AWelcome and waiting
Offer a small number of easy-to-see, easy-to-return options while families wait or transition into the center.
- Possible options
- Tactile fidgets, breathing visuals, feelings visuals, quiet holdable tools.
- Operational questions
- Cleaning turnaround, storage visibility, sound level, missing pieces, age range.
May not fit
Loud sound, hard-to-clean items, or products requiring individualized placement without staff support.
BSession rooms
Keep product specifications, alternatives, and use boundaries close to the tool so staff can make informed individual choices.
- Possible options
- Breath visuals, tactile movement, weighted tools where professionally appropriate, feelings visuals.
- Operational questions
- Individual versus shared allocation, documentation, sanitizing, storage, staff competency.
May not fit
Any tool selected only because of diagnosis, without considering assent, comfort, or current product guidance.
CSensory gym or movement room
Add portable, clearly stored options that complement—not replace—the room’s established equipment and professional plan.
- Possible options
- Floor cushion, holdable weighted tool, tactile product, portable breath or sound tool.
- Operational questions
- Floor-use rules, collision and trip risks, cleaning, product inspection, storage, supervision.
May not fit
Loose tools placed where they create hazards, or used as restraint, positioning equipment, or unsupervised clinical devices.
DFamily lending library
Let families borrow or explore a tool with the same product details, care instructions, and choice language they receive in the center.
- Possible options
- Only products approved for lending and complete with packaging, care, safety, and tracking materials.
- Operational questions
- Checkout, return, cleaning, missing parts, damage, replacement, consent, lost items.
May not fit
Products without confirmed shared-use care, or items whose warnings, batteries, removable parts, or placement cannot be managed consistently.
EStaff preparation and training
Give staff a repeatable way to introduce options, check the product, respect refusal, and communicate with caregivers.
- Possible assets
- Setup guide, product matrix, inspection checklist, care guide, family handout, staff demonstration.
- Operational questions
- Who trains, who owns updates, where records live, how new staff are oriented.
May not fit
One-time training presented as permanent competency or clinical certification.