March 2010 Digital Monthly Magazine for Pediatric Therapy
If you can not view the digital magazine go to www.YourTherapySource.com/magazine to download a copy.
Costumes May Do The Trick
Children love to dress up from an early age. Boys or girls enjoy the fun of pretending to be someone else. Pediatric therapists are always looking for innovative and creative ways to incorporate movement tasks into everyday play. Since Halloween is coming upon us, perhaps dressing up will do the trick. Here are several reasons […]
10 Things to Do To Celebrate PT Month
This years theme is “Move Forward Physical Therapy Brings Motion to Life”. The focus is on how PT can help you achieve long term quality of life. Here are 10 suggestions to celebrate PT Month in a school or pediatric setting: 1. Think of an activity club that you could start at the school to […]
September 2009 Pediatric OT and PT Digital Magazine
Open publication – Free publishing – More cerebral palsy
5 Ice Breakers for Pediatric Therapy
Some of you have already started the school year and some of you will begin over the next few weeks. Get to know your new students with these 5 ice breaker ideas:1. Write a letter to your students telling them about yourself. Perhaps let them know your favorite food, color, movie and more. Tell them […]
Yoga in the Classroom
Found out about this free resource on Twitter from @lloydcrew – thanks! This is a post on OT Connections about the benefits of using yoga in the classroom. If you scroll down there is 4 pdf documents that you can open and print. Each document is a yoga routine to use in the classroom. This […]
Project ACES – Gets Kids Moving
May 6th is the date for Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously). Project ACES was started to help celebrate in May for National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. The goal of the project is to encourage physical fitness through daily exercise and to live healthy lives. This is a great way for school based therapists […]
Teacher Appreciation Ideas
May 5th is Teacher Appreciation Day. Depending upon the types of children that are in the classroom try some of these ideas: 1. Give the teacher a basket of fidgets to use in the classroom as a sign of your appreciation 2. Offer to host a party. If the children earn enough rewards, have a […]
Collaborate with Teachers To Develop Multi-Sensory Lessons
Traditionally, a classroom lesson is delivered as verbal or written material. The student relies on auditory and/ or visual input to understand the concepts. The student is expected to sit for extended periods of time and remain on task. For many of the students who receive related services, this can be a frustrating method of […]
10 Things to Do to Celebrate OT Month
There is a lot of buzz going around about OT Month. Here are 10 suggestions to celebrate OT Month in a school or pediatric setting: 1. Host the Occupational Therapy Olympics – invite school staff, parents and students to participate in the OT Olympics. Try relay races to get dressed, get down objects using reachers, […]