Special Education

SPED 293C

All preschool teachers, especially those working with children with exceptional needs, are using important techniques utilized by skilled Occupational Therapists. When a child stimulates their senses they are sending signals to their brain that helps to create and strengthen neural pathways important for: Motor Skills, Cognitive Development, Communication, Social and Emotional Skills, Functional Tasks, and the development of Sense of Self.

Activity: You have just viewed a clip of an Occupational Therapist demonstrating some sensory

activities to use with a child with special needs. Break up into small groups and discuss and

then create a sensory activity that you can use on a pre-school child with special needs. Your

activity needs to address and stimulate at least three of the above mentioned developmental

areas.

Be prepared to share out with the class.

Lesson Title: ________________________________________________________________

Targeted Skill: ________________________________________________________________

Age Level: ___________

Student Needs: Describe exceptional/student’s needs being addressed in the class.

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Objectives: (for the lesson)

1. ________________________________________________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________

Materials/Classroom Setup:

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Vocabulary: Identify vocabulary used in lesson with students (language development).

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Curriculum Lesson: Describe the lesson from beginning to end in detail.

Intro:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Body:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ClosingActivity_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Technology Used: (Optional) Including adaptive technology needed to assist in the activity.

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