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Is Typing Like Riding a Bicycle?
Attention, Perception & Psychophysics has published research on skilled typists and the QWERTY keyboard. The 100 participants (young adults and adults) in the study were asked to complete a short typing test. Following the typing test, the participants were given a blank QWERTY keyboard on a piece of paper where they had 80 seconds to […]
3 Motor Control Variables to Check On When Teaching New Motor Skills
As pediatric therapists, we learn a significant amount of information on motor control theory. Do you always put it into practice? When teaching new motor skills, do you stop and think about the theories and research you have studied? Here are three motor control variables to check when teaching new motor skills:1. What is the child’s […]
Playing with Food = Better Learning
Researchers at the University of Iowa studied 16 month old children’s exposure to 14 non solid objects such as applesauce, pudding and juice. The researchers presented the items and created fictional names. One minute later the children were asked to identify the same non-solid objects in different sizes or shapes. The toddlers willingly interacted with the non […]
Occupational Therapy Improved Everyday Tasks in Children with Autism
The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders published research on the effects of occupational therapy with a sensory integration approach or behavioral therapy on the ability to complete everyday tasks in children with autism. In a randomized study, 32 children (ages 4-8), were assigned to an OT-SI group (occupational therapy sensory integration group) or a […]
3 Free Tools for Video Conferencing
Have you ever considered using your webcam on your computer to have a meeting? Perhaps you have a parent that you would like to show some exercises to in person but they are working during the school day. Maybe you want to discuss therapeutic techniques or hot topics with other professionals. If you just one […]
Ping-Pong Puzzles
Encourage development of the arches of the hand, web space and in hand manipulation all while practicing academic and visual perceptual skills. Read more at YourTherapySource https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freepingpong.html
Research: Children Are Significantly Less Fit than Decades Ago
Photo by Chucka_NC on Flicker Creative Commons License The American Heart Association presented research on 50 studies on running fitness between 1964 and 2010 that involved more than 25 million kids, ages 9 to 17, in 28 countries. Most of the studies measured cardiovascular endurance by how far kids could run in a set time […]
5 Tips on Tackling Big Goals
At times, all children need some help to achieve big goals. Whether it be a lofty IEP goal that you inherited, a large project the student needs to complete or a complex motor skill often times it is easier to break it up into smaller, more manageable chunks. Teachers call it scaffolding and therapists sometimes […]
Fine Motor Bean Matching Boards
Print out the matching bean boards and read the directions to create this fine motor, visual perceptual and graded muscle control challenge. Modifications included to add in physical activity to the task. You can read about it and download the matching boards for free at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freebeans.html
Visual Motor Integration Free Handout
Check out the latest freebie from the What? Why? How? Series 4 on Visual Skills. This freebie is on Visual Motor Integration. You can download it at https://www.yourtherapysource.com/wwh4free.html.