A while back a high school teacher who works with developmentally disabled kids wanted to use The Trip Clip to help his students make grocery lists to practice life skills. He hoped to have each student work on their own lists at their own computer, but it didn't work right because he only had one … Continue reading Life Skills Classroom Activity: Make Grocery Lists
The Trip Clip® has been used successfully by occupational therapists, speech therapists, and other providers who work with kids. There are activities to help with reading skills, handwriting, executive functioning skills, and more. You can see all of them here. I know that many kids who need these kinds of tools have multiple therapists and … Continue reading The Trip Clip For Therapists & Providers
One of the things my niece Gaby does for me is test my website. It took some trial and error between the two of us to figure out how Gaby could do this task given some of her challenges. When I first had Gaby do some website testing, I discovered two things. The first is … Continue reading Software Testing By a Special Needs Employee
One of the great benefits of having my niece work for me is it's ok if I sometimes have her help me with personal tasks. Some years I've had Gaby help me with my Christmas Cards! She does a lot of mailer preparation at one of her other jobs, so this task was right up … Continue reading Christmas Cards
This past summer I had my niece Gaby, who has Autism, create a set of sports activity books for teachers and parents to use with their kids. Parents who have sports-loving kids can use these activities when watching sports at home, when going to a game, and at siblings’ sporting events. Teachers can use them as free time … Continue reading Gaby & Making Sports Themed Activity Books
When my niece Gaby first started working with me on The Trip Clip, I realized that her ability to follow step by step instructions meant she would be great at fulfilling orders for physical goods. This was important to me both because I dislike doing it myself, and because as the only employee at my … Continue reading Gaby & Order Fulfillment
For anyone new to my blog, my niece Gaby, who has Autism, helps me twice a week with The Trip Clip. You can read more here about Gaby and the kinds of tasks she does, but first, check out this wonderful picture of Gaby from last week when she got to meet one of her … Continue reading Gaby and Spelling BINGO
This past week my niece Gaby made after school magnet packs for The Trip Clip. She prints out multiple sheets of pictures, attaches them to adhesive magnet paper, cuts apart the individual magnets, sorts them into groups of 20 using a template I give her, puts them into a plastic sleeve, attaches a label sticker, … Continue reading Making Magnet Packs
Last week I posted on Facebook a note from a customer whose daughter has struggled through the pandemic. This mom asked for additional pictures to create a visual schedule to help her daughter return to the nail salon after 3 years away. I promised to work on getting pictures added, but also told her about … Continue reading New Personal Care Clipart
I’m very excited to announce a new feature: You can now upload your own images to use in your picture checklists and bingo boards! Many customers have asked for this so I'm glad I finally got it done. This feature will allow you to add you own pictures if you can't find what you need … Continue reading New Feature: Upload Your Own Pictures
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