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Travel Sensory Diet Bag for On the Go Sensory Needs

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The Travel Sensory Diet Bag for On the Go Sensory Needs is a collection of tools to regulate under and over sensory responses. This product is designed for children with Attention Deficit Disorders and other disabilities that cause inappropriate sensory responses to specific sensory inputs. This product can be used outside the home, in the car, at a restaurant, etc. The contents of the Travel Sensory Diet Bag for On the Go Sensory Needs and suggested proprioception, vestibular, tactile, oral, and scent activities help regulate inappropriate sensory responses.

Technical Specifications: 

Proprioception Materials and Activities:

  • Bungee cord or Exercise band: These can be used by arms or legs while sitting or standing. 
  • 1 pound wrist weight: This is an important addition to a travel sensory bag. The weight provides proprioceptive input as the child carries the bag. Just carry the weight in the bag / wear the weight on the wrist, ankle, placed on the lap, or draped over shoulders/while seated, hang the loop of the handles over a knee for weight down through the calf and into the foot, (switch legs after a while)/hang the bag on one shoulder, then the other/hold the loops of the bag by the hand as if carrying a suitcase, (switch hands often)/hold the loops of the bag by individual fingers.
  • Clothes pins (for pinching and providing proprioception to hands): Add a few clothes pins to the tote bag and have your child pinch them onto the exercise band.
  • Hand Gripper
  • Squeeze Ball
  • A few pop beads
  • Rubber band fidget toy

 

Oral Materials and Activities

  • Sugar free hard candy
  • Sugar Free gum
  • Eat dried fruit, bagel pieces, popcorn, pretzels, or raisins
  • Kazoo (take the paper out for less noise!)
  • "Chew Toy " or Chew Necklace

 

Scent Materials and Activities 

  • Small bottle of scented lotion

 

Tactile Activities

  • Fidget with sensory koosh balls
  • Pipe cleaners twisted together make a great fidget toy
  • Beaded Keychain Friends for fidgeting
  • Small Scrub Brush (The pictured brush is used in the Wilbarger Brushing Protocol.  An Occupational Therapist should train you in this treatment
  • Baby wipe to wipe the face, arms, hands to "wake up" the skin

 

Vestibular Activities 

  • Hang the head and arms down between the legs to touch the floor
  • Arm windmills
  • Twisting walks: Twist at the waist as the child walks

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Price Check
as of: 
03/03/2016
Travel Sensory Diet Bag for On the Go Sensory Needs