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April 19, 2022

22 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, Sensory, Tip or Resource

[Source: Simple Every Day Mom] It’s nearly Star Wars Day! And kids love all things Star Wars. What could be better than celebrating the day with a fun craft? This Baby Yoda handprint craft is easy enough for any age child to do, and it’s…...

April 19, 2022

22 April 2022, Newsletter, PT, Spina Bifida, Video

by: The National Center on Physical Activity and Disability “Teens on the Move” is an exciting exercise video for teens with spina bifida. Produced through a collaborative effort by NCPAD, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC), and the Spina Bifida Association of America(SBAA),…...

Darth Vader Book Mark for Star Wars Day

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, At Home, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Article and Image Source: Red Ted Art] As you may have noticed, we get MANY MANY MANY Corner Bookmark Design Requests via our quickly growing and popular YouTube Craft Channel for kids….. …This bookmark makes a cute little Father’s Day Gift or…...

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, PT

By: Dr. Joni Redlich, DPT, PCS As a physical therapist working with children I have worked very closely with pediatric occupational therapists in a variety of settings. There are areas of overlap that both OTs and PTs address, and also areas that…...

April 18, 2022

31 December 2010, Article, Newsletter, SLP

By: Skye Blue Angus’ copyright 2010. Skye Blue Angus. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog Cree-zy, Crazy Speechie Indigenous peoples are traditionally storytellers. Oral traditions are historical accounts, teachings, lessons…...

Star Wars Snowflakes

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Joys of Boys and ] Every year our family loves to make snowflakes together. We are always on the look out for some snowflakes that are better than the average snowflakes we would normally make. These Star Wars snowflakes are seriously the…...

April 18, 2022

22 April 2202, Article, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Right from birth, human brains are organized into networks that support mental functions such as vision and attention, a new study shows. Previous studies had shown that adults have seven such functional networks in the brain. This study, the…...

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, Cerebral Palsy, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Medical X-Press] A new Michigan Medicine study finds that some children with cerebral palsy and scoliosis do not require pelvic fixation when undergoing growing rod treatment, potentially avoiding several complications. Using data from around 20 health systems, researchers analyzed nearly 100 pediatric patients with cerebral…...

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, ADHD, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) may be a better diagnosis for some people than ADHD, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers, in collaboration with the University of Haifa. MD is a condition whereby people slip…...

April 18, 2022

22 April 2022, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A cell therapy developed by the executive director of the Smidt Heart Institute stabilizes weakened muscles-including the heart muscle-in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, a new study published in the international peer-reviewed journal The Lancet shows. If the HOPE-2 study’s success is…...