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Body Awareness Develops Throughout Childhood

December 22, 2015

Newsletter 24 December, OT, SPD

[Source: Your Therapy Source] The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology published research on the development of multisensory body representation and awareness in older children (10-13 years old) using the “the rubber hand illusion”. Previous research indicated that younger children (ages 4-9…...

December 22, 2015

24 December 2015, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X Press] Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich together with colleagues in Cologne and Zürich have used mathematical models to explain differences in social behaviour associated with autistic personality traits. They show that autistic traits do…...

December 21, 2015

24 December 2015, Newsletter, OT

By: Loren Shlaes, OTR Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique Reprinted here with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog NB: This is part TWO of a two part article. Read Part one HERE Although this article…...

December 21, 2015

24 December 2015, Newsletter, OT, Visual Perception

By: Melanie Lambert OTR/L A.M. Skeffington, an American optometrist known to some as “the father of behavioral optometry”, believed that vision cannot be separated from the total individual nor from any of the sensory systems because it is integrated into all human…...

December 21, 2015

24 December 2015, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Extremely premature babies run a much higher risk of developing autism in later childhood, and even during the neonate period differences are seen in the brains of those who do. This according to a new study by researchers from…...

December 21, 2015

24 December 2015, Newsletter, TBI, TBI

[Source: Medical News Today] A new study finds that pre-adolescent children who have sustained sports-related concussions have impaired brain function two years following injury. The results are published in the International Journal of Psychophysiology. Over a million brain injuries are treated annually…...

December 17, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Pre K Pages] by JDaniel4’s Mom Sometimes you just have to get up and move. These gross motor Christmas cards will inspire your children to do just that. They feature a wide variety of Christmas themed actions your kids will love. Movement…...

December 17, 2015

18 December 2015, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: PreKinders.com] The kids in my class love these “I Have, Who Has” card games. There are many of these games that teach skills, but here is a fun version for Christmas. Bring these out when your class gets antsy from all the…...

December 17, 2015

18 December 2015, Article, Newsletter, School Psych

Editor’s Note: Thank you to NASP for sharing this article on their Facebook page. Please support our contributors and visit the NASP Facebook Page. [Source: The Atlantic] The first time I heard a preschooler explaining a classmate’s disruptive behavior, I was surprised…...

December 16, 2015

18 December 2015, Dyslexia, Newsletter

[Source: Mindshift] “The single most important implication of research in dyslexia is not ensuring that we don’t derail the development of a future Leonardo or Edison; it is making sure that we do not miss the potential of any child. Not all…...