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10 Ways to Use a Highlighter to Help Students
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New Updates on Evidence-Based Practice for Individuals with Autism – Includes Exercise!
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has created an amazing report updating evidence based practices for children, youth, and young adults with autism. This document is over 100 pages and it goes into extensive detail on how each evidence based practice was included. I have perused the document and there is relevant information for all pediatric […]
Upper Extremity Strength Measurement in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Physical Therapy published a systemic review of available instruments to measure upper extremity strength in children with cerebral palsy. The researchers identified 6 different measurement instruments. Two test-retest reliability studies were rated as “fair” for the level of evidence. All other studies were rated as “unknown” for the level of evidence.The researchers concluded the following: […]
Tips to Guide Play to Help Young Children Reach IEP Goals
Play for young children is crucial to healthy development. Pediatric therapists who work in early childhood education know the importance of play and how to use it to reach IEP goals that are set for specific children. When a child is evaluated for therapy services, the therapist observes the child in the classroom setting. Therapists […]
Vocational Activities and Autism
The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities published research that examined the relationship over time between behavioral functioning (autism symptoms, maladaptive behaviors, activities of daily living) and vocational/educational activities of 153 adults (mean age of 30.2 years) with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The results were the following: greater vocational independence and engagement was related to reductions […]
Free Valentine’s Day Multisensory Handwriting Activity
Download a free sample page of Valentine’s Day multisensory handwriting worksheets that include movement, scissor skills, gluing, “rainbow” writing and handwriting practice. You can download it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/msvalentinefreebie.html
Sight and Sound in Children with Autism
The Journal of Neuroscience published research on the senses of sight and sound in children with autism. Vanderbilt University researchers compared 32 typically developing children ages 6-18 years old with 32 high-functioning children with autism, matching the groups in almost every possible way including IQ.These participants worked through many different tasks, mostly all computer generated. […]
5 Follow Up Questions about Adaptive Equipment
Once a piece of adaptive equipment is put in place to use with a student, therapists need to follow up frequently. Whether the adaptive equipment is a pencil grip or a tablet, on going assessment is needed. Here are 5 follow up questions to answer after implementing adaptive equipment:1. Is it being used at all? […]
Different Visual Input when Crawling Versus Walking
Child Development published research on how visual experiences changed over time in thirty, 13 month olds, who crawled or walked down a straight path wearing a head mounted eye tracker that recorded gaze direction and head centered field of view. In addition, 13 more infants wore a motion tracker that recorded head orientation. The results […]
Orthotics and Children with Hypotonia
Pediatric Physical Therapy published a systemic review on the efficacy and evidence of using orthoses for children with hypotonia. Ten articles met the inclusion criteria although none were Level I evidence (evidence from properly designed randomized controlled trials). The results found that data was reported for body structure and activity components, but not participation outcomes. […]