Therapy Rewards

The last 2 blogs Basics of ABA and Common Problems were done by my awesome sister Brittany, who is an ABA therapist. This blog is a list of some of Chelsea's favorite rewards for doing therapy. We have to change the reward just about daily, so she doesn't get bored of it.

Physically Active Rewards

v  Super girl

v  Pop Goes the Weasel

v  Toss Chelsea in the air

v  Do a somersault

v  Peekaboo/ Hide and Seek

v  Horsey Ride

v  Chelsea, Chelsea Dumpling

v  “I’m Gonna Get You”

v  Wash the Dishes, Dry the Dishes

v  Ball play- catch, kick, throw

v  Piggyback rides

v  Be tipped upside down

v  Trit to Trot to London

v  This is the Way the Ladies Ride

v  Chair rides- Rock, swivel, lift, blast-off, etc. with chair and Chelsea in it

v  Big Jumps! Hold Chelsea’s hands and have her to big jumps

v  “Chelsea Burrito”- Roll her up in blanket, then unroll quickly

v  “The Claw” or Mouse crawling up body to tickle under chin

v  Swing at the playground (see video below)

 

 

Musical Rewards

v  Sing a song from binder

v  Dance to music

v  Play the recorder or harmonica

v  Play on little piano (video of Chelsea playing piano with her grandma below)

v  Pot drum banging

v  Dance freeze

 

Sensory Rewards

v  Play with water in sink

v  Put Chelsea's hands on top of your hands. Count down slowly and with anticipation 5-4-3-2-1. Then yell "blast off!" and fling the child's hands into the air.

v  Playdough or bubbles

v  Build and knock down dominos

v  Trips through a sensory tunnel! (See video below)

v  Hold Chelsea’s legs while she is sitting and say “Walk walk” while moving them slowly, then “Run run run!!!” and move them fast

v  Blow raspberries on Chelsea

v  Pick up Chelsea's foot and pound on the bottom of it with the side of your fist (with or without shoes on the child).

v  Blow air into the sleeves or back of a child's shirt.

v  Massage or put stickers on Chelsea. Great way to teach body parts!

 

Artsy Rewards

v  Draw

v  Color pictures

v  Rubber stamp on hand

v  Let Chelsea rubber stamp a paper

v  Paper airplanes

 Silly

v  Pretend: pirates, princess, cowgirl, dog, etc

v  Silly noises and faces

v  Train rides- line up chairs and go for “ride”

v  PU! You have stinky feet! Pretend to smell and wave hands, etc.

v  Blow up a balloon and let it whiz around room

v  Blow up a balloon and make it “cry”

v  Draw buttons on paper, have him press one – it makes you “glom” (make something up!) press another one, you stop, another, you hop. Chelsea never knows quite what will happen

v  “It’s Coming back!” Attach a soft toy to a long rope and let Chelsea hit it away, and then… “It’s coming back!!!”

v  Slowly lower a Kleenex in front of your face, then blow forcefully on it and let go so it zooms across toward the child

v  Hand over hand game, place hands on top

v  Have Chelsea push a pretend button to turn on a kissing monster machine!

v  A huge, over exaggerated sneeze “The Big Sneeze” and fall over

v  Trap Chelsea with legs and have her try to “get away”

 

Low-Key Rewards

v  Read a few pages in a book

v  Look at Jesus pictures in flip book

v  Play baby dolls

v  Play kitties

v  Hug/ snuggle

v  Puppet show, make puppets “eat” Chelsea

v  Car races

v  Hide in tent/ hideout and “find” Chelsea

 

Misc

v  iPad for x amount of time

v  Watch x minutes of movie

v  Fruit snacks or healthy treat

v  Help make cookies, one step at a time