School-Based Occupational Therapy Resources

I have been compiling a list of resources that I have found helpful during my first few months as a school based OT! This is not a comprehensive list and I do not take credit for any of these resources-I just wanted to share them in case they could help someone else!

Websites with resources in many skill areas

• Boom Cards
• Tools to Grow
  • well worth the membership fee!
• Seek Freaks 
• Teachers Pay Teachers
  • My store is Becky B OT
• Your Therapy Source
  • and they have a free stuff section!
• School-OT.com
• Pocket Occupational Therapist
• The Inspired Treehouse
• Fun Learning for Kids
  • they have some fun google slides activities that are good for virtual sessions!
• Super Simple
  • so many free pintables good for younger students!
• Telehealth Share
  • they have a lot of free infographics with resources for various skill areas!
• Turtle Diary
  • lots of fun online games for elementary ages!

Facebook Groups

• School-based Occupational & Physical Therapists
• School based OT/PT Teletherapy through Google Meet/Classroom
• School-based Occupational and Physical Therapist
• School-Based Occupational Therapists
• School Based OT Resource Page
• Occupational Therapy School Based Teletherapy Treatment Ideas

Executive Functioning & Emotional Regulation

• Pathway to Success
• Escape Rooms

Visual Motor Skills

• Eye Can Learn
• Spot the Difference
  • My students LOVE these!
• DigiPuzzle 
• Highlights Hidden Pictures

Handwriting

• Sentence Starters
• Wheel of Names
  • Uppercase Letters
  • Favorite Things
  • these are also fun to make holiday or seasonal themes!
• Cryptograms
  • I don’t have a link to any in particular but if you search crypotgrams or decoding puzzles, you will find quite a few!
• Mad Libs
• Scattegories
• Escape Rooms
• Learning Without Tears Worksheet Maker 
• Would You Rather
  • I have found lots of these on teachers pay teachers and they are easy to upgrade or downgrade!
• One of my favorite ways to work on handwriting is it pair it with a visual motor activity! We might do a spot the difference and then write a sentence about what was different!

Typing

• Typing Test
  • this is my favorite way to quickly calculate typing speed!
• The Quiet Game
  • I haven’t tried this yet but it sounds so fun! You can only communicate during your virtual session by typing in the chat box!
• A lot of the activities in the handwriting section above can be adapted for typing!

Gross Motor & Strengthening

• Special Olympics School of Strength
  • I haven’t personally used this but it looks like it could be another good resource, especially for older students!
• Wheel of Names
  • I have seen people make a wheel with animal walks or yoga poses which would be a fun movement activity!

Life Skills/Older Students

• Cooking
  • Accessible Chef
    • while I haven’t done any cooking with my students, they love writing out “shopping lists” with the ingredients for their favorite foods

Autism

• Learn Play Thrive
  • Check out the free resources on her website-there are a lot of blog posts that are interesting!

Worksheets

• Worksheet Works
  • they have every kind of worksheet you could ever imagine and a lot of handwriting paper!
• All Kids Network
  • Tons of worksheets, crafts, and more! My favorites are under the “activities” tab!

Sensory

• Sensory Integration Classroom Facilitator Certification
  • I registered for this course and am really excited to take it over winter break! It was only $3 when I signed up!
• Tools to Grow has some great sensory handouts and visuals that I like to give teachers!

Spanish

• Pediatric Occupational Therapy Resources in Spanish
• Tools to Grow also has some handouts in Spanish!