Participation in Leisure and Sporting Activities for Children with Disabilities

CanChild has some excellent resources to help parents and youth encourage participation in leisure and sporting activities for children with disabilities. 


There is a participation knowledge hub with suggestions and hand outs to assess different activities.

There is also several printable worksheets to help children decide what activities to participate in and what adaptations may be necessary.  You can view those tip sheets here for art lessons, swimming, music, hockey, group activities and a general form for any activity. 

Certainly worth a look if you are a pediatric occupational, physical or speech therapist!  Thanks CanChild (which is an amazing website). 

Inclusive Art Booklet

Here is an awesome, free resource from Crayola entitled "Creative Art Experiences for Children with Special Needs". This booklet is great for ideas and tips. It would make a wonderful resource for any art teacher or elementary school teacher who works in an inclusive environment. If parents are looking for ideas for at home they can find plenty here. The topics include: Create an Arts-Encouraging Environment, Drawing Explorations, Painting Activities, Modeling and Sculpting Techniques, Outdoor Art Experiences and Benefits of Art Exploration. You can download the booklet here.

Thanks to the Teaching All Students blog for finding this free resource.

Inclusive Art Activity

Came across this inclusive, creative art idea - painting with hats. A preschool teacher taped paintbrushes to the tops of hats for the children to paint with on easels. It makes an interesting disability awareness activity as well. Since some children access computers using a pointer on a hat, why not let the children see how difficult it can be to paint let alone use a computer or speech device. Check out all the photos at this blog - Play Based Classroom.