Journal of Attention Disorders published research on kinematically characterizing the handwriting of 14 boys with ADHD-combined type and 14 typically developing boys. The boys wrote a series of four cursive letter ‘l’s using a graphics tablet and a stylus. The results indicated the following: 1. Children with ADHD-CT had more inconsistent writing size than did […]
Pediatrics published research a systemic review of 2881 articles consisting of observational studies including children aged 0 to ≤18 years with (1) a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnosis or moderate to heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), or a mother with confirmed alcohol dependency or binge drinking during pregnancy, and (2) gross motor outcomes obtained by […]
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Over a summer break or a school vacation can be a great time for school based therapists to catch up. Here are 8 suggestions on how to be productive over a break. 1. Clean out – get rid of unnecessary paperwork and broken toys/ supplies. 2. Clean out your car – most likely if you […]
Child Development and Neurology has published research on using magnetoencephalography (MEG) to examine the neural oscillatory responses of the sensorimotor cortices during the motor planning and movement execution stages of 13 children with typical development and 13 children with cerebral palsy (CP). The children had to perform knee extension while MEG recordings were acquired. The […]
This post is the second in the series on the advanced development of motor skills. Just like walking, running skills progress from beginning skills to advanced running skills. Here is the progression for the development of advanced running skills: 1. Stride length increases 2. The increase in stride length results in greater forces being […]
Sometimes students need some extra motivation to help them reach their goals in therapy. I am sure you can relate to spending extra money on stickers, candy and trinkets to keep on hand to help with behavior management and motivation. Here is a list of mostly free and a few low cost rewards to […]
Walking is the first in a series of blog posts on locomotor skills. Children can learn how to walk at a young age but to become an efficient walker the child’s abilities must progress. Here are the “steps” it takes to develop advanced walking: 1. The child’s stride length increases. This is due to […]
