Check out this fun freebie to challenge visual scanning and visual discrimination skills. You can download it for free by signing up for our newsletter at the end of the post. Can you find all 14 smile faces that look different from all the rest? Grab a yellow highlighter and give it a go. It […]
Children with cerebral palsy may present with feeding difficulties which have an effect on growth, nutrition, general health and social interaction. These feeding difficulties in children with cerebral palsy include issues such as choking, feeding time greater than 3 hours per day, frequent vomiting and and difficulties with chewing. One protocol that has been created to help with […]
Recent research investigated whether regular classroom chairs, therapy balls, and air cushions affect the classroom behavior of individuals with autism. The participants included 15 students with autism who were video recorded in three phases: sitting on their common chairs, air-sit cushions and ball chairs. Using momentary time sampling, sitting times and on-task behaviors were quantified and […]
The British Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on children with developmental coordination disorder and sensory difficulties to examine the co-occurrence of developmental coordination disorders and sensory processing and integration difficulties. Data was collected by reviewing the records of 93 children who were diagnosed with developmental coordination disorder (ages 5-12) and who were evaluated with […]
The July 2017 FREE Digital Magazine for Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy has been published. You can read the following articles: AEROBIC FITNESS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CHANGES IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT STRENGTH AND FITNESS IN HOMESCHOOL CHILDREN CIMT, BIMANUAL THERAPY AND OT HOME PROGRAMS USING TOYS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS AND TODDLERS HOW TO […]
The Journal of Attention Disorders published research examining auditory and visual attention in 50 children (ages 6-12) with ADHD compared to 50 typically developing peers. There are many differences between processing auditory information versus visual information. For example, information in the auditory channel is temporally sequenced and shorter when compared to visual information, which is richer in […]
Disability and Rehabilitation published a research review on the effects of elastic therapeutic taping on motor function in children. Twelve clinical studies published in the last 10 years involving elastic therapeutic taping and children aged 0-12 years with motor impairments were included. The motor impairments included studies on cerebral palsy (7), congenital muscular torticollis (2) […]
Beach Find and Color Hang Ten Dude is the latest freebie from a new Beach Sensory Motor Packet. Practice visual discrimination and visual motor skills searching for these fun, cute surfer pictures. DOWNLOAD BEACH FIND AND COLOR. This freebie is from the Beach Sensory Motor Packet of 20+ games and activities to encourage fine motor, […]
The Trunk Control Measurement Scale is a clinical tool to measure trunk control in children with cerebral palsy. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology recently published research examining the reliability of the Trunk Control Measurement Scale (TCMS) with its subscores, in children with neuromotor disorders. In addition, the discriminative validity of the TCMS was assessed by comparing […]
The Fidget Spinner Workout has been a huge success with hundreds of people downloading it to get kids moving while using their fidget spinners. I decided to create another printable to incorporate yoga poses into the fidget spinner workout. You can download your FREE Fidget Spinner Yoga at the end of the post. After you […]