The August 2019 FREE digital magazine for pediatric Occupational and Physical Therapy has been posted. Table of Contents: BODY AWARENESS ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN HOW TO INCREASE PENCIL PRESSURE POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS FOR CHILDREN PAPER PLATE DRAWING GAME FOR SUMMER INTRINSIC MOTIVATION IN THE CLASSROOM – HOW TO HELP WHAT IS PROMPTING? HOW TO IMPROVE FOCUS AND […]
Are Smartphones Creating a Loss of Spatial Awareness in Children? Have you seen children who bump into their peers? Maybe they have trouble determining their left from their right? Perhaps you ask them to walk somewhere and they are completely unfamiliar with how to get there even though they have been there many times before? […]
What is mindful breathing for kids? First, let’s start with what is mindfulness? In simple terms, mindfulness can help children to increase happiness, decrease anxiety and live in the moment. Mindful breathing for kids is when children take the time to pay close attention to their breathing during that moment of time. Conscious breathing is […]
What are visual motor activities? Visual-motor activities help children to practice coordinating the hands, arms, legs, and body with the eyes. Visual-motor skills help us to complete activities of daily living such as buttoning a shirt, fine motor skills such as handwriting, gross motor skills such as catching and throwing, and many other visual perceptual […]
Do you work with students who struggle to maintain focus and find memory tasks difficult? Are you in search of ideas of how to improve focus and memory in children? Here are several strategies to help children. Ideas for How To Improve Focus Classrooms are busy places! A student’s visual and auditory focus and attention […]
What is prompting? When teaching children new skills, therapists and teachers provide instruction and prompts to complete the skill. Many times different prompts are used together to help a child learn a new skill or complete a targeted response. What are the different types of prompts? There are many different types of prompts such as: […]
The Journal of Attention Disorders published research on working memory deficits, emotional regulation, and ADHD. Previous research indicates that emotional regulation is related to the development and refinement of executive functions, such as inhibition, planning, and working memory. Methodology of the Study This study investigated the functional relationship between varying working memory demands and ADHD-related […]
Intrinsic motivation in the classroom is the ability to complete a skill or activity based on personal interest, achievements, and enjoyment not for external rewards. Many children need external motivation in the classroom or with related service providers to complete tasks or practice skills. Teachers and related service providers may use different reward systems such as […]
This Summer paper plate drawing game is a super fun, kinesthetic, easy activity for a group. It encourages visual-spatial skills, visual motor skills, and body awareness. It is a definite challenge for kinesthetic awareness. How to play the paper plate drawing game: Give each player a pencil and a non-coated, white paper plate. If you […]
Do your students struggle with refocusing after lunch? Perhaps after group activities it is difficult to return to independent work. Or maybe they need visual supports to help guide them to complete independent work. If you need to encourage students to improve self-regulation skills and maintain classroom expectations, then this free self-regulation checklist will help […]