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OT Corner: 10 Activities to Work On Hand Strengthening

January 13, 2015

16 January 2014, Hand Strengthening, Newsletter, OT

Here are 10 activities to give the muscles in the fingers and hands a workout: Ways to Use Clothes Pins with Craft Sticks Clothesline Numbers Clay Marble Mazes Hole Punch Palooza Sample Page Hand Strengthening Activities in the Kitchen Bubble Wrap Story…...

January 13, 2015

16 January 2016, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT, School Nurse, School Psych

[Source Medical News Today] It seems like young infants spend most of the day sleeping, and according to the National Sleep Foundation, they do. On average, infants aged 3-11 months have around one to four naps a day, each lasting 30 minutes…...

January 13, 2015

16 January 2015, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Therapy Fun Zone] I have joined some other bloggers to share recipes and posts about sensory dough called the Twelve Months of Sensory Dough, and this month’s play dough is snow dough. When I think of snow, I think of white, and…...

January 13, 2015

16 January 2014, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Are you looking for some fantastic activities to do for Martin Luther King Day? Look no further than our Pinterest board! There is some great stuff in here including word searches, craftivities, printable books, writing prompt, fine motor crafts, conversation starters,…...

January 12, 2015

16 January 2015, News, Newsletter

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research on the relationship between segmental control of the trunk and the corresponding gross motor function in 92 children with cerebral palsy (Gross Motor Function Classification Levels I to V). Each participant was assessed…...

January 12, 2015

16 January 2015, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] Finding care for children with medically complex or rare conditions can force parents to tap into networks of highly specialized physicians and hospitals scattered around the country. This is especially challenging when the children are covered by Medicaid, because…...

PT Corner: Ground Control

January 8, 2015

Article, Gait, Newsletter, Posture, PT

by Shelley Mannel, PT, C/NDT Any rocket needs a great deal of force to push off the surface of the earth. And when I think about the spectrum of my clinical practice, all my kids with movement challenges have difficulty has difficulty accomplishing…...

January 7, 2015

[Source: Science Daily] America’s preoccupation with the “word gap”– the idea that parents in impoverished homes speak less to their children, which, in turn, predicts outcomes like school achievement and income later in life — has skyrocketed in recent years, leading to…...

January 7, 2015

Blindness, News of the Week, Newsletter 9 January 2015, TVI, Visually Impaired

[Source: Science Daily] Education for the blind has lagged because science classrooms predominantly rely on visually-based materials. However, innovative new toolboxes on evolutionary biology, set to be released next year, may revolutionize science education for more than 60,000 blind K-12 students, allowing…...

January 7, 2015

9 January 2015, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] A team from McGill University in Canada have reported that a network of neurons located in the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) work together to filter visual information to enable focus while ignoring distractions. Their work, published in Neuron, could have…...