If you are in search of a generic visual motor activity for any holiday or birthday celebration, check out this visual motor freebie Decorate the Gifts. You can download it for free at the bottom of the post. The great thing about this printable is that you can use it for any holiday or even […]
Whether you are a seasoned therapist or a beginner, this Free Poster – Strategies for Effective Sensory Integration Sessions provides a visual reminder to help children achieve functional goals during a sensory integration session. You can download it at the bottom of the post. Why this FREE Visual about Sensory Sessions? It came to our attention […]
A growth mindset is a theory developed by psychologist Carol Dweck who explains mindset as a self-perception or “self-theory” that people hold about themselves. For example, it is believing that you are smart or not smart, good athlete or bad athlete, good at knitting or stink at knitting. Recent research looked at the relationship between a growth […]
The December 2018 Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine has been published. Sign up to receive the weekly email newsletter and other announcements to read the current issue. It is a PDF document so you can save all the research articles, activity ideas and tips on your laptop, tablet or smart phone. Table of ContentsYour Therapy […]
Are you looking for something a little different for students to practice simple visual motor skills? These two free sample pages from Simple Shape Drawings might be just the activity you are looking for. Benefits of the Free Simple Shape Drawings These freebies include two simple pictures to draw around the outline of the cat […]
Finally, we are posted the results of the survey on related services and section 504 plans. For some reason, we forgot about this one. The good news is there were 343 responses and trends that were recorded. The bad news is many people answered text responses under the OTHER option so the results were a […]
Do you work with students who need to practice following oral and written directions? This FREEBIE includes 4 sample activities from the Following Directions Bundle. Each of the activity pages requires the students to follow oral and written directions such as: Strengthen Cognition These free practice activities will strengthen the following areas of cognition: Get more […]
Research in Developmental Disabilities published research on the benefits of structured bimanual skill practice. Twenty children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (CP) participated in the study in order to determine the importance of skill progression during intensive bimanual practice on movement coordination. Methodology of the Study on the Benefits of Structured Bimanual Skill Practice The […]
Do you get frustrated when you see young children have poor letter formation? Does it bother you when teachers don’t take the time for handwriting instruction? New research indicates that kindergarten teachers need more help for handwriting instruction. They would agree that they need more support in the area of handwriting. Methodology of the Study […]
The American Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience published research on 17 children with Down Syndrome (DS) to determine the effect of a vestibular exercise program on balance, coordination, and agility. Methodology The 17 children were recruited from two summer enrichment programs and were divided into two groups based on age (group 1: 9.9 yrs – group 2: 18.4 […]