Download this free brief entitled Learning to Move and Moving to Learn to distribute to teachers and parents. It is packed with tips and information on why movement is important and how to foster motor play in the curriculum. You can download it here or below. While you are at it, check out these videos […]
The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University has published a paper entitled Building the Brain’s “Air Traffic Control” System: How Early Experiences Shape the Development of Executive Function. This paper provides an overview on executive function and how it develops in children. Executive functions include working memory, inhibitory control and cognitive or mental […]
Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics published research on the relationships between fine-motor, visual-motor, and visual perception scores and handwriting legibility and speed. Klein et. al. evaluated 99 third through sixth graders with learning or behavioral problems. Each child was assessed with the following: Upper-Limb Speed and Dexterity Subtest of the Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor […]
Health Psychology published research on a study of 171 overweight 7 to 11 year olds who participated in increased physical activity. The following results were seen in the children who participated in the vigorous exercise group : Increased brain activity in prefrontal cortex seen on MRI IQ scores increased by 3.8 points with 40 minutes […]
Pediatric Physical Therapy published interesting research comparing 8 children with proficient handwriting and 8 children with non proficient handwriting. All of the children did not have a history of motor or cognitive issues. Each child was tested for kinesthetic sensitivity, discriminate tactile awareness, diadochokinesia, stereognosis, and graphesthesia. Following statistical analysis, the two groups did show […]
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research on age related changes in 184 children (age range 4 -16 years old) with cerebral palsy. The children were initially evaluated with the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) and Lifestyle Assessment Questionnaire – Cerebral Palsy (LAQ-CP) and again 2 years and 7 […]
The Alliance for Technology Access has a wonderful, free publication that you can download entitled “We Can Play”. This is a 20 page document loaded with fun, adaptable ideas for children with disabilities. Topics include bike riding, accessible birthday party ideas, games for the car, cooking tips and more. Each topic is a one page […]
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has published research on the effect of amputation level on energy expenditure during overground walking by children with an amputation. The oxygen consumption of 73 children with amputations was measured while walking overground for 10 minutes at a self selected pace. The results indicated that children with above […]
If you can not view the magazine below go to www.YourTherapySource.com/magazine to download a pdf copy. Open publication – Free publishing – More cerebral palsy
Here is a reason to go out and buy yourself a box of chocolates, eat the chocolates and save the fancy box for this fun fine motor activity. The things we have to do to create a therapeutic activity… Print and Create Fine Motor Projects – Valentine’s Day Get 12 fine motor projects with a […]