Pediatric Physical Therapy published research exploring whether participation in aerobic exercise before classroom activities improves academic engagement and reduces stereotypic behaviors in 4 classrooms of 24 children (ages 3-6 years old) with autism spectrum disorder. Methods: This study consisted of a treatment condition of 15 minutes of aerobic exercise followed by a classroom task and a control […]
Download this freebie to practice visual motor and visual spatial skills. Copy the colors exactly or use the black and white version. Player one colors in the top and player two copies the colors. You can download it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freecolorchallenge.html [subscribe2] Practice copying different patterns using various sizes and techniques to encourage different fine motor […]
Are you familiar with double doodles? It is a Brain Gym® bilateral drawing activity to help with eye hand coordination, spatial awareness, right/left discrimination and visual discrimination skills. Here is a new app that facilitates double doodling called Paint My Wings, from one of my favorite developers, Toca Boca. Of course it is cute and […]
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research from clinical records of 89 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ages 4-11 years old . The research examined whether sensory integration (SI) and praxis patterns of the children were related to social participation. Using SIPT standard scores, SPM standard and SPM Social Participation scores, SI and praxis […]
Summer is almost here in the Northeast and school will get out near the end of June. 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 […]
Human Movement Science published research demonstrating that deficits in the specific motor activity of handwriting are associated with developmental dyslexia. The subjects were evaluated for linguistic and writing performance and included children with developmental dyslexia, with and without handwriting problems (dysgraphia) and children with typical development. Using a digitized tablet, the quantitative kinematic variables of […]
Early motor skills may affect language development Hayley Leonard, Goldsmiths, University of London and Elisabeth L Hill, Goldsmiths, University of London Learning to sit up, crawl and walk are all major milestones in a child’s early development – and parents often record these actions in baby diaries, photographs and videos. Developing motor skills allows the […]
The Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology compared muscle activity patterns using an electronic tablet when performing a tracing task and copying figures in sitting on a horizontal plane and when standing in front of a wall on a vertical plane in 35, five to six year old children. The results showed the following: 1. different […]
Clinical Rehabilitation published research on 30 children with spastic hemiplegia cerebral palsy to determine the the effect of additional backward walking training on postural control. The intervention consisted of random assignment into two equal groups where both groups received a traditional physical therapy program for 12 weeks and the experimental group also received backward walking training which […]
Did you know that research indicates that students who drew or doodled while learning had improved memory recall over students who did not? If you need to practice drawing skills, visual perceptual skills, visual motor skills and handwriting practice give some of these activities a try. You can download the sample pages here https://www.yourtherapysource.com/doodlediariesfree.html Reference: Drawing to Learn in Science, Science […]