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OT Activity of the Week: Pencil Sharpening

January 21, 2013

25 January 2013, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource

Thanks to Linday Mawdley of the Child’s Play O.T. Blog for this very simple, but very smart OT exercise: It seems obvious, but sharpening a pencil is a really great bilateral integration task! The twisting of the pencil allows for some great…...

January 20, 2013

25 January 2013, ADHD, Articulation, Newsletter

[Source: Special Ed Post] by Mark Bertin, M.D. Why do I have to repeat myself, I told you ten times already. Out with it already! You better have a better explanation than that. How was school today? And don’t say ‘nothing much,’…...

Wiihab and Balance

January 17, 2013

18 January 2013, News of the Week, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] A recent study was published in Developmental Neurorehabilitation regarding the use of the Nintendo Wii to improve balance, motivation and function in children participating in acute rehabilitation following acquired brain injury. A multiple baseline, single study research design…...

Armless Baby Receives Prosthetic Limbs

January 17, 2013

18 January 203, Newsletter, Orientation & Mobility, Prosthetics, PT

[Source: ABC News] Nine months old baby Jamison is reaching milestones. — smiling about first words. His — and now his first set and arms. We couldn’t ask for anymore. Are being Jamison was born without arms doctors can’t explain why. His…...

January 17, 2013

18 January 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Daily Mail UK] Theory that children can ‘recover’ from autism is controversial Many children diagnosed with autism at a young age no longer display symptoms when they are older, researchers say. A study published in the journal Pediatrics, found one-third of…...

January 17, 2013

18 January 2013, Activity of the Week, Newsletter, Sensorimotor, SPD

[Source: Play Create Explore] We had a package arrive that included a long piece of bubble wrap so on this chilly winter’s day and after being cooped up inside with colds for a week, I knew exactly what to do with that…...

January 16, 2013

18 January 2013, News, Newsletter, PT

Thank You to Your Therapy Source for sharing this abstract Gait and Posture published research regarding the relationship between lower extremity muscle strength, balance and mobility in 21 children ages 7-10. Each child’s isometric and dynamic strength was tested in addition to…...

January 16, 2013

18 January 2013, DMD, Newsletter

[Source: Medical News Today] A new study has found that tamoxifen, a well-known breast cancer drug, can counteract some pathologic features in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). At present, no treatment is known to produce long-term improvement of the…...

New Gene Variants Linked to Autism

January 16, 2013

18 January 2014, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Time] In one of the largest-ever studies of genetics and autism, researchers have identified 24 new gene variants associated with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The work also confirms that 31 variants previously linked to the developmental disorder may serve as useful…...

January 15, 2013

18 January 2013, Autism, News of the Week, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] She didn’t walk away with the crown, but Alexis Wineman knows she topped the American public’s list for Miss America. Wineman, an 18-year-old from Cut Bank, Mont., made history this weekend as the first person with autism to compete…...