Here are 5 activity ideas to practice motor planning skills: Ninja Clothes Pin Clip Activity – find the matching Ninja, move your body like the Ninja and clip the Ninja to the circle. Download the Ninja Free Activity. Motor Planning with Pool Noodles – here is a super easy set up but challenging activity to encourage […]
Here are 3 fun elephant activities to play to practice fine motor, gross motor and visual motor skills. Big bonus – It is actually Elephant Appreciation Day! Who knew? Me! Only because I just heard it on the radio. Haha! But it did spark a few ideas for the blog. So here we go: Copy […]
Connect the Dot activities are great fun for children the only problem is sometimes they can just be way TOO hard! Here are two free dot to dots from the latest download, Connect the Dots. There is an owl dot to dot with numbers 1-10 and a pony dot to dot with numbers 1 -20. […]
The Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools and Early Intervention published research examining the results of a online survey completed by 47 teachers and how they perceive the role of the occupational therapist. The results revealed the following: most of the teachers viewed occupational therapists as valuable team members. the teachers reported limitations to the system […]
The September issue of the Your Therapy Source digital magazine has been published. You can read articles on bladder control, handwriting, playground interventions, fine motor activities, visual perceptual printables and more! All free! View below or go to the Monthly Magazine page to view the PDF version of the magazine. Open publication – Free publishing
One of the great things about the new website, is the capability to have more accurate sales reports (Ok maybe this is just super cool to me – I love reports and stats). Since back to school is a busy time of year for school based therapists I thought you all might want to know […]
BMC Neurology published research on visual stimuli and standing posture in 36 children with bilateral cerebral palsy (CP) and 27 typically developing (TD) children. Standing independently requires the visual, somatosensory, and vestibular systems. Using three dimensional motion analysis with surface electromyography to describe body position, body movement, and muscle activity during three standing tasks, the researchers examined standing […]
Here is a visual perceptual freebie Find and Color for back to school from the School Doodle Find packet. Challenge your student’s visual scanning and visual motor skills with this activity. Can you find and color the 7 different school items? DOWNLOAD the School Doodle Find freebie. This freebie is from School Doodle Find, a visual […]
Parents are an integral part of the special education team. They know the most about their children’s strengths, weaknesses and personal preferences. Therapists and other school staff need to include parents in all decision making for children. Here are some tips on improving your communication with parents: 1. Always start off a conversation stressing a […]
Are you familiar with electronic medical records abbreviated as EMR? For most school based occupational and physical therapists, electronic medical records are not being used in school districts. Some school districts do run software programs to generate and monitor progress for students’ IEPs. I recently had the chance to view a demonstration of an EMR […]