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Great FREE Assistive Technology Resources
Heard about this on Twitter – The Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) is now offering free access to many of their superb resources. There is a free 337 page book entitled Assessing Student’s Needs for Assistive Technology. There are numerous resource guides, forms, assessments and more all for free.
Live TalkShoe Pediatric Therapy “Radio” Show
I am really excited about announcing this. We are going to host our first ever LIVE call in talk show on pediatric therapy. I think it will be fun to try out. All you have to do to participate is to log on to TalkShoe on March 11, 2009 at 9pm. It is free! For […]
Cool Use of a Cell Phone
I know many schools have banned cell phones but check out this use for students with disabilities. All you have to do is take a picture with your cell phone of notes, white boards, presentations and more and you can make a pdf copy of it. Once the pdf is created you can save, share, […]
Stand Up Desks
Quite a few classrooms in Minnesota are in the process of trying out stand up desks. These desks were created by a teacher and a furniture company two years ago. The desks are height adjustable. The children can stand, sit and swing their feet on the movable foot rest. This desk seems like a great […]
Recess Time and Behaviors
Pediatrics reports that 8-9 year old children who receive at least 15 minutes of daily recess had better teacher’s rating scores of classroom behavior. The New York Times wrote an article on this topic yesterday. Read more at the New York Times. There is a great discussion that follows. This is a informative article for […]
Therapy Idea Video
Four year old boy working on hip external rotation, weight shifting, abdominal strengthening lower extremity dissocation and eye foot coordination. This is also a great activity to prepare for donning/ doffing socks and shoes for occupational therapy. Go to www.YourTherapySource.com for more therapy activities.
About our website
I guess I better describe our website to those of you who are not following us yet. We offer many resources for school based therapists, teachers and parents who work with children with special needs. Over the years, we have grown to a successful business that offers economical therapy ideas and products. Please take the […]
New Blog Location
I am moving our blog to here versus leaving it on our website. I can not do much with the blog tool I am currently using so I will give this one a shot. Please be patient as I switch it all over. We just posted a new video on the website about a success […]