Robotic Therapy and Cerebral Palsy
Heard about this from @pediastaff on Twitter. Watch this news story about what Shriner’s Hospital is doing with children who have cerebral palsy.
Heard about this from @pediastaff on Twitter. Watch this news story about what Shriner’s Hospital is doing with children who have cerebral palsy.
Heard about this new venture on Twitter from @willwade. COORE (Co-operative of Occupational Related Evidence) is an open access journal for Occupational Therapy and Science evidence. The goal is to create a peer reviewed online, FREE journal to gain more evidence to support occupational therapy. The creators are looking for OT’s to help out with […]
Play for young children is crucial to healthy development. Pediatric therapists who work in early childhood education know the importance of play and how to use it to reach IEP goals that are set for specific children. When a child is evaluated for therapy services, the therapist observes the child in the classroom setting. Therapists […]
This seems like a very interesting upcoming documentary to watch on PBS stations entitled Including Samuel. It is the story of a family’s quest to include Samuel, a nine year old boy with cerebral palsy, in all aspects of their lives. It describes the successes and trials over 4 years of Samuel’s family and 4 […]
This is a free, download of a electronic workbook that allows students to help guide the assistive technology process. This is full of great information and questionnaires for the students to fill out. It is entitled Hey Can I Try That? A Student Handbook for Choosing and Using Assistive Technology. Just click on the title […]
Spasticity levels were measured using the Modified Tardieu Scale in 50 children with cerebral palsy (GMFCS I-V)aged 18 months. The children followed for one year and gross motor function was assessed with the GMFM-66. The researchers concluded that spasticity has a small relationship with gross motor function but other factors also need to be considered. […]
Extreme Recess! Summer 09 For Health Week from Abby Kritzler on Vimeo.
Twitter is an excellent platform to learn about: therapy ideas, therapy practices all over the world, research, assistive technology and more. Many people use to twitter to enhance their personal learning network (PLN). For those of you who are new to Twitter it is a short messaging service where you can follow other peoples messages […]
Key Surf was released by CanAssist in June 2009. It allows users to navigate the web using they keyboard instead of a mouse. It also remembers your web history making it faster to use each time. This free download may be helpful to any client who is unable to use a mouse. It is compatible […]
The Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools and Early Intervention published research on 75 second graders who were evaluated using the Concise Assessment Scale for Children’s Handwriting, the Developmental Test of Visual Perception-2 and the manual dexterity section of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children. Results indicated that visual motor integration and eye hand coordination are […]