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Learning Styles and Sensory Processing Disorder
In the school setting, teachers discuss various learning styles of students. There are three main types of learning styles: 1. Auditory learner – learns best by using sense of hearing2. Visual Learner – learns best by sense of vision3. Kinesthetic/ Tactile Learner – learns best by doing or touching More teachers are now accommodating students […]
White Noise and Attention Span
Behavioral and Brain Functions, an open source journal, recently published research on the effects of white noise on 51 school aged children. The results indicated that playing white noise during school helped to significantly improve the attention spans of normally inattentive students. On the other hand, the students who were normally attentive showed a significant […]
Memory and Physical Fitness in Children
A recent study in Brain Research studied forty-nine, 9 and 10 year old children. MRI measurements were taken comparing the brains of fit and unfit children. The results indicated increased volume of the hippocampus by 12% in the fit children. In addition, the fit children performed better on relational memory (the ability to remember and […]
October 2010 Digital Magazine for Pediatric Therapy
If you have any trouble viewing magazine go to www.YourTherapySource.com/magazine to download the issue. Open publication – Free publishing – More autism
Communicating with Parents
Parents are an integral part of the special education team. They know the most about their children strengths, weaknesses and personal preferences. Therapists and other school staff need to include parents in all decision making for children. Here are some tips on improving your communication with parents: 1. Always start off a conversation stressing a […]
Physical Therapy Month 2010
October 2010 is Physical Therapy Month. The APTA is promoting physical therapists to encourage families to combat obesity with physical activity this month. They have produced a hand out entitled “Smart Moves for Families”. It can be viewed below or downloaded from the APTA website. Print it out and send home with children at your […]
Type 1 Diabetes and Fine Motor Skills
A recent study in Pediatric Diabetes examined the neurocognitive functioning of 68 preschool children, 36 with Type 1 diabetes and 32 without any chronic illness. The two groups were administered a number of tools to assess cognitive, language and fine motor skills. The results indicated that the children in both groups performed similarly with skills […]
Free AT Tool for Studying, Reading and Writing
My Study Bar is an open source applications that can assist students with reading, studying and writing. There are six areas of My Study Bar: reading, writing, studying, vision, voice and help. You can download My Study Bar for free onto your computer or a USB stick. The benefit to the USB stick is that […]
Drooling and Botox
The Archives of Otolaryngol – Head and Neck Surgery published research on the use of Botox injections to control drooling. One hundred thirty one children with cerebral palsy or other neurological condition with moderate to severe drooling received an injection of Botox to the submandibular glands. Following the injections, 46.6% of the children responded to […]
Free Online Typing Games
Learning to type can be boring after awhile and monotonous. How about try some games to motivate children to learn how to type? Here are a few suggested websites with free online typing games: Simple, basic typing skills: Sense-Lang.org Typing games at http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/games/index.php?lang=EN Easy, Medium and Difficult Typing Games:Typing Web at http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/games/ A video game […]