Taking Stock of the Body Sock!

Funded Sep 26, 2023

Thank you for the the donated items I have received from my Donors Choose request. I was ecstatic, and could not believe that I had been awarded such meaningful and generous donations! So many Body Socks in various colors and sizes that the children could benefit from. Thank you so much! I really was surprised at the variety I received, and how it allowed the students the opportunities to organize and choose the color and style they wanted to use. Wow, was there a noticeable difference in their behaviors after wearing the body socks!! Most of my students are in a self contained class of Autism Spectrum Disorder. They are often dysregulated and can not calm down to sit in a chair or to follow directions. To see the children put on these Body Socks and after a few minutes, they have become different children. Also, when the children used the sensory pencil grips, the sensory feedback from the grippers allowed them to begin holding a pencil properly in a tripod prehensile pattern. These behaviors were amazing for the parents to see, and many of them went on to purchase these sensory rewarding tools and use them at home. Even though the students were not able to write Thank You notes themselves, the pictures show the vast changes in their behaviors before and after.

Thank you again for being so generous with offering so many sizes of Body Socks to accommodate the different sizes of the students. They all appreciate the sensory pencil grips as well, many holding their pencils correctly for the first time.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Innes