Tactile Stimulation
Overview
Tactile stimulation also helps meet the sensory needs of learners who seek additional sensory input to better support their learning.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Use It in the Classroom
Watch how this elementary school has integrated fidgets into their classrooms to support student Attention and Sensory Integration. By allowing students to use fidgets, their sensory needs are being met as they develop their Self-Regulation skills.
Design It into Your Product
Learn how Skoog allows learners to create music through a tactile cube. By providing immediate sensory input and physical stimulation, this product promotes further exploration as learners receive acoustic feedback with each touch.
Learn More
- Explore the Autism & Sensory Processing subtopic on Digital Promise's Research Map.
- Explore the Self-Regulation subtopic on Digital Promise's Research Map.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Multisensory Supports Strategies
Audiobooks allow students to hear fluent reading and to experience books above their reading skills.
A guided reading strip helps students focus by keeping their place as they read.
Providing physical representations of concepts helps learners activate mental processes.
Connecting information to music and/or dance moves enhances memory by drawing on auditory processes and the cognitive benefits of physical activity.
Using earplugs or headphones can increase focus and comfort.
Transforming written text into audio activates different parts of the brain to support learning.
Tossing a ball, beanbag, or other small object activates physical focus in support of mental focus.
Research shows physical activity improves learner focus and creativity.
A web dictionary can serve as a resource for students to expand their Vocabulary knowledge.
