Special Needs

Bouncy Bands for Elementary Chairs are made with heavy-duty rubber.

• Loops are molded on both ends of the Bouncy Band. They install to the chair in seconds!
• Chairs can be lifted, moved and stacked, while the support pipes and bands stay secured.
• Note: The heavy-duty band and support pipes are free of latex and pthalates.

Bouncy Bands for Elementary Chairs can be used with Kindergarten chairs and they also stretch to fit up to fifth grade chairs. They can stretch to fit chairs that have a distance from 13-17" between the chair legs. If you have a chair that has legs that are smaller than 13" across, we are able to make you custom-sized band at any smaller length at no extra cost. Just mention the size needed in the comments section when you order online.

• Students love being able to wiggle while they work!
• Active students are more productive and spend more time on task when they can move.
• Students with short legs enjoy being able to rest their feet on the Bouncy Band instead of having them dangle all day.
• In addition, students who feel anxious when working enjoy being able to stretch their legs to release their anxiety while they work.
• Chairs can be lifted, moved and stacked, while the 4" support pipes and bands stay secured. Be sure to position the support pipes with the groove at the top for the band to rest inside so that tension keeps the band securely attached to the chair legs.

What does a harmed child look like? It's the little girl on the playground who has mysterious bruises on her legs. It's the three-month-old baby boy who arches his back when you try to hold him. It's the four-year-old who bites and hits when asked to clean up. These are the faces of traumatized children.

As an early childhood professional, you play a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You are also the gateway to healing. In Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma, you will find the tools and strategies to connect with harmed children and start them on the path to healing.

Dr. Sorrels offers practical strategies that caregivers need to help these littlest victims.

• Connecting with a harmed child using games, music, gentle touch, and play
• Meeting children's sensory needs throughout the day: morning arrival, group time, meal times, outdoor play, and naptime
• Creating a sensory-rich classroom environment with easy, simple ideas
• Teaching a traumatized child self-regulation skills and impulse control using visual cues, rehearsal and role play, games, and scripted stories
• Coaching and supporting social skills: turn taking, sharing, joining in play, empathy, and conflict resolution
• Communicating unconditional love and acceptance to children from hard places

Clean, coarse Therapy Play Sand for indoor sandtray therapy professionals, play therapy trays, sensory activity tables and in-home or office applications. Sand, the boundless medium kids love getting their hands on! Watch as kids create a world full of wonder and meaning with play therapy toys while developing fine motor skills, intellect, visualization and social conduct.

Sandtastik Therapy Play Sand is tested and certified by toxicologists from the prestigious labs at Duke University in Durham, NC and proudly wears the ACMI ‘AP' seal – the industries foremost trusted institution for approved children's arts & crafts products.

• 100% Pure, Soft Feldspar Sand • White Color • Contains Natural Sparkling Grains •

Sandtastik Therapy Play Sand is made from soft, feldspar rock and crushed to a granular size range of 0.3 to 0.85 mm. This range conveniently allows for both kids to freely create indoors and professionals and parents to control airborne annoyances with ease.

• Builds tactile discrimination skills and related vocabulary as children interact with each texture
• Features 20 pillows and patches (10 different pairs) for hands-on activities
• Includes Activity Guide and drawstring bag that holds all components
• Each textured pillow or patch measures approximately 2"-3", perfect for small hands
• Grades PreK+

These stress balls have an awesome texture andmake a great fidget toy! Extra tough and durable.Hand-washable. Assorted colors.