When you work in an educational environment, a big part of the job is effective collaboration in schools. There is collaboration between many different stakeholders such as students, parents, classroom teachers, physical educators, art teachers, music teachers, computer lab, administration, teaching assistants, school-based therapists and probably a few more! At times this can be very […]
Pediatric therapists can help to empower children, parents and teachers. In fact, encouraging children and families to work on independence is an underlying goal for all children. Essentially, when we empower children and their support systems to use information and communication we can help kids to reach new goals! Research in Developmental Disabilities published research […]
Have you ever considered hosting an occupational and physical therapy showcase at the school where you work? You could invite parents, teachers, and students to your school based therapy showcase to check out all the assistive technology and adapted equipment that is available for students. It would be perfect to host on Open House night […]
There are many members of the special education team such as students, parents, teachers, teachers assistants, administrators, and related service providers. Occupational and physical therapists usually make up a small but important group of the special education team. Some team members, especially therapists, can have a varied caseload with students from different classrooms, grades […]
Here at Your Therapy Source we frequently get asked for suggestions for easy and frugal occupational therapy gifts, PT gifts and teacher gifts. Parents want to show their appreciation for their child or children’s occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech and language pathologists, teachers, bus drivers, school nurse, coaches, or whoever played a part in keeping […]
Reflecting back on the more than 20 years since I graduated with my Master’s degree, I realize there are some crucial topics that were not mentioned during my training years. There is so much learning on the job as a school-based therapist (OT or PT)! Here are my thoughts on what the University forgot to […]
Do you struggle with figuring out how to increase parent involvement at school? It can be difficult for school-based therapists, teachers and other staff to reach out to parents during the hectic school day. Parents are an integral part of the special education team. They know the most about their children’s strengths, weaknesses, and personal preferences. […]
Another year is coming to a close. Each year at YourTherapySource, we like to recap the best sellers and the top blog posts. First of all, let me state that we are very grateful for our amazing customers. We are always receiving positive feedback about our products which makes our job here so fulfilling. Since […]
Each year we like to do a recap on the top read blogposts of 2018 that were published in 2018. How many have you checked out? #10 – Sensory Versus Behavior Checklist #9 – Free Fine Motor And Executive Functioning Skills Activities for Fall #8 – Dysgraphia – Types, Symptoms and How to Help #7 – […]
Finally, we are posted the results of the survey on related services and section 504 plans. For some reason, we forgot about this one. The good news is there were 343 responses and trends that were recorded. The bad news is many people answered text responses under the OTHER option so the results were a […]