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Dental Visits and Autism
Here is a wonderful, FREE, booklet that you can download for children with autism who will be visiting the dentist. It offers many sensory tips so it is also beneficial for children with sensory processing disorder. It includes tips for oral hygiene, sensory modifications, behavior modifications, sequence picture cards and social stories. You can find […]
Prevalence of Toe Walking
Pediatrics will be publishing research on toe walking in children. A recent study looked at almost 1500 five and half year old children from Sweden. For children with a diagnosis of developmental delay or neuropsychiatric disorders, such as an autism spectrum disorder, more than 40 percent of children were currently or had been toe-walkers. The […]
5 Simple Reminders for Exercise Programs
Therapists frequently recommend exercise programs for the classroom, home or community. It can be difficult for individuals, teachers and parents to remember to perform the activities. Here are a few simple reminders to increase the likelihood of completing the exercises: 1. Set an alarm – Get an inexpensive alarm clock and set it to go […]
Long Term Functional Outcomes After SDR
Long term follow up data was analyzed pre-operatively, 1 year, 5 years, 10 years and 15 years from 102 patients with spastic cerebral palsy who had a selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). The results indicated the following: statistically significant improvements seen in spasticity, Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM), activities of daily living up to 10 and […]
Playground Grants
Does your school need a new playground or updates to their current playground? KaBOOM has partnered with Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Disney and others to offer several different grant opportunities. You can apply for a brand new playground, maintain a current playground, complete a playground and more depending upon what state you live in. You can […]
Bladder Function and Cerebral Palsy
A retrospective study of 214 individuals (96 females and 118 males, ranging in age from 5-66 years old with a median age 9 years 7 months) with cerebral palsy was completed to determine the prevalence of symptomatic neurogenic bladder. The participants had hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia and dyskinesia. Educational levels ranged from full special education to […]
App Review: BrainWorks for Sensory Breaks
Sensational Brain LLC has released a new app to go along with their online tools to create sensory diets. I received a free copy to review for this blog post. This app is quite comprehensive when it comes to creating sensory diets for home, school and the community. If you are not familiar with the […]
Therapy Tickets
Here is another reward system to try for successful therapy sessions. Head on over to Your Therapy Source to get all the details and the free download of the Therapy Tickets.
Animal Detectives Activity – Freebie
Print this free activity to encourage visual perceptual skills, proprioceptive input and physical activity. You can download it at YourTherapySource.com.
Daily Reports Improve Productivity
A recent study indicated that providing students with daily report cards on their progress was beneficial. Sixty three elementary students, mostly white male with ADHD, received daily reports and a control group did not receive daily reports. Significant improvements where seen in productivity and following the classroom rules in the group that received the daily […]