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Sensory Modulation, Anxiety and Ritual Behaviors
What comes first – difficulties with sensory modulation, anxiety or ritual behaviors? In children, it can be very hard to determine how the three are all inter-connected if at all. The Journal of Physical and Occupational Therapy published research investigating the relationships between sensory responsiveness, anxiety, and ritual behaviors in 48 boys (ages 5-9) with […]
How Do You Talk to Parents about Sensory Sensitivities?
After reading a thought provoking blog post from Christopher Alterio,OTR, on Deconstructing the myth of clothing sensitivity as a ‘sensory processing disorder’, it really made me think about how we talk to parents as pediatric therapists. Not just about clothing sensitivity or other sensory sensitivities but about any concern that a parent comes to discuss with […]
Figure Ground and Spatial Reasoning Activities
These two figure ground and spatial reasoning activities are free from the Crocodiles, Flamingos and Monkeys Visual Perceptual packet. Can you count how many crocodiles are in the picture? This figure ground activity can be printed to provide your students with a visual perceptual challenge. Can you use spatial reasoning and visual motor skills to […]
Working Conditions Survey Results for School Based Therapists
The working conditions survey results for school based therapists have been summarized. As you can see from the results, there were 431 responses to the questions about working conditions. Frankly, I was shocked that close to 79% of the school based therapists felt that a national organization should be formed to establish working condition standards ( […]
Visual Motor Integration Skills and Speech Sounds
Perceptual and Motor Skills published research on visual motor integration skills in children with speech sound disorders (SSD). A SSD is defined as a “persistent difficulty with speech sound production that interferes with speech intelligibility or prevents verbal communication of messages”. Visual motor integration (VMI) is defined as the coordination of visual and motor functioning, which is closely related […]
January 2017 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OTs and PTs
The January 2017 Digital Magazine for Pediatric OTs and PTs has been published. It is jam packed with information on recent research, activity ideas, tips and more. View the Table of Contents for the Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine January 2017: 5 WAYS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY NECK AND TRUNK EXERCISES HELP WITH HAND FUNCTION AND VISUAL PERCEPTUAL […]
Winter Challenge – Sensory Motor Activity
Winter Challenge is a fun, NO PREP, Winter themed activity to encourage fine motor, gross motor and visual motor skills. Just print the black and white page and complete each of the Winter themed challenges. Can you trace the ski tracks, draw snowflakes, walk backwards, pretend to ice skate, hold snow tube pose and finish […]
15 Free Visual Spatial Printables
The ability to determine spatial relationships is important in everyday tasks. You need to interpret what it means to “stand first in a line”, “sit in front of Johnny” or “put the pencil on top of the paper”. If a child has difficulty perceiving spatial relationships it can affect motor skills, body awareness, problem solving, activities of daily living […]
Physical Therapy Interventions and Developmental Coordination Disorder
The Journal of Motor Learning and Development published a review to identify the types of interventions in physical therapy contexts used in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and whether these interventions are effective. The systemic search revealed 29 articles of moderate to good quality to analyze. The results indicated that: task-oriented approaches as well […]
Research Review on Handwriting Instruction
Educational Psychology Review published a research review on handwriting instruction. A meta-analysis was completed on experimental intervention studies with K-12 students to determine if teaching handwriting enhanced legibility and fluency and resulted in better writing performance. The results indicated the following: when compared to no instruction or non-handwriting instructional conditions, teaching handwriting resulted in statistically […]