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IBCCES has reviewed the following resources and has found that they meet one or more of the following Areas of Autism Competency. Each autism resource below is linked to a company page where you can find additional information.

 

IBCCES Certified Autism Resources

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Creative Beginning

Chalkboard Based Educational Products that combine identification and a SUCCESSFUL printing platform (Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Colours and Words).  What started with one child with Autism!  The perfect blend of education and entertainment! Unleash your creativity while sharpening your cognitive skills with this captivating chalkboard puzzle concept.  Tap into an Individuals fine motor skill development and sensory fulfillment with “not being able to go out of the lines”.

Whether you’re a teacher looking to engage your students in a fun learning activity or a parent seeking an interactive way to teach your child key early developmental concepts, this neutral coloured chalkboard puzzle concept is ideal for all ages and skill levels.

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Among our sensory weighted product line, we can distinguish blankets for both children and adults, vests, and collars. The weighted blanket, classified as a medical device, supports the production of serotonin and melatonin through deep pressure. This contributes to an improved mood, better sleep, and overall relaxation. Utilizing the weighted blanket for both daytime therapy and nighttime sleep, users experience increased restfulness, relaxation, and a heightened sense of security. The blankets apply deep pressure to sensory receptors (proprioceptive system) within the body. The deep pressure helps relax the body, akin to the comforting embrace of a loved one. Visit Online.

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KI WiggleRoom Pods & Super Structures

Create space within space by specifying KI WiggleRoom pods and super structures. Designed for a single user, the WiggleRoom pod offers a distraction-free place within open space. The super structure is a post and beam system that scales to accommodate anywhere from two to eight people. These freestanding rooms provide visual and acoustic privacy for autistic individuals. Students or employees are provided with the option to break away from sensory-rich situations or distractions to find a place to relax, learn or connect with others in a more controlled environment. To learn more about WiggleRoom pods and super structures, Visit Online.

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EpicSurf®

EpicSurf® is a deep-water stationary surf wave made with a real wave of water. Unlike sheet wave technology, this true deep-water wave brings a customizable real surfing experience to guests of all abilities. From beginners learning to surf, to experts perfecting their tricks and turns, to adaptive programming and surf therapy, EpicSurf’s real wave surfing provides the ideal platform for training, advancing and enjoying the mental, emotional and physical benefits of surfing. At EpicSurf, we are passionate about creating a compelling and safe surfing experience beyond the ocean while maintaining our commitment to environmentally friendly and sustainable practices for ALL abilities. Visit Online

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Nook

Nook is a compact, self-contained plug and play sensory pod supporting people with Autism in challenging everyday public environments such as schools, leisure and retail parks and the workplace. It provides an escape or refuge that reduces sensory overload providing positive sensory distraction and safe space to self-regulate and avoid crisis events.

There are a range of different sensory configurations, all based around adding standardized modular units that can easily be interchanged and tailored to meet very specific personal needs. Integrated sensory equipment provides a strong calming effect. Visit Online

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zPods®

zPods® is the first U.S.-based company to provide kids with a customizable, sensory-friendly, enclosed safety bed. These regenerative spaces come jam-packed with features such as intelligent lighting control, white noise generation, Bluetooth speakers, and more. With these tools, we believe that people can find a more comfortable place to sleep. Visit Online

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Smart Tales

Smart Tales is an educational app for children with an extremely rich collection of interactive 80+ educational tales and 700+ games for preschoolers. With Smart Tales, children spend a safe, educational, and fun time playing with our activities, while they learn crucial skills to hit the school ground running both from an academic and a social standpoint. Whether it is learning to read, write & count, unleashing creativity and imagination, learning scientific principles such as the states of matter, Smart Tales is a key companion of children as it represents a fun, educational and safe space for every child. Visit Online

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Hativity®

Hativity®, therapeutic interactive headwear.  Fun and functional with interchangeable textured sensory patches! Innovative features such as non-flop front brim, comfort fit, noise filtering and aromatherapy patch provide additional comforts with our summer UPF50+ and winter hats. Hativity® is designed to provide modular support to the tactile, olfactory, auditory, introception and visual systems.  This allows for therapeutic benefits for individuals with Autism who often experience behavior adaptations related to their internal and/or external stimulation.  Hativity® interactive patches can also provide a means of easy and accessible communication for parents and the community. Visit Online

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Bearaby

Founded by Kathrin Hamm, Bearaby is on a mission to create a calmer, more collected world. Our all-natural, hand-knit weighted blankets blend innovative design with planet-friendly practices, making sustainable self-care accessible to all.

A Bearaby blanket can help children and adults with autism cope with sensory overload and hyperactivity. The act of applying weight evenly all over the body has been proven to stimulate the production of serotonin (the happy hormone), reduce cortisol (the stress hormone), and increase melatonin, which helps you to fall and stay asleep. Our blankets are widely used and recommended by both parents and therapists, as a natural option for relaxation and rest.

Our blanket for adults, the Napper, is available in a 15, 20, and 25lb weight option, and our children’s blanket, the Nappling, weighs 8lb and is made in a closer knit to cuddle smaller bodies. All of our blankets are super soft, stylish, and easy to love!

Visit our website to learn more about our blankets.

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Time4Learning

Time4Learning is an online interactive curriculum for PreK – 12. It teaches and grades the lessons, all while tracking progress. Time4Learning combines the technology kids love with the education they need to make learning fun. Real life concepts are taught with engaging animation and video, bringing math and language arts to life. Visit Online 

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CEU Outlet

CEU Outlet was founded in 1999, pioneering many of the first home-study course programs and online CEU standards used by regulatory boards. CEU Outlet focuses on mental health and medical professions, which are reviewed for compliance by IBCCES and state licensing boards. Visit Online 

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Hugimals World

Hugimals World makes lovable, award-winning comfort items to help kids, teens & adults ease stress & sleep better with the research-backed calming benefits of weighted pressure. Our products are created with input from psychologists, occupational therapists, and other experts.

