Journal of Child Neurology published a research study on the effects of pediatric aquatic therapy on motor function, enjoyment, activities of daily living, and health-related quality of life for 11 children in the experimental group with spastic cerebral palsy of different motor abilities. The results indicated the following: 1. the pediatric aquatic therapy group had greater […]
The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published a review of medical records from 11 children with pica who were treated at a severe behavior program over the last 12 years. All 11 children had autism except one. Although the interventions for pica were not the same for every child, they shared similar techniques such […]
Do you happen to have one of the “old school” projectors around your home or school? If yes, here are some quick, simple activities to practice visual motor and fine motor skills. If no, ask around and see if you get your hands on one. They are great entertainment and educational for children. 1. Tracing […]
Psychological Research published a study where the experimental group had visual experience directly manipulated during practice. The participants practiced throwing darts to 3 specific areas of a dartboard. The results showed the following: 1. the experimental group trained without vision of their action, only feedback about the final landing position, significantly improved in their ability to […]
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Have you ever considered developing a specific curriculum for pediatric occupational, physical or speech therapy? If you are a new therapist to an educational delivery model of therapy you may not be familiar with curriculum in the school systems. By definition, curriculum refers to the lessons and materials that students will interact with to reach […]
After seeing this artist trading card idea at Art Projects for Kids (excellent website by the way), I thought this would make a wonderful craft projects for children who can benefit from practicing fine motor skills, scissor skills, sequencing, visual motor skills and creativity. You can download the one page step by step directions fro the […]
I ran across a blogpost recently on TheGaitGuys discussing idiopathic toe walking in children. They mentioned a recent article in the Journal of Child Neurology that investigated the differences between the motor skills and sensory processing abilities of children who do and do not have an idiopathic toe walking gait. Sixty children (30 with idiopathic toe […]
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