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OT/PT Corner: The Pieces of Motor Planning

November 26, 2012

30 November 2012, Motor Planning, Newsletter

by Stacy Menz, DPT, Board Certified Pediatric Clinical Specialist At Starfish Therapies, we find that many of the children we work with have difficulty with motor planning for various reasons. You may have heard this term during your child’s therapy session. Hopefully…...

November 26, 2012

30 November 2012, Fine Motor Skills, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flashcards] It’s getting to that time of the year when our time outside is limited by bad weather ( we still go out, just don’t stay out as long) and I am looking for new and frugal ways…...

November 24, 2012

30 November 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Infants seem to develop at an astoundingly rapid pace, learning new things and acquiring new skills every day. And research suggests that the abilities that infants demonstrate early on can shape the development of skills later in life, in…...

November 23, 2012

…it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to celebrate the holidays in your classroom! We will be featuring all our holiday and seasonal boards in the coming weeks, but since it IS traditional, let’s talk about Christmas! PediaStaff has…...

November 21, 2012

23 November 2012, Newsletter, PT, TBI

Thanks to our friends at Brainline for Tweeting this article [Source: Washington Post via Brainline] On recent cool autumn night, Roger Goodell walked from group to group on the artificial turf football field. Wearing sneakers and a dark-gray pullover, the commissioner of…...

November 21, 2012

[Source: Ms. Lane’s SLP Materials] I always forget to tell my clients’ parents how great they did at one thing or another. So I made these little ‘speech reward stickers’ to remind THEM to tell their parents what they are working on,…...

November 21, 2012

23 November 2012, Article, Book Excerpt, Newsletter, SPD

written by Britt Collins, MS, OTR and Jackie Linder Olson – Available through Sensory World, Amazon.com & Barnes & Noble. Chapter 8: Sensory Seasons and Sensory Holidays Book Excerpt p.155-157: Winter For those of us that don’t live on a tropical island,…...

November 20, 2012

23 November 2012, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily.com] Children who learn how to swim at a young age are reaching many developmental milestones earlier than the norm. Researchers from the Griffith Institute for Educational Research surveyed parents of 7000 under-fives from Australia, New Zealand and the US…...

November 20, 2012

23 November 2012, News, Newsletter, Prader Willi

Image Credit: FPWR.ca [Source: Science Daily] An Australian study reveals that people with the rare genetic disorder known as Prader-Willi Syndrome may have an impaired autonomic nervous system. This discovery opens up a new way of looking at the insatiable appetite experienced…...

D.I.R. ® Model And Floortime™

November 19, 2012

23 November 2012, Article, Floortime, Newsletter

By, Krystal Vermeire, OTR/L D.I.R. ® Model: Refers to the theoretical model of childhood intervention. The ‘D’ correlates with development, ‘I’ with individual differences, and ‘R’ with relationships. Floortime™: Refers to the intervention approach under the D.I.R. ® Model. It is the process…...