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Free App Friday Suggestions for Pediatric OTs and PTs
Here are a few suggestions for your OT or PT app toolbox. Marked as FREE today but never sure how long they will last… Tesla Toy – just tested it out quickly. Touch the screen with one finger to create a beautiful electric field which changes if you add more fingers. Great cause and effect! […]
Gross Motor Skills and the Development of Play in Children
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 play! Each month throughout 2016, we will discuss the development of one functional skill in children addressing the many components of that skill. The […]
Spring Time Eggs
Here is a one page FREE download to print for three different Spring time egg activities. You can print the page(s) and use to create a matching game, hidden eggs game or scissor practice. Print and make a matching game. Print, cut out the eggs and laminate. Hide them in play dough or a sensory […]
How to Play the Visual Perceptual Clothes Pin Games
I am so excited about this new download, Visual Perceptual Clothes Pin Games, that combines visual perceptual skills, hand strengthening and play skills. The first game is the Dinosaur Shadow Game. It includes four different dinosaurs to pin your clothes pins on if your dinosaur matches the shadow on the board game. The next game […]
Visual Spatial Maze Freebie
Download this FREE Visual Spatial Dog Maze here from the latest Visual Spatial Puzzles packet.
Eggs-actly the Same Visual Discrimination and Visual Spatial Puzzle
Challenge visual spatial and visual discrimination skills with this puzzle. Can you find the two cards that are exactly the same? Download the puzzle Eggs-Actly the Same puzzle from Your Therapy Source. Get more Spring Visual Perceptual Puzzles.
Delayed Walking with Autism and Intellectual Disability
Pediatrics published a large study on the relationship between delayed walking in children and the severity of intellectual disability in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) versus other non-ASD diagnoses. The study sample included 1185 individuals (ASD, n = 903; non-ASD, n = 282) who received an evaluation at age 4 to 12 years that included […]
Evaluating In A Group Setting Changes Gross Motor Performance
Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics published research comparing differences in gross motor performance of 20 children ages 3-5 with motor delays when assessed individually versus assessment in a group setting among 42 peers with typical development (TD). Each child with motor delays was tested 4-8 days apart in an individual setting and […]
Garbanzo Bean Sensory Bin
Today we made a garbanzo bean sensory bin. We purchased some dried garbanzo beans aka chickpeas at the grocery store. Follow these steps to color the beans: Pour the bag of beans into a plastic bag. Add 2 dashes of rubbing alcohol (I am too lazy to measure but if you wanted to measure it […]
Functional Tasks and Postural Control
Physical Therapy published research examining postural control during a functional play activity. Previous research has indicated that when motor tasks are made more relevant through functional tasks, performance improves, including in children with movement pathology. The participants in the study included 30 children with cerebral palsy who were compared with 30 typically developing children during […]