Hands-On Tasks & IDEAS^® was formed by Jeanette Richards to provide educators and parents with a source of economical work task activity products for the classroom or home. [more about the founder]

Our production facilities are located in Katy, Texas about thirty miles west of Houston.

The activities are designed to promote independent work habits and are modeled after the work tasks used in the "structured teaching" method developed by Division TEACCH1 at the University of North Carolina. They are designed primarily for children with special learning needs who benefit from structure in their workspace.

All of the tasks are available Ready-To-Use in complete sets, unit sets, or individually. Each task comes complete with all necessary pieces and detailed instructions. No assembly or fabrication is necessary.

Additional time-saving design features:

•   The “Double Box & Divider”™ feature allows for easy to no re-set by the instructor.
•   Bi-Directional Task™ design. Many tasks, upon completion, become the starting point for a new and different task [the secondary objective].
•   Many tasks are inherently self-checking by design which encourages independence and promotes success.

1. Schopler, Eric. "Structured teaching." Division Teacch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Online. http://www.teacch.com