The Ultimate Guide to Self Regulation in Children

Ultimate Guide to Self Regulation in Children

The Ultimate Guide to Self-Regulation Self regulation is the ability to tolerate sensations, situations and distress and form appropriate responses.  Simply stated, it is the ability to control emotions, thinking, behavior and motor actions in different situations.Here are the many different strategies, Here are the many different strategies, tips and resources that Your Therapy Source has […]

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Drawing Process in Children with Autism

Drawing Autism

Drawing Process in Children with Autism The Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy published an open source article to determine the correlations between the drawing process in children with autism and developmental indexes.  The authors consider drawing to be one of the best tools to objectify the level of maturity reached by the child in psychomotor, cognitive and emotional […]

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Do School Based Therapists Work Over the Summer?

Do School Based Therapists Work Over the Summer

Do school based therapists work over the summer? Many times school based therapists are asked if they work over the summer.  For the past few months, the Your Therapy Source survey asked this question.  One of the reasons was to determine a general idea of whether school based occupational or physical therapists work over the […]

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How to Create a Professional Development Library

Professional Development Library

  How to Create a Professional Development Library We all know how expensive professional development resources can be especially in the therapy world. Textbooks can be pricey along with individual research articles. For school based therapists, why not create a collaborative PD “library”.    Try to create a real collection where all the therapists in […]

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Cut Sequence Paste Draw Dolphin

cut sequence paste draw dolphin

Cut Sequence Paste Draw Dolphin Here is a dolphin activity that includes scissor skills, sequencing, motor planning, visual motor skills and following directions!  All on one piece of paper (translation: NO PREP activity).  This dolphin activity is from the Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw – Beach.   Print out this activity and the child can cut, sequence, […]