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Fidget Spinners’ Therapeutic Benefits

May 17, 2017 by Amy Smith

Fidget spinners can benefit kids and adults in therapeutic ways while also being a mainstreamed, "mom approved" tool.

As a pediatric occupational therapist, I am delighted that these new fidget spinners are so popular!  For years, I've been recommending different kinds of fidgets to kids who are antsy, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Activities, Sensory Regulation Tagged With: fidgets, spinners

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Amy Smith I am an occupational therapist with over 10 years of experience working with children. I created this website to offer parents, teachers, and therapists FREE ideas, strategies, and activities that they can do with their children to improve their fine and gross motor skills, handwriting, academic learning, and regulate their sensory system all while "playing" (just playing smarter)! Read More…

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