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Great Activity Idea for Fine Motor Skill Development – Fingarings
I just finished reading about this creative activity idea in the current issue of Advance for OT’s. The article, written by Cumba Siegler OTR/L, explains how to create “fingarings” out of Sculpty clay. She describes how to create rings for the fingers out of clay. She then offers several activity suggestions for the “fingarings”. This […]
Environmental Changes to Physical Spaces in Schools
A researcher from NJIT, Architect B. Lynn Hutchings, offers suggestions for schools to make changes to the physical lay out of buildings to accommodate for students with disabilities. Some of her suggestions are: 1. Inter-disperse related services such as speech, occupational and physical therapy throughout the school 2. Auditoriums should have ramped aisles and stages. […]
Robots and Writing
Found out about this great article on writing and robots from @Pediastaff on Twitter. A young boy with dyspraxia has been testing a robotic arm to imnprove his visual motor skills. Read this story from the BBC News
Children with Cold Hands and Feet
Here is something to consider when working with children who have neurological disorders. A recent thesis study revealed that children in wheelchairs with neurological disorders have different skin temperatures than in children without neurological disorders. The study showed that in children with neurological disorders the temperature of the feet was three degrees colder and the […]
5 Ways to Develop A Personal Learning Network for Pediatric OT/PTs
Pediatric occupational and physical therapists frequently practice independently within the schools and clinics. Unless you work for a large school district or children’s hospital, therapists can feel very alone when it comes to having a personal learning community around them. Sure therapists interact with children, parents and teachers but sometimes finding other therapists to bounce […]
Fine Motor Activity Idea – Homemade Painting Tools
Fine Motor Toy Winners to Add to Your Wish Lists!
Every year Family Fun magazine publishes an issue with their Toys of the Year. This year there was a large collection of toys that encourage fine motor skill development and handwriting skills. You can view the top 10 Toys of the Year at Family Fun. Here were some of the fine motor winners for this […]
Fine Motor Activity: Make Your Own Ink Dabber
Children love to use ink dabber markers. This is a great way to encourage visual motor skill development. But, ink dabber markers can be very expensive. Here is a simple way to make your own ink dabbers including using different types of handles. To order the letter dot worksheets visit Your Therapy Source’s DOT Letters […]
More Yoga for Children Resources
Previously, I had done a post on Yoga for children. I have since come across two additional resources that may be of interest to pediatric occupational and physical therapists who work in the schools. One is Yoga in my School. This website has all the steps you need to do to bring Yoga into the […]
KEEN – Kids Enjoy Exercise Now
I just learned about this organization on Twitter today and wanted to share the information. KEEN – Kids Enjoy Exercise Now is a non profit organization in 8 cities in the USA and three cities in the United Kingdom. As described on the website: “KEEN is a national, nonprofit volunteer-led organization that provides one-to-one recreational […]