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Pinterest
Wanted to mention about the new social networking site Pinterest. It is basically a virtual board where people categorize different ideas and activities. My description is the following – it is a people driven search engine instead of a computer driven search engine. So if a person finds an activity on the internet that they […]
Movement App Review – Dance Party Zoo
I love to test out apps that require whole body movement. So far I have not been impressed with many and don’t even bother sharing them. Here is one that has some potential…I guess. I am not overly excited about it but I have decided to mention it and see if anyone has some great […]
December Holiday Clothes Pin Mat
Download this free holiday mat to practice visual motor skills and encourage muscle strengthening on the fingers with matching clothes pins to the letters. You can download it at YourTherapySource.com.
Child Welfare and Gross Motor Skills
Here is an interesting study published in Pediatric Physical Therapy. One hundred seventy six children in the child welfare system underwent gross motor skill evaluations, physical examinations and case workers were interviewed. The results indicated the following: significantly lower gross motor skills for children in foster care versus kinship care children who were abused or […]
Raining Letters Activity
Check out this free activity, Raining Letters, to print to encourage letter identification, matching lower case to upper case letters and physical activity. You can download it at YourTherapySource.com
Serial Casting and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Pediatric Physical Therapy published a medical records review following serial casting in 9 boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and ankle contractures. The results indicated improvements in range of motion (12 degrees on the right, 11.6 degrees on left with knee extended and 7.8 degrees on right and 8.7 degrees on the left with knee flexed). […]
New Desk for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
I came across a new desk recently while on Twitter, Facebook or maybe Google. Regardless, in my opinion this product looks really amazing to use in the schools. In my experience, it can be difficult to have the proper seating in every classroom for an individual with a disability especially as students get older and […]
Kids as Teachers?
Do you ever let the students that receive therapy services teach other students? Research has shown that the highest retention rate of what you have learned results from teaching others, with practice the skill coming in a close second. During therapy sessions, therapists spend hours working on practicing and learning new skills. When a child […]
Fitness and Mental Health In Children
Another study has been published touting the benefits of physical activity in children and its effects on their mental health. A longitudinal study was done in Australia with the researchers reporting the following: “Our main findings are that higher levels of fitness are resulting in lower levels of depression and stress and greater body satisfaction […]
Postural Control and Fine Motor Skills
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on the relationship between postural control and fine motor skills in infants. The medical records were reviewed of 105 preterm infants. The Alberta Infant Motor Scale was used to assess postural control and the Peabody was used to evaluate fine motor skills. Statistical analysis revealed that the […]