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Growth Mindset and Academic Achievement
A growth mindset is a theory developed by psychologist Carol Dweck who explains mindset as a self-perception or “self-theory” that people hold about themselves. For example, it is believing that you are smart or not smart, good athlete or bad athlete, good at knitting or stink at knitting. Recent research looked at the relationship between a growth […]
December 2018 Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine
The December 2018 Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine has been published. Sign up to receive the weekly email newsletter and other announcements to read the current issue. It is a PDF document so you can save all the research articles, activity ideas and tips on your laptop, tablet or smart phone. Table of ContentsYour Therapy […]
Free Sample Pages from Simple Shape Drawings – Cat and Airplane
Are you looking for something a little different for students to practice simple visual motor skills? These two free sample pages from Simple Shape Drawings might be just the activity you are looking for. Benefits of the Free Simple Shape Drawings These freebies include two simple pictures to draw around the outline of the cat […]
Related Services and Section 504 Plans – Survey Results
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 […]
Practice Following Oral and Written Directions – Free Activities
Do you work with students who need to practice following oral and written directions? This FREEBIE includes 4 sample activities from the Following Directions Bundle. Each of the activity pages requires the students to follow oral and written directions such as: Strengthen Cognition These free practice activities will strengthen the following areas of cognition: Get more […]
Benefits of Structured Bimanual Skill Practice
Research in Developmental Disabilities published research on the benefits of structured bimanual skill practice. Twenty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) participated in the study in order to determine the importance of skill progression during intensive bimanual practice on movement coordination. Methodology of the Study on the Benefits of Structured Bimanual Skill Practice The […]
Kindergarten Teachers Need More Help for Handwriting Instruction
Do you get frustrated when you see young children have poor letter formation? Does it bother you when teachers don’t take the time for handwriting instruction? New research indicates that kindergarten teachers need more help for handwriting instruction. They would agree that they need more support in the area of handwriting. Methodology of the Study […]
Vestibular Exercise Program Helps Increase Balance and Agility
The American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience published research on 17 children with Down Syndrome (DS) to determine the effect of a vestibular exercise program on balance, coordination, and agility. Methodology The 17 children were recruited from two summer enrichment programs and were divided into two groups based on age (group 1: 9.9 yrs – group 2: 18.4 […]
Finish the Picture Printables
Do you need an activity to practice symmetry, visual motor and visual closure skills? These cat finish the picture printables are FREE (download at the end of the post). It includes three levels of difficulty: What is visual closure? Visual closure is a visual perceptual skill that allows you to know what an object is […]
Crossing Midline Exercises
Do you work with students who have a difficult time crossing midline? Perhaps they experience visual spatial issues? These crossing midline exercises can not only help children crossing from left to right or right to left, they also encourage bilateral coordination skills, balance and strengthening. Crossing Midline Exercises #1 – Side bends You can perform […]