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Free Self Assessment Form
Here is a free self assessment of skills form for students or clients. You can type any skill into the form and the children can circle whether they think the skill is easy or they need help with the skill. It will give you a general idea of the child’s perspective of his/her skills. Perhaps […]
Free Interactive Yoga Story
Jeanette Runnings, an occupational therapist, was nice enough to share her free, interactive yoga story entitled The King, the Three Warriors and the Troll. It can be downloaded from her website, www.Yoga-Yingo.com or directly here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68740922/StorybookThe%20King%2CThe%20Three%20Warriors%20and%20The%20Troll2.pdf Thank you very much for this fun yoga story!
Must See New Therapy Toy – Squigz
Occasionally, a new toy comes along that really excites me as a pediatric physical therapist. I received an email from Fat Brain toys recently about their new product Squigz. I ordered it right away. This is a great toy to add to your therapy tool box. It is basically a bunch of two or three […]
Life Skill of the Month
Here is a new packet to download that includes 12 posters and 12 hand outs on life skills. The twelve life skills are: Oral Hygiene, Cleaning Your Room, Laundry, Personal Hygiene, Meal Preparation, Outdoor Chores, Shoe Tying, Kitchen Clean Up, Telephone Use, Table Setting, Dressing, and Shopping. Hang up the poster in the class or […]
Effects of Visual and Auditory Input on Postural Control in Children with Autism
Gait and Posture published research on the postural control of children with autism under two different task conditions. Nineteen children with autism (ages 10-15) were compared to 28 typically developing peers. Using a force platform to assess postural control, each subject completed a visual searching task and an auditory digital span task. The following results […]
Children Need 60-80 Minutes of Exercise Per Day
BMC Medicine published research on exercise in younger children (less than 10 years old) and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The researchers found that there was gender differences therefore it was recommended that: boys under 6 years old need 70 minutes of exercise per day older boys need at least 80 minutes per day […]
Visual Processing in Low Birth Weight and/or Extremely Preterm
Pediatrics published research on the visual processing of 228 adolescents with a history of extreme low birth weight (less than 1000g) and/or extremely preterm (less than 28 weeks gestation). Compared to a control group the extreme low birth weight and/or extreme preterm adolescents exhibited the following: significantly worse visual acuity with habitual correction in both […]
Balloon Balance Activity
Here is a balance and eye foot coordination activity using balloons. Check out the directions at YourTherapySource.com.
CVS Caremark Grants
CVS Caremark Community Grants Program we provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations that are providing much-needed access to health care for underserved populations; wellness and prevention programs including programs in public schools and health education/ awareness programs. The grant application process ends for 2013 on October 31, 2013. Find out more information at CVS Caremark.
DIY Fine Motor and Visual Perceptual Toy
Here is a simple fine motor and visual perceptual toy to create. Using a small juice bottle, place velcro dots all around the bottle. Use fun foam shapes with velcro dots and place them on the bottle. Glue matching fun foam shapes to a piece of cardboard. Have the child pull off each velcro fun […]