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Thanksgiving Poses – Postural and Strengthening Exercises
Check out our latest sale ebook just in time for Thanksgiving therapy sessions or some activity ideas to send home over the break – Thanksgiving Poses.
Rite Aid Health and Wellness Grant
Rite Aid is offering grants to programs that support health and wellness in the communities that Rite Aid operates. The award amounts vary and it is available non profit organizations. The grant application is due January 1, 2013. You can find out more information here.
Gross Motor Function and Manual Abilities in Cerebral Palsy
The Journal of Child Neurology published research on the relationship between gross motor function and manual ability in cerebral palsy. Three hundred thirty two (332) Canadian children with cerebral palsy were included in the study. There was moderate overall agreement between the Gross Motor Function Classification System and Manual Ability Classification Scale Levels with a […]
Technology and Written Productivity
The Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy published a research review on the effects of technology use to support written productivity in children with learning disabilities. A search revealed 27 papers that met inclusion criteria. The evidence in favor of using technology to support written productivity was a moderately low level and inconclusive. Trends did suggest a positive influence […]
Paper “Chain of Events”
Download this free template to make the paper “chain of events”. You can get the download at YourTherapySource.com.
Using Metronome Apps to Teach Gross Motor Skills
Lately, I have been using a free metronome app on the iPhone to help teach gross motor skills. There are several metronome apps so pick the one that works best for you. I downloaded this one since it was free and it works fine for my purposes. Basically you can set the beat on the […]
Review on Cerebral Palsy
Pediatrics performed a systemic review in order to compile information on the rates of co-occurring impairments, diseases, and functional limitations with cerebral palsy into simple clinical findings. After reviewing 1366 papers 82 were appraised and 30 were included in the meta-analyses. The results indicated the following for children with cerebral palsy: 3 in 4 were […]
November Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT/PT
Here is the latest issue of Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine for Pediatric OT and PT. If you can not view below go to YourTherapySource to download a pdf version. Open publication – Free publishing
Doodle Diaries
Check out this latest freebie – add to the doodle picture or squiggle and write a story about it. It is available on dotted line and double line paper. You can download the freebie at YourTherapySource. Here is a picture of a completed doodle and story –
More Hula Hoop Ideas
There is a previous blog post here on hula hoop ideas that was extremely popular entitled 3 Simple Group Games with a Hula Hoop. I just came across a great video from Barbara Smith, The Recycling OT, with some more fun ideas to use a hula hoop. I especially liked her ideas to put the rings […]