are made of pliable, non-toxic material and are suitable for both right and left-handed users. Hold fingers in a relaxed position by supporting the first knuckle of the thumb and index finger to help full hand and arm action.

Raised Line Writing Paper with Red and Blue Lines is a low vision aid that makes it easier to write more neatly and accurately. Simplified visually and tactilely for those that are visually impaired, this paper has raised lined paper allows the letters to be formed and spaced correctly.

Manufacturer: Various

Ring Writer Clip

Ring Writer Clip has two linked rings, one for the finger and one for the writing utensil. Positions and angles the utensil correctly for use. Requires little or no gripping ability.

Manufacturer: Exclusively by Reizen Inc.

Slant Board

Slant boards aid in fine motor development by promoting proper writing posture and shoulder alignment. The sturdy yet lightweight Plexiglas board is 14" x 11" and includes a large metal clip to hold paper.

Manufacturer: Various

This pen is designed to help improve the handwriting of people with a variety of hand limitations. Triangular base balances and guides the hand as you write to smooth out shaky penmanship.

Manufacturer: Maddack

Each triangular wood pencil measures 3.5 inch in length, adopting fat and triangular design.

Manufacturer: Various

This weighted pen helps to improve control, reduce fatigue, and increase muscle strength. Built in pencil grip provides gripping support for either left or right-handed users.

Manufacturer: The Pencil Grip Inc.

Holder easily slips onto pens, pencils, markers, paintbrushes and more. The weighted grip has a variable diameter that can be adjusted from 1/8" to 7/16".

Manufacturer: Kinsman Enterprises

The Writing Bird is a unique writing device for persons with limited hand coordination, dexterity, or a weak grasp. It slides easily along writing surface using upper arm strength. Only slight downward pressure is needed to write.

Manufacturer: North Coast Medical