Encourage fine motor skills, bilateral skills and separation of the hand with this super cute activity – Paper Clip People. Download the printable and see the directions at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freepaperclippeople.html [subscribe2]
Here are three FREE printables for July 4th or any patriotic day. Practice reaction time and visual skills with the Red, White and Blue Game at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/july4free.html Practice visual discrimination, visual motor and figure ground skills with this July 4th Hunt and Find activity at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/july4huntfind.html Practice scissors and lacing skills to make this Flag Mobile at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/july4free2.html [subscribe2] […]
Physiology & Behavior published research on 20 children – 10 with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and 10 control subjects to determine how the heart rate adjusts during different physical tests. Each participant was evaluated using the Eurofit Physical Fitness Test Battery with constant heart rate monitoring. In addition, their parents completed the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. […]
Here is a free schedule form from Therapy Planner 2015-2016. This planner will help you stay organized with your student caseload, attendance, lesson planning, IEP meetings and more. Here are some pictures of more of the forms you get with this great organizer for the 2015-2016 School year: And more forms…. You can find […]
Here is a simple activity to help children work on visual scanning, visual discrimination, letter identification and coloring skills. If the child can not color in the lines, you could use dot markers or colored stickers to identify the letters in the child’s name. You can download it at Your Therapy Source here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freefindname.html [subscribe2] […]
JAMA Psychiatry published research on the neurobiological basis of sensory overresponsivity (an extreme negative reaction to sensory stimuli) in youth with autism. Since more than half of youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have sensory overresponsivity (SOR) the researchers wanted to use functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the differences in brain responses, habituation, and connectivity during […]
Journal of Attention Disorders published research on 49 children newly diagnosed with ADHD to determine how motor and attention skills influence handwriting performance. The children were evaluated for handwriting performance before and after 3 months of stimulant use. The results indicated the following: 1. handwriting legibility and speed improved significantly at follow-up evaluation after the […]
Child Neuropsychology published research exploring the relationship between working memory, non-verbal intelligence, linguistic skills, counting, fine motor skills and early numeracy in 56, six year old children with cerebral palsy. Each child was evaluated for early numeracy performance, working memory, non-verbal intelligence, sentence understanding and fine motor skills. In addition, basic counting performance was assessed. The results […]
Here is a freebie to practice working memory skills. This freebie is one of the Level 1 exercises. Working Memory Exercises encourage: visual memory skills working memory skills handwriting practice executive function skills You can download the activity at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/workingmemoryfreebie.html You can find out more information about the Working Memory Exercises Level 1 and Level 2 […]
Pediatric Physical Therapy published research exploring whether participation in aerobic exercise before classroom activities improves academic engagement and reduces stereotypic behaviors in 4 classrooms of 24 children (ages 3-6 years old) with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: This study consisted of a treatment condition of 15 minutes of aerobic exercise followed by a classroom task and a control […]