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Toothbrushing and Children with Significant Disabilities
Since occupational therapist’s may teach tooth brushing for self care here are two recent research studies of interest that were published: 1. The results from a study of 176 individuals (76 had spastic cerebral palsy and 89 had no neurological impairment) indicated that intellectual disability can be considered a contributing factor for the development of dental […]
May 2012 Pediatric OT and PT Magazine
If you can not view the May 2012 issue below visit www.YourTherapySource.com/magazine to download it as a pdf. Open publication – Free publishing – More autism
Survey for Self Care Skills
There is an OT, Kristin Roll, from Minnesota who is collecting information on a child’s ability to complete self-care and home/community related skills in order to create a standardized test. She hopes that this test will assist families in getting occupational therapy services covered for their children. She is self funding this study. Here is […]
Evaluating Interventions for Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology have made a free virtual issue entitled “Evaluating Interventions in Cerebral Palsy”. The editors selected relevant and contemporary papers on interventions for cerebral palsy. There is free access to full text articles on many topics including internet based physical activity interventions, constraint therapy, supported treadmill training, context therapy, bracing, taping […]
Clay Monsters
How cute are these little monsters? Practice some fine motor skills and hand strengthening making these cuties. All you need is creativity, imagination and some clay/theraputty, googly eyes and cut up pipe cleaners. If you need more activities for clay check out these ebooks: Creative Clay Activities and Clay Play Mats. Like the monster theme? […]
CVS Community Care Grants
CVS Community Care Grants are once again available this year for children with disabilities. They support grants for children under 21 with disabilities. The focus should be on at least one of the following: (1) health and rehabilitation services and (2) enabling and encouraging physical movement and play. There are also separate grants for underinsured […]
Pincer Grasp App – Chalk Walk
There was a new app released this week for the iPad titled Chalk Walk ($3.99). It states that it helps children develop the pincer grasp. After testing out this app, it does encourage the use of a pincer grasp in children. It goes through various levels of visual motor patterns for a child to follow. […]
Increase Physical Activity with Choices
Recent research indicates that when children are given choices of what toys to play with physical activity time increases especially in girls. One aspect of the study gave children one active toy to play with which resulted in boys increasing active play time by 1.3 times more than girls. Another part of the study gave […]
Tai Chi and Wheelchair Users
Have you ever suggested Tai Chi as a form of exercise or physical activity for wheelchair users? This is an excellent activity that most individuals can participate in to assist with postural tone, active range of motion, deep breathing and mind body connection. Here are a few videos from You Tube demonstrating some Tai Chi. […]
Online Workshop About DCD
CanChild now has an online workshop available specifically for parents of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). It is about 60 minutes long and offers extensive information on DCD. It is broken down into 6 subcategories: describing DCD (including an exercise to see what it is like to have DCD), DCD at school, DCD at […]