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Sensory Tub With A Twist: DIY Matching Game

January 3, 2018

5 January 2018, Newsletter, OT, Sensory Processing, Tip or Resource

[Source: Hands on As We Grow] Use your child’s current interests or keep their needs in mind and add some fun to their learning. My kindergartner is really into numbers and number recognition lately. I focused on numbers one through seven for this specific…...

Snow Names – Winter Craft

January 3, 2018

5 January 2018, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: No Time for Flash Cards] This is a fast little winter craft that helps to develop name recognition, writing, and even hand strength! Yes, using glue bottles for writing is a fun way to work on writing without a pencil and…...

January 2, 2018

[Source: Science Daily] In 1968, when there were no techniques to observe how the brain worked in vivo, the neurologist Norman Geschwind discovered in deceased persons that a region of the temporal lobe, the planum temporale, was larger in the left than…...

January 2, 2018

5 January 2018, Article, News, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] A study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis finds infants who were in introduced to eggs beginning at 6 months showed significantly higher blood concentrations of choline, other biomarkers in choline pathways, and docosahexaenoic acid…...

January 2, 2018

5 January 2018, Newsletter, OT, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Researchers found that children aged 9–11 years who ate fish at least once weekly had higher IQ test scores and better sleep quality, compared with children who consumed fish less frequently. Study co-author Jianghong Liu, of the School…...

January 2, 2018

5 January 2018, Article, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Your Therapy Source] Do you like to start fresh in the new year? Do you set goals for yourself to accomplish during this time of year? Being a school-based therapist is a wonderful job but one of the most difficult aspects…...

January 2, 2018

4 January 2019, Article, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: The ASHA Leader Blog] by Melanie Potock, CCC-SLP The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all students get at least 20 minutes to eat lunch, but many public elementary schools give kids just 20 minutes to enter, eat and exit the…...

December 28, 2017

29 December 2017, Article, Newsletter, PT

[Source: Starfish Therapies] There are three main components that make up a person’s balance. These include: vision, somatosensation, and our vestibular system. These components need to work seamlessly together in order to allow both adults and children to maintain their balance in…...

December 28, 2017

29 December 2017, Early Childhood Education, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] High-quality early-childhood programs boost graduation rates, reduce grade retention and cut down on special education placements, according to a new analysis of several other early-education research studies that adds fresh fuel to long-running policy debates about the effectiveness of pre-K. “These…...

December 28, 2017

29 December 2017, Article, Newsletter, OT

Editor’s Note: It’s almost Occupational Therapy Month! We first published this article in 2012 but it is a great one that’s worth repeating! by Angela Hissong, DEd, OTR/L,CMCP The celebration of April is Occupational Month has been a constant in my life…...