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June 2016 Issue of the Your Therapy Source Magazine
The June issue of the Your Therapy Source digital magazine is now available for free as usual. This month’s issue includes articles on yoga and self regulation, in class sensory strategies, video prompting for ADLs, developmental progression of playground skills and more! Happy reading!
Simon Says – Body Awareness and Motor Planning Activity
Here is a fun, new freebie from the latest download, Simon Says. Print off these 9 cards to play a quick game of Simon Says. Can the children copy the body poses exactly? These are 9 samples cards from the HUGE collection of body position cards from the complete Simon Says download. The complete […]
Weavable Toys – Focus on Therapist Small Business Owners
Our series continues today taking a closer look at small businesses that are owned and operated by Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapists. Today, the focus is on Weavable Toys, created by Barbara Smith, OTR (whom many of you know as the “Recycling OT”). Q: First just tell a little bit about yourself – job experience, […]
Graded Motor Skill Interventions in Children with Coordination Disorders
Delays in motor skill development may affect academics, activities of daily living, concentration, emotional and social skills. The Journal of Early Childhood Research reported on a study of children (ages 3-6) with coordination disorders who participated in motor skill interventions over the course of two years. The Early Years Movement Skills (EYMSC) checklist and the […]
Step By Step Picture Cooking Recipes
If you work on cooking skills with children, it can be very helpful to use simple, step by step, recipes with picture images. There are several websites that offer free step by step picture recipes. One of the best, in my opinion, is Your Special Chef. This website was created by a girl scout gold […]
11 Free Handwriting, Fine, Gross and Visual Perceptual Printables for Summer
Need some quick, easy, ideas for summer time to practice handwriting, fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills? Check out all of these free printables that are all set to go to entertain and encourage learning in children over the summer. 15 Ways to Play with a Beach Ball – print this out and attach […]
Custom Yoga Mats – Focus on Therapist Small Business Owners
I am continuing this series taking a closer look at small businesses that are owned and operated by Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapists. Today, the focus is on custom yoga mats created by Rebecca, a Pediatric Physical Therapist. Q: First just tell a little bit about yourself – job experience, years on the job, etc. […]
In Class Sensory Activities and On Task Performance
The British Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on in class sensory activities and on task performance of 4 students with autism using a non-concurrent, AB single system research design across multiple baselines. Data was collected by school staff using video recording during classroom tasks. Stage one of the Perceive, Recall, Plan, Perform (PRPP) System of Task […]
Focus on Therapist Owned Small Business – KP Designs Shop
I thought it would be interesting to focus on therapist owned small businesses. There are so many pediatric OTs and PTs out there who are super creative and hard workers. Many of you think outside of the box to provide unique products or services. Some of these businesses provide full time income and some provide […]
Developmental Progression of Playground Skills
The Functional Skills for Kids is a 12-month long series written by occupational and physical therapy bloggers on the development of 12 functional skills for children. This month the topic is the playground. Each month throughout 2016, we will discuss the development of one functional skill in children addressing the many components of that skill. […]