Tulyaa

DIY therapeutic kit for children

A frugal solution in the form of a therapeutic kit for children with developmental disability.

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Guide

Gayatri Menon

National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

Year

2017

Children born with any type of developmental delay are at the risk of falling behind in their educational potential. This is where early intervention comes in. Although there are free education center, specially abled children and their families in lower economic group cannot access these centers due to barriers of money, mobility, distance or awareness.

Inspiration

Use of daily items like scrubs, brushes and clips that are cheap and easily available as TLM

( teaching and learning material ).

This kit aims to offer easy and free access to therapy for kids with developmental disability at home. The kit can be personalized by providing the materials as per the child’s requirement.

It covers 3 main therapy requirements

The Kit contains

6 integrated activities

Number board / Shape and color board / Sensory cube / Shaker / Spinner / Lava Lamp

1. Number Board

Number concept

Grip

Fine motor skills

Listening and speaking

2. Shape and color board

Color concept

Shape concept

Grip

Eye-hand coordination Fine motor skills

Visual stimulation

3. Sensory cube

Tactile stimulation

Grasp

4. Shaker

Grip

Auditory stimulation

Eye-hand coordination

Focus

5. Spinner

Visual stimulation

Focus

Grip

Eyehand coordination

6. Lava lamp

Visual stimulation

Focus

Grip

The kit is designed like a game to engage the kids to do it without any force. It can be setup in any corner of the room according to need and then put back into a box. This will provide the kids their own area to learn and grow in the house.

Tulyaa helps the child to bond with their siblings and other children. It encourages and involves the parents to make custom box for their specially abled child at a very low cost. This will also encourage the parents to bond and give more attention and support for the child.

Materials

The kit is designed in such a way that it can be easily made by the parents / NGOs or any special education centers and can be freely distributed. The items used in making the kit are cheap household items and things that can be easily found.