These toys to help with attention support the development of focus, working memory, and sustained attention through play.
Toe Walking Treatment Ideas for Children!
These occupational therapy interventions are OT activities for kids to help with child development of functional skills.
Toe Walking Treatment Ideas for Children!
Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.
In occupational therapy, play is the primary means for helping children achieve independence and development.
Teletherapy speech services for occupational therapy are becoming increasingly popular. We are proud to announce that we are offering teletherapy for occupational therapy. This is something that we have been working on and are proud to share with you. Contact us today to find out how it works and
These OT recommended activiteis build skills and encourage play using household items. Use everyday items found in the home to help kids build skills.
1001 Pediatric Treatment Activities: Creative Ideas for Therapy Sessions
Minimizing Challenging Behavior in Occupational Therapy Sessions. Tips, Strategies, and FREE Resources to develop rapport and positive relationships with the children in your life.
What is the difference between school based and clinic based pediatric Occupational Therapy services? A lot more than you might think!
I am always looking for ideas to shake up my OT treatments and try to get creative with activity tolerance activities, because it is just NOT functional or
Do any of you remember doing wheelbarrow races as a child? I do! I remember thinking it was hysterical that someone was holding my feet and I was racing someone else on my hands. Well, as much fun …
Toe Walking Treatment Ideas for Children!
Looking for occupational therapy activities using free or household materials? This list of OT activities supports development of OT goals.
If you’ve been following along with us for long, you know that I love to use every day items and recycled materials in play and learning activities. Today, I’m excited to share a free way to work on Visual Tracking Skills in kids. Recently, I wrote a post all about visual tracking skills in kids ... Read more
Today I am so excited to welcome Christie from Mama OT to share one of the must-have items in her therapy bag. If you are a reader of ...
This post may contain affiliate links.Play Doh Connect Four is a fun activity that was created by Marie Logan, an Occupational Therapist with UAB Pediatric Neuromotor Clinic. This activity is a great way to combine the benefits of using play doh, and the fun of playing connect four while working on hand, wrist, and forearm skills. ...
Practical Life activities ideas for Montessori Homeschooling suitable for toddler, preschool, kindergarten and primary children
Our recent post about the Tactile System described how we use touch to interpret information from our environment. Here are the 10 best tactile toys.
Have you started to notice that your child is walking on their toes while playing, walking around the house or out in the community? It may be something they do all the time or only a few times a day. Things to consider when observing your child: Are they on their toes every time they…
Learn fun, easy, and creative ideas for promoting developmental skills in kids that can be used in therapy, the classroom, or at home!
These OT recommended activiteis build skills and encourage play using household items. Use everyday items found in the home to help kids build skills.
This pediatric occupational therapy activity box is a fun way to store and sort occupational therapy supplies for kids in schools, in home occupational therapy services, or for the school-based OT who travels from building to building. Pediatric occupational therapy activities and tools can be be used as an occupational therapy activity tool too! Read ... Read more
Spring is around the corner and one of my favorite signs of the season are cherry blossoms! We made this cherry blossom fine motor and pattern activity recently. Practice fine motor skills and pattern math abilities with this easy spring activity, and for more fun Spring activities, be sure to check out the other cherry ... Read more
Try ARK's Animal Tips for the Z-Vibe, a charming addition to any oral sensory motor treatment plan. Each tip has a variety of shapes and textures.
Smooth pursuits, or visual pursuits are visual tracking skills needed for reading and daily functional tasks. Here is more information and ideas.
Pediatric teletherapy ideas. Pink Oatmeal has several resources to make your teletherapy sessions fun and that allow you to send home a program!
Abstract. OBJECTIVE. Pencil grasps other than the dynamic tripod may be functional for handwriting. This study examined the impact of grasp on handwriting speed and legibility.METHOD. We videotaped 120 typically developing fourth-grade students while they performed a writing task. We categorized the grasps they used and evaluated their writing for speed and legibility using a handwriting assessment. Using linear regression analysis, we examined the relationship between grasp and handwriting.RESULTS. We documented six categories of pencil grasp: four mature grasp patterns, one immature grasp pattern, and one alternating grasp pattern. Multiple linear regression results revealed no significant effect for mature grasp on either legibility or speed.CONCLUSION. Pencil grasp patterns did not influence handwriting speed or legibility in this sample of typically developing children. This finding adds to the mounting body of evidence that alternative grasps may be acceptable for fast and legible handwriting.
What is ADHD? Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that is characterized by difficulty paying attention, impulsivity, disorganizati ...
Not sure if your child has low muscle tone, also called hypotonia; check out this post: The Hypotonic Child I always consider getting the biggest bang for my buck. When children come to see me th…
Stimming or Stemming, kind of like tomay-to or tomah-to stems from repetitive self-initiated stimulation, and in the visual sense it can often be seen among children on the spectrum through the fol…
Learn fun, easy, and creative ideas for promoting developmental skills in kids that can be used in therapy, the classroom, or at home!
Sensory processing is a critical part of every child's development and is a function of the brain that stays with us for our whole life. Find out exactly what sensory processing is and when to be concerned about sensory issues.
What is pediatric occupational therapy? We encourage development, independence, and rehabilitation through the practice of everyday activities.
Fun tactile perception activities to help develop touch perception skills.
Whether you’ve got a sensory seeking, sensory avoidant, and/or sensory processing disorder kid, vestibular activities can be a powerful tool for calming and sensory regulation. Learn 45+ DIY vestibular exercises to try with your child indoors, and how to address the vestibular system through a sensory diet. Great for gross motor skills and occupational therapy ideas for at home, school, or the clinic.
Occupational Therapy for Down Syndrome Diagnosis, treatment, early intervenrtion, fine motor/gross motor activities, sensory processing
This massive resource on visual motor skills includes visual motor activities and a breakdown of all things visual motor integration.
This post may contain affiliate links.Dressing skills are the bread and butter of the Occupational Therapy profession, but not every setting or session is an appropriate time or place to have your client get dressed or undressed. I used to joke around with a Physical Therapist that we hoped our clients weren’t going to incorporate...
Digital Interactive Teletherapy resources and tools for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech therapists.
Draw a series of arrows. Standing, move your arms in the direction of the first arrow and call out that direction.
As many of you return to work or have started already, here are some tips for the upcoming school year: 1. Support your students - Whether the student's goal is a lofty one or a easy goal support the student 100% to achieve the goal. Maybe it is something the student really wants to achieve. Or perhaps a teacher feels it will benefit the student. Whatever it may be, if you do not believe that the student can achieve it he/she probably will not. Make it your goal to help them achieve their goals. 2. Be patient - Students learn at different paces. Make sure you give them time to respond. Whether it be to complete a functional task like dressing or to take a step allow them to initiate all movements or steps possible before you provide verbal or physical cues. 3. Model Appropriately - If you want students to perform a certain task a certain way try to model that task for them. If you can not model the skill see if you can get a peer or a video to demonstrate for the student. 4. Remember the goals - It can be hard to stay focused on a few goals when a student exhibits many needs. But, by focusing on certain skills you can provide more assistance in areas that the student, teacher and parents have indicated to be important. Therapists frequently catch glimpses of a student's daily routine so we need to rely on others to help to set the proper goals. 5. Ask for help - To repeat the sentiments in number 4, therapists catch a glimpse of a students day. Ask questions to the student, the teachers and the parents. The more informed you are regarding a student the more you can offer your expertise. Care to add any more tips to the list?
Toe Walking Treatment Ideas for Children!