Hugimals World launched in 2022 with Hugimals: TIME Best Inventions-winning, TikTok-viral weighted stuffed animals loved by people of all ages as well as educators, occupational therapists, child life specialists, and psychologists. These care providers report that Hugimals help kids, teens & adults co-regulate and self-regulate, especially autistic and other neurodivergent individuals. Now, Hugimals World is expanding with more weighted comfort items for all!

Visit our website to learn more.

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Sensory Path

Developed by Special Education Teacher Holly Barker Clay, The Sensory Path™ is a decal system that is designed to transform a space into a child friendly, thematic and safe area for movement which provides targeted proprioceptive and vestibular sensory input to help decrease sensory seeking behaviors and increase cognitive function.

Trusted by thousands of schools across America and abroad, The Sensory Path ™ now offers several themes and appropriate developmental stages of research-based movements that provide proper sensory stimulation for self-regulation.

Visit our website to learn more about our Sensory Path ™ products.

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Elli Junior

Elli Junior offers functional and innovative baby products that live up to our motto of making “big differences for small people.”Try one of our natural, non-toxic, soft and chemical-free hooded towels, swaddles or other baby accessories. Visit Online

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Frogglez Goggles

Frogglez Goggles were invented by Christian Hahn after watching his daughter struggle with leaking swim goggles that pulled her hair. She wasn’t alone, all of the kids in her swim lesson lacked the motor skills to get their goggles to fit. Frogglez have a patented goggle strap that is easy for kids to manage independently. Our innovative swimming goggle design is used in adaptive swim programs around the world. Visit Online

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Waterford Early Learning

Waterford.org is an early education nonprofit with a mission to achieve universal literacy for all children through equity, access, and family empowerment. Whether at home or in a classroom, Waterford’s programs engage PreK-2 learners in explicit, adaptive learning paths in reading, math, and science. Mindset skills are infused within the learning path.

The educational content within Waterford programs reflect the diverse abilities, families, ethnicities, and cultural traditions of each individual learner. Services and support are available to both educators AND families in English and Spanish. An extensive research base supports the efficacy of Waterford.org early learning programs. Visit Online 

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Vans

Since 1966, Vans has stood as a champion of individuality and self-expression. The brand’s commitment continues with the release of sensory inclusive footwear designs as part of the Autism Awareness Collection. With this project, Vans celebrates the unique aspects of all people. Designed specifically with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in mind, the ultra-comfortable footwear collection is offered with sensory-inclusive elements including a calming color palette and design features that focus on the senses of touch, sign and sound. Visit Online

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Wibit

By Wibit Sports GmbH

Wibit, a floating playground on the water, has been creating smiles for over 27 years in more than 100 countries. As non-skilled activities, no one should get left out, even those with disabilities.
Due to its Modularity, a variety of products can be connected to create obstacle courses. These are designed to enable guests of all ages and levels of ability to develop motoric function, coordination, balance and cognitive development, all of which are lacking in today’s electronic world. Self-confidence, especially in young children, will be promoted through social interaction as they will interact with others and in doing so to go to their limits and sometimes even exceed them.
Wibit is all about Making People Happy, which is why it’s one of our Core Values. Visit Online

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The Vitals App

Real-Time Digital Medical and Mental Health Alerts for 911 Calls. The Vitals™ App is the only real-time digital medical ID that alerts first responders and 911 dispatchers with the exact personal information needed to assist a vulnerable person in a crisis, calmly and compassionately. Visit Online

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Twiddle

Twiddles® are cozy, therapeutic aids that help those with autism to calm, engage and self-regulate. Providing comfort or activity as needed, Twiddles assist in organizing tactile, visual and auditory input, and are a safe and effective sensory resource at home, in therapy clinics, and in “safe spaces” at schools and other group settings. Visit Online 

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Huggaroo

Founded by two doctors in Nashville, Tennessee, Huggaroo seeks to bring comfort to your world through a variety of products that are personally designed and manufactured with the most thoughtful, high-quality materials.

Huggaroo’s weighted blankets can help both autistic children and adults manage sensory overload and settle the nervous system through Deep Pressure Touch. The unique Huggaroo design guarantees perfectly distributed weight forever, which can help bring about a deeper, more natural sleep cycle. And our compression bed sheets provide a breathable alternative to a weighted blanket, helping you stay cool all night long while still applying deep pressure stimulation. Compression can be a great tool to use with children or adults to reduce anxiety, help regulate their sensory input, de-stress, improve proprioception and body awareness.

Our line of weighted lap pad animals, made of 100% polyester, is plush, durable, and easy to care for. It provides a cute study buddy at school or travel companion in the car and can help relax and soothe kids with gentle deep pressure stimulation. It can make a great calming and organizing transition item as well.

Visit our website to learn more about our certified autism products.

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Dreampad Pillow

The Dreampad line of sleep and relaxation aids is the perfect, natural way to address the imbalance of stress. Research has shown that the right kind of music can help the body and mind relax and begin the wind-down process that is critical for sleep.

Dreampad has taken this a step further by delivering sleep music not through speakers, but through a gentle, low-frequency vibration that calms the nervous system and helps the body to relax. The vibration and music come through the pillow and create a unique sound experience that has been shown to positively affect our ability to get to sleep and stay asleep. Now available at select CVS stores. Visit online