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Lego Grant Available
The LEGO Children’s Fund provides quarterly grants typically from $500 to $5000. Preferential consideration is given to disadvantaged youth, special projects that help children explore creativity and organizations serving Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. They are specifically looking for programs in these two areas: “1. Early childhood education and development that is directly related to creativity […]
Free Play and Feeling Included
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly published interesting research on children’s feelings about being included. The researcher, Dr. Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere, interviewed 11 children with a range of disabilities including cerebral palsy, motor delays, DCD and more. Three themes were seen throughout the interviews regarding the children’s perspective on sports, games and play: 1. Gaining entry to play […]
Walking to School and Cognition
A recent study done in Spain found that adolescent girls who walked or biked to school had better cognitive performance. Although, it was not found to be true for boys. Even when socioeconomics, age, body weight and activities outside of school were factored in, the difference in cognitive performance in girls was still observed. In […]
Knee Surgery and Arthrogryposis
The Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics published research on ambulation gains following surgical correction for knee flexion contractures in children with arthrogyposis. Prior to surgery at 2 through 16 years of age, 11 children were non ambulatory, 2 were household ambulators and 1 was a community ambulator with orthosis. The children underwent an average of 1.8 […]
Wii Motion Analysis
Now this is really cool, especially if you are a nerdy, techie therapist. This physical education teacher, Mr. Robbo, explains how to use your Wii remote to do some simple motion analysis. You download a program, connect your Wii remote to your computer with blue tooth capability and ‘voila’ instant motion analysis. Give someone the […]
Motor Planning in Toddlers
Child Development published research on movement planning in toddlers. Thirty five toddlers, ages 18-21 months, were observed building a tower with blocks or placing blocks into a container and kinematic measurements were taken. The kinematic measurements indicated that there was a longer decelerating phase when the hand approached the block for pick up versus putting […]
Assessing Self Regulation
Pediatric therapists and early childhood teachers frequently assess a child’s ability to self regulate. Child Trends has released an excellent document on assessing self regulation. Included in the document are several simple questionnaires to determine a child’s ability to self regulate. The paper recommends that children participate in out of school programs to help improve […]
Tips for Daily Routines
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention has published informative handouts on various daily routines to help parents of children who have emotional or behavioral disorders. There are three hand outs on:1. Naptime/ Bedtime2. Running Errands3. Diapering Worth a look at TACSEI
Including All Kids
In the classroom, on the playground and during recess all children should feel included. Many times pediatric therapists focus on environmental modifications. Don’t forget other types of modifications as well. Each child can bring their own unique abilities to a classroom setting. Here are several ideas to ensure that all kids are included during the […]
Improving Postural Control in Sitting
Physical Therapy published research that compared two interventions to improve postural control in sitting between two groups of infants with cerebral palsy. Thirty five infants were assigned to either a home program or a perceptual motor intervention. The infants on the home program has a mean age of 15.5 months and were seen 1x/week for […]