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Planning a Therapy Session
Therapists can follow in the footsteps of teachers and create lesson plans for therapy sessions. This can be especially useful for group sessions or push in therapy. When the lesson plan is written, provide a copy to the teacher or parent to inform them of your goals for the session. It is a great way […]
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Background Noise and Food Preferences
A recent study published in Food Quality and Preference looked at the effects of background noise on food preference. Forty eight adult volunteers were exposed to a variety of background white noise via headphones and different types of food simultaneously. The results indicated that the louder the white noise the less the volunteers could taste […]
Kids Have Not Changed Developmentally
The Gesell Institute for Human Development has performed an 18 month long study on how childhood development in 2010 relates to Gesell’s observations published in 1925, 1940 and after his death by his colleagues in 1964 and 1979. Interestingly, not much has changed through all the years. Some experts are concluding that even though the […]
Tracking Calories Burned
If you are working with children to increase their activity levels or to reduce obesity, take the time to check out My Fitness Pal. This is a free, fun tool that calculates how many calories you burn doing many different tasks. You pick the activity, put in your weight and for how long you did […]
Literature Review on Botox in Calf Muscles
Clinical Rehabilitation published research on the effects of botox A in the calf muscles of children with cerebral palsy. A literature review revealed that botox was effective at: improving calf muscle tone at 1 month and 3 months improving passive range of motion at 1 month and 3 months improving gait speed for 4 months […]
Button Fine Motor Projects
If you need to work on fine motor, visual motor or button practice why not try some of these activity ideas? Dressing Skills: Step by step visual directions to teach children how to dress List price: $4.99 S&H: Free Find out more.
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 […]