Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs: make it yourself

School districts and educational agencies are feeling the economic crisis in painful ways. Doing your own adaption can save valuable resources for other things. Often times self-adapted items work as well or better than commercial items.

Additionally making adaptions to items can be a create way to build community during a professional development day. Gather items you may need for adaptions and store in a central location, then you can grab it and get together with colleagues for an afternoon of purposeful fun.

Adaption Toolbox Items

craft, hot and crazy glue (plus glue gun)
various kinds of tape
sticky tack
scissors
soldering iron, solder
notching file
clamps
tacks
brads
dollar store items (things from the toy, craft, kitchen goods and hardware aisles)
"junk drawer" items
allen wrenchs
screw drivers and screws in all sizes
hammer and nails in all sizes
assorted nuts and bolts
cable ties
velcro
goo gone (or similar)
disinfectingwipes/alcohol based sanitizer
x-acto knife or similar
sandpaper
staples and stapler/staple gun
foam core board
contact paper
epoxy
switch componets, wire, speakers, assorted electronics
PVC Pipe
Triwall Cardboard
Loc-Line
first aid kit