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Parents’ Endorsement of Vigorous Team Sports Increases Children’s Physical Activity, Say Researchers
PARENTS’ ENDORSEMENT OF VIGOROUS TEAM SPORTS INCREASES CHILDREN’S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SAY RESEARCHERS But Parents Push Girls Less Toward Sports and Vigorous Chores, According to New Study ——————————————————————————– WASHINGTON—Parents who value strenuous team sports are more likely to influence their children to join a team or at least participate in some kind of exercise, and spend […]
Digital Magazine from Your Therapy Source Inc July 2009
Open publication – Free publishing – More autism
Why?
Just a quick, brief commentary on some recent observations… Why do we have child sized spoons, forks, knives, cups and scissors but most children use full sized pencils when learning how to write? Why do children have to learn to write their names at age 3? Please tell me how this is a functional skill […]
Guess the Object Video Activity Idea
Guess The Object: Purpose: Encourage fine motor skills and stereognosis (using only your sense of touch to determine what an object is).Materials: cardboard box, scissors, stapler, fabric scraps, small objectsHow to Play: Show child a tray of small objects. Place one small object inside the box. The child reaches in and guesses what the object […]
Brain Powered Mobility
Check out this video. Toyota has created a way to drive a motorized wheelchair using only brain waves. The wheelchair user wears a cap that sends brain scan signals to a computer which then steers the chair. Would love to see this tested on children. This would change lives! More info…
Moderately Preterm Babies, EI Services and School Age Function
Pediatrics reports in the current issue that children who were born at 32-36 weeks gestational age are at greater risk for special education services than full term children at 8 years of age. Of the 377 children studied who were moderately preterm (with no NICU care or congenital malformations), the special education rate was 7.2% […]
Video Activity Idea from New Book – Sidewalk Chalk Fun and Games
Your Therapy Source has just published a new book – Sidewalk Chalk Fun and Games. Here is a video of one of the activity ideas in the book. Get outdoors and enjoy this fun activity to encourage physical activity, gross motor skills and muscle strengtening in the hands. To order Sidewalk Chalk Fun and Games […]
Inspiration
Summer is officially upon us. For some therapists, this means time off or reduced caseloads. If you are looking for some summer work (which I doubt you are but figured I would offer) how about plan a new, unique program to start up during the next school year. Maybe you have a special talent that […]
Website for Life Skills
This website, www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/, offers interactive lessons for daily life skills such as cooking, banking, shopping, schedules and more. The lessons allow learners to practice life skills to be successful in everyday life. This is definitely worth a look for any occupational therapist especially those that work with older children and young adults. Best part…all free!
OT Blogs from Africa
OT Ghana 2009 is a a collection of blogs from an OT professor and several OT students who traveled to Ghana. They blog about the people they meet, the culture and of course OT. There are several student blogs on it as well. These are listed on the right side of the page. It is […]