OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FIELDWORK TOOLKIT A list of important items for all your fieldwork and professional needs. 1. Range of Moti...
Connecting with bloggers from the occupational therapy world and related industries can be a great way to breathe new life into your own OT practice. Once you find the best OT blogs for you, I recommend signing up for their mailing lists.
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research that compared two different handwriting interventions. Seventy two first and second grade students either received intensive handwriting practice or visual perceptual motor activities during a handwriting club for 12 weeks. The post test results indicated the following: the intensive handwriting practice group demonstrated significant improvements in handwriting legibility neither group showed significant effects on handwriting speed and visual–motor skills The researchers concluded that the handwriting club model can be an effective short term intervention for RTI Tier II. Reference: Tsu-Hsin Howe,Karen Laurie Roston,Ching-Fan Sheu,and Jim Hinojosa. Assessing Handwriting Intervention Effectiveness in Elementary School Students: A Two-Group Controlled Study Am J Occup Ther January 2013 67:19-26; doi:10.5014/ajot.2013.005470
I don't know about you, but I am always looking for great resources to use in my occupational therapy practice. I have a love for researching and staying
Looking for occupational therapy quotes to share on social media, pin-up in your office, or just refresh your OT spirit? These inspirational OT quotes are for you!
In-hand Manipulation refers to the ability to move and position one or more objects within one hand without using the other hand to assist. Below, are explanations of the terminology often used for In-Hand Manipulation Skills. In-Hand Manipulation Examples: Translation: Refers to the linear movement of the object or objects from
These attention activities cover various types of attention: divided attention, sustained attention, selective attention and more.
[Source: Medical News Today] Because dyslexia affects so many people around the world, countless studies have attempted to pinpoint the source of the learning disorder. Even though dyslexia is defined as a reading disorder, it also affects how a person perceives spoken language. It is widely known that individuals with dyslexia exhibit subtle difficulties […]
Is your child still drooling? Learn about the reasons why, and how oral motor exercises and other therapy interventions can help decrease drooling.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FIELDWORK TOOLKIT A list of important items for all your fieldwork and professional needs. 1. Range of Moti...
Avi Glick, Director of Preparing Adolescents and Adults for Life (PAAL), presented information about his program at the 2012 Closing the Gap Conference in Minnesota last week. Attending his present…
