The chew jewelry at Educadora comes in all shapes and sizes. In practice, I now have a box full. These bite chains are all safe and free of hazardous substances.

Of course, you can’t try these chewing jewelry in the mouth, but by having a number of them in practice, parents and clients can still feel the material with their hands. I notice that parents like that, before ordering them on the Educadora site. We also often use them as an example during the training.

Bite chains in many colors and types

Chewing jewelry as part of a sensory activity program

The Bite Chains can fit nicely into a client’s Sensory Activities Program. Chewing on clothes, hair, pencils, nails and other things is often a means of self-regulation. As a therapist, I find it important to look for the why of that stimulus and always try to reduce chewing first by offering other sensory stimuli, such as more exercise.

Strong need for stimuli in the mouth area

Very sometimes the need for stimulation in the mouth is so strong that you want to offer an alternative. Then a bite chain can offer a solution. Especially for the group with more complex problems, such as people with multiple disabilities, this is often part of the solution.

But with every tool (including the use of a chewing chain) it is important to have a good overview of what dampening and what uplifting strategies are for that client. Only then do these tools work well in a client’s daily life and offer balanced sensory stimulus processing!

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