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Pain and Cerebral Palsy
Pain Medicine published research on age related changes of pain experiences in individuals with cerebral palsy. Pain, touch sensitivity and quality of life was evaluated in 86 individuals with cerebral palsy compared to 115 healthy volunteers. The subjects were grouped by age: 6-10 years, 11-17 years and 18-30 years old. The results indicated that the […]
Your Therapy Source April Issue
Here is the latest edition of the Your Therapy Source News. If you can not view it below you can download the magazine here. Open publication – Free publishing – More cerebral palsy
Evidence Based Guidelines for Pediatric OT and PT
Thanks to @otnotes on Twitter who tweeted about this EXCELLENT, FREE resource. The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital offers evidence based care guidelines for many pediatric occupational and physical therapy interventions. The guidelines for each intervention describe the target population, target users, introduction (theory/ research), guidelines recommendations, decision tree charts and references. The topics include constraint induced […]
Transitioning Students to the Job Market
For those of you who help older students with disabilities, you may want to check out this free web based program called JobTips. This website, brought to you by Do2Learn, offers the following: “JobTIPS is a free program designed to help individuals with disabilities such as autism explore career interests, seek and obtain employment, and […]
Free Apps
Have you heard of FreeAppAlert ? It is a website that lists all of the paid apps that have recently become free. Worth checking out frequently. For example for today Grace, a picture exchange system, normally sells for $38 is free! Check out Bubble Harp – totally cool musical app. Tap the sides of the […]
Minute to Win It for OT Month
Here is a fun idea to celebrate occupational therapy month this April. Have you heard of the hit television show Minute to Win It on NBC? Basically, the contestants are given challenges that they must complete in 60 seconds. The challenges usually involve sensory motor skills of varying degrees of difficulties. The materials for the […]
Sew the Alphabet Activity
Here is a video tutorial on how to create a set of tactile alphabet cards. If the children are able, they can help make this beautiful set of letters cards using materials from around the house such as index cards, needle and thread. Create the whole alphabet, a child’s name or a monogram. Download Alphabet, […]
Benefits of Gardening and Children
With Spring upon us, why not get children started with some gardening. Gardening offers children excellent sensory motor exploration. Think of all the senses that are involved in gardening: Tactile – touching the rough seeds, feeling the dry dirt, experiencing cold, wet mud, handling the soft fuzz of a green bean or the smooth skin […]
Jackpot! SPD Information
I previously posted on an article that was written by David Brown, from the California Deaf Blind Services, on The Forgotten Sense – Proprioception. Well, David Brown recently commented on that post to let us know that he has just posted all of the 6 articles he had written on The Forgotten Senses: * The […]
Effects of Kinesio® Taping
Recent research compared two groups of children with cerebral palsy with and without Kinesio® taping. Fifteen children with cerebral palsy (Levels III, IV and V) received Kinesio® taping and physical therapy for 12 weeks. The control group of 15 children, again Levels III, IV and V, only received physical therapy for 12 weeks. Initially and […]