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Art and Writing Contests this Summer
Do you need some motivational ideas for children to create artwork (fine motor skills practice) or write stories (handwriting practice) over the summer? Check out this comprehensive list of art and writing contests going on this summer with awesome prizes like a trip to London, iPad, $10,000 scholarship and more! Thanks Brimful Curiosities.
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Grant Money for Music Therapy
Do you know of an established music therapy program where the participants create the music? Fender is offering grants from $500 to $5000 to music therapy programs that are ongoing, established and sustainable for 5 years. For more information visit the Fender website.
Am I Doing a Good Job? Ask the Kids.
For many of you the school year has ended or will soon be ending. Did you ever considering asking the children that you work with whether you did a good job? Just like when adults attend professional development or a college course, teachers usually ask for feedback. Why not ask the kids that you work […]
Fun Handwriting App
Check out this super fun, handwriting app on the iPad or iPhone – skywrite. Basically, you can draw letters, objects or words on the screen and the plane writes them in the sky. You can even modify how the letters and shapes are drawn by changing the width of the smoke from the plane, the […]
Focus on the Positive
Recent research was published on the benefits of focusing on the positive traits in children with autism. An alternating treatment design was used with parents of children with autism. One intervention stressed the negative aspects of a child’s disability and the other intervention focused on a child’s strengths. The results indicated that the intervention that […]
Reactions to Colors
Recent research was published in a journal, Emotion, indicating that subjects ranging in age from 4th grade through college students reacted with increased force to the color red. In one experiment, 4th through 10th grade students had to pinch and hold open a metal clasp. Before attempting the task, the subjects had to look at […]
Observations and Data with the iPad/ iPhone
Here is a great way to collect observational data in the classroom if you want to compare students’ skills and behaviors. We can state that a student is fidgety in class but wouldn’t it be great if we had actual statistics comparing the student to their peers. Here is where the EasyTag app comes into […]
June 2011 Digital Magazine
Check out our latest magazine for articles on the iPad, task analysis, physical activity in children, free personal hygiene rubrics, free outdoor bingo activity and more. If you can not view the magazine below you can download it here. Open publication – Free publishing
Using Apps for Evaluating Posture
Here is an interesting way to evaluate a client’s posture – try using your iPhone or iPad. Basically what you will do is create an image with a picture of the client and a grid over the picture. With the grid you can measure angles to determine progress. Here is how you do it: Step […]