Repurposing With Purpose

Meaningful participation can begin with something as simple as seeing new possibilities in what we already have.

Repurposing With Purpose is a 10-page printable caregiver guide designed to help caregivers, support staff, educators, and families create meaningful participation opportunities through multi-step repurposing projects.

Rather than focusing on completing a specific project, this guide encourages you to notice where and how a person can participate—from choosing and preparing to creating, deciding, finishing, and using the completed item.

Inside you'll find:

• Ideas for breaking a project into meaningful participation opportunities
• Adaptations for grasp, reach, positioning, communication, sensory needs, and attention
• Strategies for supporting choice and autonomy
• A real-life adaptive chair-painting example
• Caregiver reflection questions
• A reusable Repurposing Project Plan for creating your own projects

The chair featured in this guide is just one example. The process is the opportunity.

Designed with participation over outcome in mind, this resource can be used with people with a wide range of abilities and communication styles.

Digital download | 10-page printable PDF