Play this simple game you can set up at home to improve balance, strength, range of motion, and hand-eye coordination. All ages can play!

Use household ingredients to make this therapeutic tool for stress relief and strengthening. Many individuals use stress balls as a tool for relief. Putty can be made at home as an alternative for stress relief or other uses such as easing arthritic pain.

Write the story of your life and use the practice of writing for self-affirmation. Writing your life story can have a positive effect on your mental health as well as cognitive functioning. Particularly when focusing on difficult events, writing can help you release feelings of tension while allowing your mind to make sense of chaotic experiences.

Start a new therapeutic hobby and and enjoy the meditative practice of macrame! Practicing macrame utilizes fine motor skills through finger and hand strengthening. Work on improving visual motor skills, hand eye coordination, executive function with sequencing, and stamina.

Learn how to reduce pain from arthritis through visualization and use your mind to help you overcome difficulties. Pain can release stress hormones throughout your body which can cause additional damage. Guided imagery is a way to use a meditative practice to stop your body from releasing stress hormones.

Mindful Sudoku Puzzle Practice is a therapeutic activity that combines the cognitive challenge of Sudoku with the calming practice of mindfulness. The game focuses on improving mental cognition and promoting mental health.

Engage visual perceptual skills with a fun word-search! Celebrate the change of season and remind yourself of some of the words we think of when we think springtime. It is easy to print this out or use a device to find each word.

With the changing of the seasons, it is a great time to revisit our routine and incorporate new healthy habits! One easy way to “spring into health” with the spring season is to keep track of our movement. It is so important to move every day, and all movement matters!

Try this simple way to reach a place of calm when you are feeling anxious or stressed. Each card has ideas to engage one sense (and one wildcard to incorporate a random sense!) After you’ve printed out your cards, give them a shuffle, then choose a card.

Self-care looks different for everyone and sometimes it is difficult to decide how you want to engage in self-care. Our Self-Care Alphabet can give you a new idea to incorporate into your routine! Be sure to make time for yourself and prioritize the activities that will support your emotional, mental, and physical well-being.

We all have different abilities and can use support to keep our life more organized. Life skills develop over time and can be reinforced with regular practice of habits. See what’s included in our packet!

In our article, Autism Awareness — Caregiver Support, we talk about the numerous ways that caregiving is often a lifelong commitment to another, which comes with difficulties, stress, and adjustments along the way. For caregivers of all kinds, it can be one less item on the list to have a tool to keep track of things! Use our information worksheet to log the health and well-being of your loved one.

This craft uses fine motor skills to cut, trace and paint if you choose. Work on visual motor skills with tracing and cutting with accuracy, along with hand strength and dexterity to cut and assemble the house. We use our executive functions when following steps of sequencing correctly as well.

Planting a seed and tending to its growth uses fine motor skills with pinching, pouring, and scooping the seeds and dirt. Work on development of language skills to describe the items. This activity includes sensory exploration through different textures, socials skills to communicate and share (if doing with another person). Utilize executive functions through sequencing each step in the correct order.

Nature provides a sensory experience with visual, gross motor, and auditory input. Through the different sights, sounds and textures, balance and coordination through walking on uneven terrain, linguistic skills to name animals or plants that are seen during your walk, this experience has so many therapeutic benefits for all ages.

Some individuals with multiple sclerosis may find it difficult to exercise. Swimming is a great option due to its low impact on your joints, less intense resistance for muscles, and the ease of movement from your body’s buoyancy in water.

For individuals with special needs, practicing life skills can develop further with regular engagement. In the morning, there are a few items that can be worked into your routine to help reinforce some of these important life skills.

Keeping track of how well you sleep can help you better understand your overall sleep hygiene and health. Forming habits around your sleep routine starts with being proactive and mindful about it! Take action with our sleep tracker worksheet.

Have you taken a look at a nutrition facts label lately? Over time, the label has changed according to guidelines from the FDA. For instance, today, most Americans get the vitamin A and vitamin C they need through a typical diet.

Did you know that what you eat can have an effect on your stress level? It is important to keep your body balanced in many ways, including managing the stress hormones in your body.