Fantastic Fidgets Giveaway
Jim (awesome) at The Therapy Shoppe sent me a note after we started a Sheepy Sheep Giveaway and asked what else we’d like to offer to our members as a giveaway? Are you kidding me? It wasn’t that hard to figure out the next thing because around our house we talk a lot about anxiety and fidgeting. They offered up this great starter kit of fidgets – a Focusing Fidget Kit!
I have to share a secret with you…I’m a bit neurotic when it comes to repetitive noises (typical noises from a anxiety-ridden boy) and before a friend told me about the “figets’ or “calming toys” for kids who have issues like Gage I almost crawled out of my skin. I’m talking about finger and foot taps. His type of fidgeting when he was quiet tended to be destructive, like chewing his clothing or tearing apart his socks one piece of elastic thread at a time. This is both frustrating for him (he didn’t want to but said, “I can’t help it!”) and expensive.
I was thrilled to buy fidget/calming toys for him for home and school. I gave his two teachers a bag each to have at school to use in class this year and they also found them helpful. He also had chewy things but that’s for another giveaway entirely. He doesn’t need them at school anymore (currently in treatment for anxiety) but we do keep these in the car and in the appointment bag of tricks for on the way to appointments or the appointments themselves.
This is for sure a giveaway for the above age 3 crowd because they are little items so if you have a little one, save them or give them as a gift because any kid would like them! All you have to do to enter the giveaway is register (if you’re not) and leave a note about a favorite hand (or the perfect OT) toy of yours or your child. For me? Silly Puddy all the way. Enter for a chance to win. If you are anything like me…you’ll appreciate the these little charmers, too. Open until Friday, May 28, 2010, 5PST.
Thanks again The Therapy Shoppe!
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.
My wife teaches an autism class and these would be a great addition to her room… With 8 kids in one class, they all have different things they like!
Oh, wow, I may just get some of these for Hannah to play with while she’s reading. If she had something to do with her hands, maybe she wouldn’t climb over the couch. 😉
Liam doesn’t use fidget-ty toys (yet!) but I’ve needed them all my life! My spouse has issues with repetitive noises driving her crazy, so she’s always trying to find me something quiet to play with. My favorite “toys” are things that put pressure on the pads of my finger tips. I use clothespins or paperclips to squeeze my fingertips. It keeps me still and fidget free! In a pinch (pun intended! ) I use my finger nails or just one hand squeezing another.
I’ve been teaching this trick to Liam to help him focus and so far it seems to be helping!
Forget the kids! I need the fidget toys! OK – maybe I could share! I have a “Tangle” at my desk – I use it so much I sometimes wonder if can even get my brain to work without having it to manipulate! With my ADD, I find that if my hands are busy, somehow it makes my mind focus. I have an EXTREME sensitivity to noise – I can actually sense that my blood pressure goes up with any “unnecessary” noise (a topic for another day – my tortured family could write a book on this subject). Since the Tangle is very quiet, it’s a perfect way for me to keep my brain from checking out.
I’m beginning to suspect that others in my department have ADD as well because everyone plays with my Tangle while they stand at my desk 🙂
I would def use this for work while working with my autistic clients in school. It’s a must! Most of my clients would love to have this toy to help them to calm them down. That would be awesome!! =D
Oh oh oh!!! We would LOVE to win this, I need fidgets for both my daughters for next year. As a matter of fact, in our IEP meeting the OT brought out a pink Therapy Shoppe catalouge and said their prices were the most reasonable when we were trying to brainstorm for a resource on affordable items. Now I can just go look at their website, been meaning to but you know how it is at the end of the school year… tomorrow is the last day. Fingers crossed!!!
At our house it’s hot wheels – which probably explains why the boys end up crashing into each other all the time… I could sure use some real fidget toys to hold their attention!!!
This would be a wonderful win! Thanks for the chance! I just found your site. My daughter’s favorite “toy” is a ponytail with something attached to it with texture. She can put in on her wrist when she needs to work .