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Pinterest Pin of the Week: Turkey Mr. Potato Head

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Wow this Thanksgiving activity from the blog Kiki Creates is hugely popular! 358 Repins and counting. No surprise. Its a really adorable activity! Visit Kiki Creates and Download Turkey Mr. Potato Head Visit our Pin of this great activity ...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter, OT, PT

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Are you looking for some FREE Thanksgiving fine motor fun? This free printable mini pack includes 2 different Flip and Fill fine motor games with a Thanksgiving theme. You can download it at the bottom of the post…...

Thanksgiving Gross Motor Activities

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Starfish Therapies] Here are a few Thanksgiving-themed gross motor activities that might help your family have fun and get moving together! Turkey Trot: This year there are tons of virtual turkey trots that give you flexibility to walk/run/roll at the location and…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter, OT, Tip or Resource, Visual Perception

[Source: Your Therapy Source] This freebie challenges visual perceptual skills with a Thanksgiving theme. Practice visual motor, visual discrimination, visual spatial, visual closure and overall visual perceptual skills with these printables. Print off multiple copies for your students and your activities are ready…...

Thanksgiving Color by Part-of-Speech

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Square Head Teachers] Here’s a fun twist on practicing parts of speech that came to me (*last minute*) the other day, but I thought I’d share it with you anyway… I combined the “color by number” idea with some basic parts…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Medical X-Press] Engaging infants with a song provides a readymade means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Marcus Autism Center,…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, News, Newsletter

[Source: Disability Scoop] New guidance warns that children suspected of having disabilities are waiting too long for evaluations and special education services are not being fully implemented for some young kids in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In a…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Article, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Education Week] More than two years since the pandemic disrupted student learning, the extent of the damage on the academic, social-emotional, and post-graduation outcomes of students with disabilities is still unclear, according to a report from the Center on Reinventing Public…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, News, Newsletter, Pediatric Stroke, Stroke

[Source: Science Daily] A clinical study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center found that, for children who had a major stroke to the left hemisphere of their brain within days of their birth, the infant’s brain was ‘plastic’ enough for…...

November 7, 2022

11 November 2022, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Brain changes in autism are comprehensive throughout the cerebral cortex rather than just particular areas thought to affect social behavior and language, according to a new UCLA-led study that significantly refines scientists’ understanding of how autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…...