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September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Fall, Newsletter, OT, Sensory

[Source: Crafty Morning] Acorns are always fun to play with in the fall so why not make some handprint acorns?! It’s a really easy craft that can be made at any age. This is our attempt which did not turn out perfect…...

Acorn Theme Ideas for Kids

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Special Education, Tip or Resource

[Source: Fun-A-Day] There’s just something about acorns that attract children. Every preschool class I’ve had has included a few (or more than a few!) “squirrels” set on collecting as many acorns as possible. My son went through this, too. I have to…...

Practical Life Skills – Nut Cracking

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Newsletter, OT, PT, Tip or Resource

[Source: Little Bins for Little Hands] Liam is always interested in trying out practical life skills types of activities, so I incorporated this one into our snack time. I had bought this cool wooden nut cracker some time ago but realized that…...

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Game, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The Playful OTter] To the untrained eye, this may look like just another dice game. But to a therapist it can be so much more. Occupational therapists, who are trained to look at the parts of the whole, may choose to play Go…...

Oh Nuts! A Free Game to Target S-Blends

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Articulation, Newsletter

{Source: The Dabbling Speechie via Teachers Pay Teachers] Thank you for downloading this FREE fall game! Included in this activity: Page 3: template for tree and squirrel Page 4: sheet of acorn nuts with numbers. Pick an acorn with a number 6,…...

September 18, 2023

[Source: Disability Scoop] The National Institutes of Health is considering changes to its mission statement amid concerns that the existing one furthers “ableist beliefs” that people with disabilities are “flawed” and need to be “fixed.” The nation’s medical research agency recently issued…...

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, Autism, News, Newsletter

[Source: Buffalo News] New research suggests a hearing test may one day help diagnose newborns with autism, a condition so daunting to pinpoint that it typically takes years. Researchers at two universities and the New York State Office for People With Developmental…...

Active Children Are More Resilient

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] The school year has hardly begun and the first exams are already approaching. According to findings by researchers from the University of Basel, school children cope better with the stress if they get plenty of daily exercise. “Get some…...

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Science Daily] Researchers from Radboud University and the UMC Utrecht have succeeded in transforming brain signals into audible speech. By decoding signals from the brain through a combination of implants and AI, they were able to predict the words people wanted…...

September 18, 2023

22 September 2023, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily] A study of twins shows that having a concussion early in life is tied to having lower scores on tests of thinking and memory skills decades later as well as having more rapid decline in those scores than twins…...