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Playground Grants
Does your school need a new playground or updates to their current playground? KaBOOM has partnered with Dr. Pepper, Snapple, Disney and others to offer several different grant opportunities. You can apply for a brand new playground, maintain a current playground, complete a playground and more depending upon what state you live in. You can […]
Bladder Function and Cerebral Palsy
A retrospective study of 214 individuals (96 females and 118 males, ranging in age from 5-66 years old with a median age 9 years 7 months) with cerebral palsy was completed to determine the prevalence of symptomatic neurogenic bladder. The participants had hemiplegia, diplegia, quadriplegia and dyskinesia. Educational levels ranged from full special education to […]
App Review: BrainWorks for Sensory Breaks
Sensational Brain LLC has released a new app to go along with their online tools to create sensory diets. I received a free copy to review for this blog post. This app is quite comprehensive when it comes to creating sensory diets for home, school and the community. If you are not familiar with the […]
Therapy Tickets
Here is another reward system to try for successful therapy sessions. Head on over to Your Therapy Source to get all the details and the free download of the Therapy Tickets.
Animal Detectives Activity – Freebie
Print this free activity to encourage visual perceptual skills, proprioceptive input and physical activity. You can download it at YourTherapySource.com.
Daily Reports Improve Productivity
A recent study indicated that providing students with daily report cards on their progress was beneficial. Sixty three elementary students, mostly white male with ADHD, received daily reports and a control group did not receive daily reports. Significant improvements where seen in productivity and following the classroom rules in the group that received the daily […]
Pencil Grasp and Handwriting
The Australian Occupational Therapy Journal published research on the effect of pencil grasp on handwriting speed and legibility in 120 fourth grade students after a 10 minute copy task. A standardized handwriting assessment was completed before and after a 10 minute copy task by typically developing students and students with handwriting issues. The results indicated […]
Bell Maze
Here is a simple, super cheap activity to make. Clean a recycled Styrofoam meat tray. Cut a pipe cleaner in half and then fold it in half. Poke the pipe cleaners into the tray to make a small arch. You can put the pipe cleaners in any order you wish. Toss a jingle bell into […]
Orthotic Use and Down Syndrome
A single subject, alternating treatment design was used to analyze the effectiveness of two different supramalleolar orthotics. Two children with Down syndrome each participated in three phases: without orthotics, SureStep orthotic and the DAFO #4 orthotic. Using the Gross Motor Function Measure, results indicated improvements in both children with the SureStep orthotic and child #1 […]
Art Program Grant for Children with Learning Differences
The P. Buckley Moss Foundation is offering grant money for art programs that support children with learning differences. The application process is open from May 2012 through September 30,2012 for 2013 programs. “Applications may be made for a grant up to $1,000 to support a new or evolving program that integrates the arts into educational […]