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Changes in Fine Motor Control Through Teenage Years

October 21, 2013

2013, 25 October, Fine Motor Skills, News of the Week, Newsletter, OT

[Source: Journal of Neurophysiology and the Journal of Neuroscience via Your Therapy Source] The Journal of Neurophysiology and the Journal of Neuroscience published research on 130 typically developing children ages 4 to 16 using a new tool to precisely measure fine motor control. The findings indicated that even…...

Retro Baby: A Book Review

October 21, 2013

25 October 2013, Book Review, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Tips or Resource

by Dana Moore, OTR/L If you have ever read my blog, then you know that I am a STRONG advocate for bringing back the good ol’ childhood days. The days when kids would play, you know – with actual toys, not electronics. …...

October 17, 2013

18 October 2013, Following Directions, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

Seen on Ms. Lane’s SLP Materials Blog, posted to Pinterest and then shared on Instagram – This worksheet has been wildly popular with hundreds of repins, likes and shares! These “before” and “after” temporal directions have a Halloween theme. For example:…...

October 17, 2013

18 October 2013, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: The Washington Times] Photo by: Bebeto Matthews: Christopher Astacio reads with his daughter Cristina, 2, who recently was diagnosed with a mild form of autism, in her bedroom on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, in New York. Autism cases are on the rise again, largely…...

October 17, 2013

"Tip or Resource", 18 October 2013, Article, Book Review, Halloween, Newsletter

[Source: The New York Times] For parents, the scariest thing about Halloween is the lurking question: When kids choose their Halloween costumes, are they choosing their alter egos — or revealing their true selves? In two new picture books, “Crankenstein,” written by…...

October 17, 2013

18 October 2013, Newsletter, OT, Psychology

[Source: Science Daily] If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! That’s easy enough for children to figure out because the emotion matches the movement. But when feelings and reactions don’t align, can kids tell there’s something wrong? New research…...

October 17, 2013

18 October 2013, Early Intervention, Newsletter, OT, Preschool, PT, SLP

[Source: New York Times] by Randy Hoder A decade or so ago, when it was time to send my children to preschool, it never occurred to me to do anything else. For an upper-middle-class family like mine, enrolling my kids in a…...

October 17, 2013

18 October 2013, Article, Newsletter, SLP

by Melanie Feller, M.A., CCC-SLP I will not say “use your words.” There are lots of ways to communicate. I will not tell you to have quiet hands, a quiet mouth, or a quiet body. Please feel free to move them all as…...

October 16, 2013

News, Newsletter, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Writing instruction in U.S. classrooms is “abysmal” and the Common Core State Standards don’t go far enough to address glaring gaps for students and teachers, a Michigan State University education scholar argues. In a new study, Gary Troia…...

October 16, 2013

18 October 2013, News, PT

[Source: Michigan Tech News] Walking is tricky business, as any toddler knows. And while most artificial feet and limbs do a pretty good job restoring mobility to people who have lost a leg, they have a ways to go before they equal…...