How to Facilitate Play Skills in Children with Autism Playtime helps all children develop communication, social, cognitive, and motor skills. For children with autism, difficulties with language, social skills, and motor skills may be present. In addition, pretend play skills can be delayed. Parents, teachers, and therapists need to learn how to facilitate play skills in children […]
Love this Life Inspirational Coloring Page Freebie Do you enjoy coloring? I do find it relaxing and calming unless they are too intricate. For some, if you were to color just one page it would take hours and hours. This FREE Love this Life inspirational coloring page freebie is simple with a beautiful message and […]
Grip Strength of Children Decreased grip strength is frequently present in children referred to occupational and physical therapy. How do you measure the grip strength of children during your evaluations or annual reassessments? Do you use clinical observation to determine if the child’s handgrip strength is poor, fair or normal? Perhaps you assess functional skills […]
Sidewalk Chalk Obstacle Course – Movement and Learning Did you know research has shown that 5-20 minute movement breaks can positively many aspects of learning? This sidewalk chalk obstacle course includes aerobic activity, balance skills, proprioceptive input, outdoor time and academic concepts! It is super easy to set up. How to Create the Sidewalk Chalk […]
DIY Summer Bucket List Handwriting Freebie It is hard to believe that summer is finally here! Encourage children to enjoy all that summer has to offer and create a DIY summer bucket list. A bucket list should include all the activities, games, crafts, etc. that the child would like to complete this summer. There are […]
Key Components of Effective Interventions for Self-Regulation Did you know that research indicates that self-regulation skills develop over time? Did you know that research also shows that self-regulation skills can improve with effective interventions? Research indicates that there are key components of effective interventions for self-regulation. Here are 4 questions regarding effective interventions for self-regulation: […]
Summer Visual Scanning Activity – How Fast Can You Find It? This Summer visual scanning activity is super fun to see how fast you can find all the different summer objects. This freebie challenges visual scanning, visual discrimination, and visual motor skills. How to Complete the Summer Visual Scanning Activity Start the time. Scan from left […]
Wii Training for Children with Cerebral Palsy Are you familiar with the Nintendo Wii? The Wii is a commercially available interactive computer game consisting of fun activities that provide immediate feedback and progress the user to more advanced levels. The WiiFit also comes with a balance board to challenge postural control and balance while measuring success. Using […]
June 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy The June 2018 Digital Magazine for Pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy has been posted. You can download the magazine for FREE at the end of this post. Read recent research, tips, suggestions and activity ideas in this monthly issue. The Your Therapy Source digital magazine includes […]
Eye Tracking and Visual Motor Skills in Young Children The Journal of Experimental Psychology published research examining eye tracking and visual motor skills in young children. The participants included 40 preschool and early elementary school children. Using head-mounted eye tracking methods visual motor skills were directly measured when the children copied familiar (English letters) and unfamiliar […]