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Executive Function in Adolescents Born Extremely Premature and Extremely Low Birth Weight

Pediatrics published research on 228 adolescents who were extremely preterm (EP; <28 weeks) birth and extremely low birth weight (ELBW; <1000 g).   Each participant was assessed with multiple executive function (EF) tasks, and parent- and self-ratings of behavioral EF. The Rey Complex Figure and Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function parent report were also administered […]

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Wax String Activities

Here is a sample of some pages from the Wax String Activity book.  These activities encourage visual perceptual skills, eye hand coordination and kinesthetic learning.  Head on over to YourTherapySource at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/waxsample.html [subscribe2]

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Patterns, Patterns, Patterns

Here are 6 FREE sample pages from Patterns, Patterns, Patterns  which is a collection of over 50 visual perceptual activities involving patterns. Children will be challenged to draw the patterns and find shapes, numbers or objects in a pattern. The activity pages are in black and white. Patterns, Patterns, Patterns stimulates: visual motor skills visual […]

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Eye Movements During Reading and Cerebral Palsy

Recent research investigated the extent to which the motor impairments in adults with cerebral palsy affected their ability to read. Using an eye-tracking system, eye movements were recorded during a reading task (read out loud 1-5 excerpts from children’s books) in 31 adults diagnosed with cerebral palsy and in 10 healthy controls. The results indicated […]

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Educational Video of the Beery Buktenica Visual Motor Integration Assessment

Dr. Alisha Ohl, a practicing pediatric occupational therapist and professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Centers occupational therapy program, worked with a group of students in the creation of an educational video that focuses on improving administration and scoring of the Beery Buktenica Visual Motor Integration Assessment. The video consists of video clips demonstrating the administration of […]

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Bottle Cap Words – Fine Motor and Visual Perceptual Activity

I love this recycled project to encourage fine motor skills, visual discrimination skills and letter recognition. It is inexpensive. Just save some bottle caps (these are all water bottle caps) and you need white circle stickers. Just make some word strips and match up the letters. This is a great make and take activity to […]