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Autism Corner: Teaching Strategies for Students with Asperger’s and HFA – Poor Motor Coordination

January 7, 2016

8 January 2016, Autism, OT, PT

[Source: My Aspergers Child] Young people with Asperger’s (AS) and High-Functioning Autism (HFA): are often physically clumsy and awkward are often unsuccessful in games involving motor skills experience fine-motor deficits that can cause penmanship problems, slow clerical speed and affect their…...

January 7, 2016

[Source: Chapel Hill Snippets] A very popular website is Improv Everywhere. I’ve been following them for years, and essentially, in NYC, people gang up and doing very unexpected things, garnering attention and laughter from those who are not part of the prank.…...

January 7, 2016

8 January 2016, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Visual Perception

[Source: Mind Shift] Having strong spatial skills — the ability to understand and mentally manipulate shapes and figures — has been identified by researchers as characteristic of those who find success in STEM fields and creative pursuits. Developing those skills can start early through activities…...

January 7, 2016

8 January 2016, Newsletter, OT, Special Ed, Tip or Resource

[Source: Omazing Kids] I absolutely LOVE both of these books! Great for teaching kids self-regulation skills. I love the illustrations, kid-friendly language and analogies used to make the concepts easy to understand and to implement. The concepts are therapeutically sound. I highly…...

January 6, 2016

8 January 2016, DMD, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] A drug commonly used to treat leukemia is showing potential as a treatment that could slow the progression of the muscle-wasting condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne muscular dystrophy most commonly affects boys, with around 2,400 people in the…...

How to Draw Activity: Cute Penguin

January 6, 2016

8 January 2016, Newsletter, OT, SLP

Editor’s Note: Great for Following Directions and for Handwriting. Love this! [Source: Tinker Lab] I will be the first to admit that I love cute things, and that passion has been passed down to my children who are obsessed with Japanese cartoons,…...

January 6, 2016

8 January 2016, Newsletter, OT, PT, SLP, Special Ed

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified 428 distinct disease conditions that co-occur in people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), in the most comprehensive review of its kind. The results were published in…...

January 5, 2016

8 January, Handwriting, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

[Source: I Can Teach My Child] It’s Day 4 of our 31 Days of Indoor Fun for Toddlers challenge! This Coloring on Sandpaper Activity for Toddlers might seem like an odd activity, but it serves a variety of purposes. First of all,…...

January 5, 2016

8 January 2015, Career, Job, Newsletter, OT

Congratulations to Cheryann P., on her new school-based position with PediaStaff’s client in the Boulder metro area! This is a three-month school contract assignment running from beginning of January through beginning of April. Cheryann will be working with pre-schoolers. Great…...

January 5, 2016

8 January 2016, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] Children conceived via infertility treatments are no more likely to have a developmental delay than children conceived without such treatments, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the New York State Department of Health…...