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OT Month Find! Slinkys and Beads! Great Idea from Little Lotus Therapy

April 4, 2018

9 April 2021, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Editor’s Note: Happy Occupational Therapy Month! We LOVE the Pediatric Occupational Therapists group on Facebook. If you aren’t following them, you should be! Here is a wonderful find we saw there from Little Lotus Therapy As a pediatric occupational therapist, I love…...

April 4, 2018

6 April 2018, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Three-month-old babies cannot understand words and are just learning to roll over, yet they are already capable of learning abstract relations. In a new study, researchers show for the first time that 3-month-old infants can learn same and different…...

April 3, 2018

6 April 2018, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Bilinguistics] Have you heard this? Maybe it was uttered by another educator as they passed through our therapy room. Maybe it was shared by a parent who was watching our session in the home or clinic. The onlookers were aware of…...

April 3, 2018

6 April 2018, Newsletter, OT, School Psych, SLP

[Source: And Next Comes L] Turn-taking and sharing can be tricky concepts for kids to master, but it is certainly an important social skill to teach your kids. The social skills resources below will help make teaching kids how to take turns…...

April 3, 2018

6 April 2018, Article, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: It’s OT Month! What are YOU doing to celebrate? Here’s a great list from AOTA. [Source: AOTA] April is National Occupational Therapy Month—an excellent opportunity to showcase the new branding platform, “Occupational Therapy: Living Life To Its Fullest™” as well as…...

April 3, 2018

16 Friday 2022, ADL, All About Me, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Pre-K Pages] Preschoolers love to read and learn about things that connect to their personal experiences. Since they are learning to deal with buttons, zippers, snaps, and laces, they are interested in learning more about clothing. Maybe you are planning a…...

April 3, 2018

6 April 2018, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: CNN] Clippers buzzing, scissors clinking, men talking loudly in the talcum-scented air. It’s a comforting barbershop cacophony for most of the clients. But for Jordie Rowland, it’s an assault on the senses. He has autism and his cries pierced through the…...

April 2, 2018

6 April 2018, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children as young as four years old with symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) showed reduced brain volumes in regions essential for behavioral control, according to a new study. The research represents the first comprehensive examination of cortical brain volume…...

April 2, 2018

5 March 2021, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] A bubble might be a mere puff of air trapped inside a soap and water film but to a small child, it is magical and fascinating, with its glistening rainbow of colors and peaceful, floating nature. Bubbles…...

April 2, 2018

6 April 2018, News of the Week, Newsletter, Special Ed, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] Since January 2016, Marcie Lipsitt has filed 2,400 complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights over web accessibility for people with disabilities. Lipsitt, a Michigan-based special education activist, estimates that a thousand of those complaints have ended…...