Pocket Full of Therapy (pfot.com): "SPINNERS - FIDGETS... Aren't they SYNONYMOUS. Like saying Kleenex for tissue?"

Last week a friend asked:

"How do you feel about fidgets now being banned in classrooms?"
- "They have been banning Spinners - which can be dangerous and distracting if the student doesn't really need a fidget"
"SPINNERS - FIDGETS... Aren't they SYNONYMOUS. Like saying Kleenex for tissue?"

We CAN NOT LET THIS HAPPEN - Fidgets are a "real" tool and can be a functional life saver when matched to needs and are the "JUST RIGHT" FIT. Please be pro-active and apart of the conversation when decisions and policies are being discussed about fidgets and spinners!
Thanks-
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Favorite Therapy Bag "Must Haves"

Various tools for hand skills/Strengthening: Tweezers, Zoo Sticks, Rookie Sticks, Cotton Balls, Spiney Balls, pompoms, tiny erasers
Therapy Putty Kit- a few oz of 3 resistances & materials to hide in them
Popbeads & Stringing Beads- Various sizes & shapes
Scissors- "Benbow", Goldilocks, mimi loop, self opening long handle, total control
12 colored Wood blocks - design copy; building; just an object to retrieve
Basic Peg Board in 2 sizes - easy grip & small wood peg- grasp/release, pinch, in-hand manipulation, with tweezers...
Specialty Pencils & Crayons- big, tiny, thick, thin, twist-up, evo..
Pencil Grips - variety for trial use
Playing Cards - Hand skills, Bilateral, Sort by color, shape, number, social skill

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