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OT Corner: 5 Evidence Based Factors That Affect Handwriting Speed

October 16, 2019

16 July 2021, Handwriting, OT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Written output performance in the classroom is associated with handwriting speed. If the child can not write with an appropriate speed it can be difficult to manage classroom assignments in a timely manner throughout the school day and…...

October 16, 2019

18 October 2019, Literacy, Newsletter, Phonemic Awareness, SLP

Editor’s Note: Thank You to Reading Rockets for suggesting this article. According to Teresa Byington, associate professor of early childhood education, University of Nevada, “We can help our children develop their phonemic awareness and the best way is to play games with…...

Roll A Frankenstein Activity

October 15, 2019

18 October 2019, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Housing a Forest.com] Anyone else love Frankenstein? He has always been one of my favorite Halloween Crafts characters. I couldn’t help but make a simple Halloween game focusing on the big green monster. Its simple to set up and fun to play. Learn…...

October 15, 2019

18 October 2019, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 This is not your average therapy clinic! We have a need for a dynamic Occupational Therapist with afternoon and weekend hours. You would be joining a pediatric facility that uses a nonclinical…...

October 15, 2019

18 October 2019, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Ms. Lane’s SLP Materials] These “before” and “after” temporal directions have a Halloween theme. For example: “After you touch the bat, touch the skeleton.” I like using these worksheets to target following directions with basic concepts from the CELF-4 assessment. This…...

October 15, 2019

18 October 2019, Articulation, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Chitchat and Small Talk] by Pam Dahm Last week I posted a little Halloween Flip Book that was extremely popular with my readers. I was surprised by it’s popularity, as it was something I made years ago and hadn’t pulled it out…...

October 15, 2019

18 October 019, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

[Source: I Heart Crafty Things] It’s been a while since we’ve made contact paper sticky wall art. Since I’ve had Halloween on the brain, I came up with this idea to use different materials to create a Frankenstein. My daughter had so…...

October 15, 2019

18 October 2019, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] How is a language represented in the brain? This question is challenging, as language involves many regions throughout the brain that interact in a dynamic way. For instance, when people read a word, they combine ‘bottom-up’ (lower level) visual…...

October 14, 2019

18 October 2019, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Washington Post] Lego is looking to keep its plastic bricks out of the trash. The Danish toymaker is testing a way for customers to ship their unwanted bricks back and get them into the hands of other kids. It said Tuesday…...

Handwriting and Autism

October 14, 2019

18 October 2019, Autism, Handwriting, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders published research on handwriting and autism. The researchers investigated whether handwriting skills in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are related to visual perception, motor coordination, visual-motor integration, and executive functions. Previous research provides…...