BACK TO SCHOOL THERAPY STARTER RESOURCE TOOLKIT
08.05.2025
We know that parents and school personnel can help students adjust to resuming school by offering and organizing their supplies, establishing routines, and addressing any potential emotional needs a child may have.
Well, at Tools To Grow we are offering the same help for the therapists that are resuming their work with children in a school setting!
BACK TO SCHOOL
STARTER RESOURCE TOOLKIT:
Perfect For Every OT, PT & SLP!
We have a NEW BACK TO SCHOOL STARTER RESOURCE TOOLKIT that will be a life-saver for every Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech & Language service provider in a school setting!
Tools to Grow proudly offers a huge assortment of Back To School Themed therapy activities and caseload management resources, but now we have assembled the ULTIMATE toolkit for the start of the school year.
Get organized and ready for a successful school year with this all-in-one therapy starter toolkit! Packed with essential planning pages, student supports and session tools, it’s designed to help therapists start strong and stay on track from day one. Gear up for a strong start!
How This Therapy Toolkit Helps!
Stress Reliever & Time Saver
- Provides caseload management tools to organize your caseload, establish your schedule and learn about your students.
- Easy to prep therapy activities for the first week(s) that are appropriate for a variety of students with diverse abilities and needs. These therapy activities align with commonly targeted therapy goals.
Building Rapport
- Loaded with activities designed to get to know your students.
- Activities can be used as an “ice breaker” to help students ease back into the routine of structured therapy sessions.
Student Commitment
- Resources to inspire and help students increase their awareness and understanding of their therapy goals. Promotes students’ achievement of positive outcomes.
Communication
- For retrieving and sharing information with teachers using professional forms.
- For retrieving and sharing information with parents/caregivers using professional forms.
- For sharing important information about your profession and how it helps students succeed.
Organization
- When collecting information for developing schedules
- When recording schedules
- When reviewing IEP’s
- When organizing your caseload
- And more!!!
(1) CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION: Information/Scheduling
Tools Include:
- Preferred Service Time Request Form for Teachers: Provide teachers with this questionnaire/form when preparing schedule for your caseload. The perfect tool to organize teacher requests and push-in services.
- Classroom Information & Scheduling Form: Use this simple and organized form when meeting with teachers to schedule sessions. Organize classroom information, special subject area times/days, lunch times, and other information. Will save you time and make scheduling a BREEZE! Editable! You can also email form to teachers to have them type into form and email back! Editable (type directly into PDF)!
- IEP at a Glance: Organize and manage a student's IEP information in this form. Editable (type directly into PDF)!
- Caseload Organizer's: A great way to organize the students or clients on your caseload. Editable (type directly into PDF)!
- Student Classroom Schedule: Use for communicating schedules with teachers/caregivers. Editable (type directly into PDF)!
- Versions Included:
- OT/PT/Speech & Language Schedule for Teacher/Parent: 1 Student (2 per page)
- Therapy Schedule for Teacher/Parent: All Services (2 per page)
- OT/PT/Speech & Language Classroom Schedule: 5 Students (2 per page)
- OT/PT/Speech & Language Classroom Schedule: 10 Students
- Therapist Schedule: Week Days
- Therapist Schedule: Letter Days
- Versions Included:
> Find this all-in-one Back to School Starter Toolkit here!
(2) WELCOME TO THERAPY: Therapist Information
Tools Include:
- Welcome to OT/ PT/ Speech & Language: Complete for each student. Send home to parents to provide their child's OT schedule.
- Get to know your child- Parent Questionnaire: Use this form to send to parents/caregivers to inquire on any new information, concerns, etc. The perfect tool to use at the beginning of the school year and when you have a new student on your caseload!
- OT/ PT/ Speech & Language Newsletter: This one page Information Handout for Parents/Caregivers is a great introduction letter explaining OT.
- Meet your Therapist: This one page EDITABLE Handout for Parents/Caregivers is a great way to introduce yourself and OT to parents and caregivers! TYPE directly into PDF.
> Find this all-in-one Back to School Starter Toolkit here!
(3) ALL ABOUT ME!: Student Organization
Tools Include:
- Welcome to OT/PT/Speech & Language: Complete for each student. Send home to parents to provide their child's OT schedule.
- Notebook Covers: OT/PT/Speech & Language versions included. 2 different of each version included!
- OT Goals/Contracts: OT/PT/Speech & Language versions included.
- Therapy Reward Cards: OT/PT/Speech & Language versions
- All About Me! Draw Picture
- All About Me! Printing Name
- All About Me! Facts about Me
> Find this all-in-one Back to School Starter Toolkit here!
(4) THERAPY RESOURCES: First Session Tools!
Tools Include:
(1) OT Version:
- Classroom Tools Wordsearch: 2 Levels included! Search, find and check off the school supply words. Next, print each word on the provided pages.
- OT Maze Missions: Follow the maze path and complete each mission along the way!
- Scavenger Hunt: Student find hidden Back to School cards. Check off item from list once found.
- Back to School I Spy: 2 Levels Included! Search & find the hidden back to school items!
(2) PT Version:
- Sensory Motor Path: Print out posters. Laminate for durability. Arrange posters to create a sensory motor path. Student is to complete each poster along the way!
- Sequence Jump: Includes Posters (2 versions), 4 Sequence Cards. To Play: The child will look at the sequence card and become familiar with the location of the 12 different back to school item posters. The child will jump through the arrangement of posters following the sequence shown by the black thick lines connecting the back to school item poster images. This includes jumping forward, to the right, and to the left.
- Scavenger Hunt: Student find hidden Back to School cards. Check off item from list once found.
- Color by Exercise: Use the code to color in tall kneel on a vertical surface and then complete that exercise. 2 Versions Included!
(3) Speech & Language Version:
- Speech Language Questions Dice Game: Student rolls die. Select question based on color rolled. Can be used as conversation/topic discussion or writing prompts.
- Back to School Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt: Student find hidden Back to School vocabulary cards. Check off item from list once found.
- Auditory Memory for Words: Read series of three/four classroom tools/materials. Ask child to repeat the series of words. Record answer on tracking form provided.
- Auditory Memory for Words: Read the sentence. Ask student the memory question. Record answer on tracking form provided.
> Find this all-in-one Back to School Starter Toolkit here!
>>Find More Back to School Tools here!
>>>Find Our Therapy Planner here!
This Back-To-School Therapy Starter Toolkit is the perfect go-to resource for starting the school year organized, confident, and prepared! With these ready to use materials and tools, you will be set to jump into sessions and meet student needs from day one.
We know this toolkit will help with the most important job there is . . . helping children grow!
Kind regards,
Patti & Shelley
Your Team at Tools to Grow, Inc.
Related Topics: Back to School, Therapy Session Plans , Tools to Grow at School
