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Creating Accessible Gardens Webinar
New York State Department of Health is sponsoring a webinar on March 22nd entitled: Strategies for Creating Accessible Gardens. It is at 1:00pm Eastern Standard Time. If you work with individuals with disabilities this looks like a nice free opportunity to check out for the Spring. It would make a great project for older students […]
Air Mister Fun and Functional
After seeing these Air Misters from Target over at Play Counts, I knew they would be lots of fun. For only $2.50 these Air Misters are available at Target in the dollar section. Basically you fill the air mister with water, pump it to increase the pressure then press the button to gently mist the […]
Sock Blocks
Create some of these fun sock blocks for functional play. Find out how at YourTherapySource.com.
Modulation of Sound Sensitivity
An interesting discovery by researchers with be published in Neuroscience regarding the hair cells of the inner ear. Using a high voltage electron microscope, the researchers determined that the rootlets of the hair cells continue through the cell to the striated organelle which is believed to be responsible for the cell’s stability. With the striated […]
Roll and Pull Activity Idea
Here is a simple, cheap game to make that encourages fine motor skills, grasp and grading of movements. Get the directions at YourTherapySource.com.
Repetitive Passive Movement and CP
Research will be published in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine on the use of repetitive passive knee movements for the management of spastic hypertonia in children with cerebral palsy. This study applied continuous passive motion (CPM) to the knees of 16 children with cerebral palsy. Continuous passive motion was used for 20 minutes at velocities […]
Walking Drawings
Health Psychology will be publishing research on drawings that children with cerebral palsy created of themselves walking. Fifty two children (ages 5-18) were asked to draw a picture of themselves walking. The drawings were then analyzed to see if there was any association between drawing size/ content with clinical walking tests and children’s self perception […]
March Issue of Digital Magazine
If you can not view the document visit www.YourTherapySource.com/magazine to download a pdf of the magazine. Open publication – Free publishing
Auditory Stimulation versus NDT Effects on Gait
Clinical Rehabilitation will be publishing research that compared the gait of two groups of adults with cerebral palsy following auditory stimulation or neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT). Thirteen individuals received gait training with NDT and 15 individuals received gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation. The training sessions with 3 times per week for 3 weeks. […]
I Love Occupational Therapy Because…
I thought is would be fun to gather people’s responses to the following question: I love occupational therapy because… In about three weeks, I will gather all the responses and create some word art to share with everyone. Then you can display it for Occupational Therapy Month in April. Just keep your answers short please […]