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Survey Results on Tablet/Smartphone Use Among Pediatric OTs and PTs

Check out the results from the Winter 2014 survey on tablet and smartphone use among pediatric OTs and PTs.  There were over 300 responses.  You can view the results at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/surveytablet.html Answer the latest survey on the effects of tablet/smartphone use on the development of young children here – https://www.yourtherapysource.com/survey.html

Yoga App Review – Super Stretch Yoga

Here is another app, Super Stretch Yoga, to get kids moving and it is free!  This is a nice overall app with simple directions and a slow pace (great for those kids who need some extra time to learn a pose).  Here are benefits: combines technology with movement slower pace you can repeat the pose […]

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Pincer Grasp on iPad

Here is the tip of the day when using an iPad – use a mini sponge.  A regular cellulose sponge cut up into a small piece will encourage the child to use a pincer grasp when using the iPad.  In the pictures above, you can see the pincer grasp on the mini sponge.  Now you […]

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Tablet Computers and Shunts

A recent study indicates that tablet computers may interfere with programmable shunts.  The researchers discovered the following when exposing programmable shunts to the iPad2: at distances between 0 and 1 cm, the settings had changed in 58 percent of the valves.  after exposure at distances between 1 and 2.5 cm the settings had changed in […]