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Self Injurious Behavior in Children with Developmental Disabilities
The Journal of Pediatrics completed a retrospective chart review on 196 children less than 6 years of age with various developmental disabilities. Sixty three of the children (32%) were reported to exhibit self injurious behaviors. When comparing the children with self injurious behaviors and those without no differences were seen between the two groups regarding […]
Unhealthy Diet Linked to ADHD
Recent research in the Journal of Attention Disorders states that a Western diet may be linked to ADHD. A Western diet was described as high in take out food, confectioneries, processed, fried and refined foods. A healthy diet was described as a diet high in fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and fish. Almost 1800 […]
Free Head Mouse Via Webcam
This is super cool! Enable Viacam (eViacam) is a free download that allows your webcam to become a head mouse. All you have to do is download the software and open up the webcam. After testing it myself, it seems to work great. Once downloaded, the program allows you to use your head just as […]
Signs of Autism at 1 Month
The August issue of Pediatrics reports on a retrospective study over 11 years of over 2100 NICU newborns. The researchers discovered that the infants who later received a diagnosis of autism had a higher incidence of persistant neurobehavioral abnormalities such as increased upper extremity muscle tone and asymmetrical visual tracking at one month of age. […]
August 2010 Your Therapy Source Inc Magazine
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Online Technology for Occupational Therapy
There is a wiki available entitled Online Technology 4 Occupational Therapy or OT 4 OT. It is a website developed by several occupational therapists from around the world. It provides basic information on Web 2.0 and more. They also have a Facebook group that you can join. If you are interested in collaborating with OT’s […]
Functional Skills of Children with Cerebral Palsy
A cross sectional study of 562 Swedish children with cerebral palsy (ages 3-18 years) was performed from 1990-2005. The researchers analyzed data regarding how a child sits, stands, stands up, sits down and the use of assistive devices. The results indicated the following:– 57% of children used standard chairs– 62% could stand independently– 62% could […]
Motor Planning, Fine Motor and Bilateral Coordination Activity Idea
Parietal Cortex Involved in Proprioception
Recent research published in Current Biology reports on proprioception. Subjects had to determine information regarding touch AND location. The posterior parietal cortex was the brain area responsible to determine touch AND location. When magnetic stimulation was used to impair the subject’s parietal cortex, the perception of touch or location alone was not decreased. It was […]
Information on Technology Supports for Writing
The Texas Assistive Technology Network has published online information regarding technology supports for struggling writers. The objectives of this module are to “understand a framework for the writing process, identify research-based, technology supported strategies to assist struggling writers and to locate available technology resources that will assist those struggling writers”. The module also offers many […]