For the past two years, the speech therapist and I have been co-treating a COOKING GROUP with two self-contained classrooms for students with Autism. The speech therapist decides what they are cooking and I assist with the motor skills and executive functioning skills involved. The class is divided evenly into small groups at their own table. We talk about the ingredients and the steps it takes to cook! I will bring copies of the recipe so that the students work on copyin

Looking to address visual motor, visual closure, fine motor control, and hand strength in one activity? All you need is: glue, food coloring, water, eye droppers, paper plates, and SALT! I used a couple of other additional items that just made it less messy and more organized. Have the students draw anything that that they want on the paper plate (you can use anything that has slightly more thickness than construction paper). I specifically wanted them to work on the forma