CanChild, Centre for Childhood Disability Research has published a great flyer to provide to physical education teachers of students with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Then hand out explains DCD, describes the symptoms, and offers teaching tips. Check it out below or here.
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology published research on the use of a wrist and thumb brace on bimanual activities in children with hemiplegia cerebral palsy. Twenty five children with spastic hemiplegia cerebral palsy (with mild to moderate hand deformity) performed bimanual activities wearing a brace and not wearing a…
“In today’s ever changing healthcare environment with declining reimbursement we found our practice after 9 years on the edge of disaster. Referrals had declined, we were locked into two low paying contracts and our office morale was at an all…
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The Spring 2011 issue of Pediatric Physical Therapy published an interesting study on the use of supramalleolar orthoses and how they affect upper extremity use. Seventeen children with Down Syndrome were divided into two groups of treadmill training – one group of children wore supramalleolar orthoses and the other group…
Gone are the days of paperback novels, letter writing and printed bank deposits. We are in the digital age and access to everything is a smart phone or a click away. Whole industries have reinvented themselves online, creating immense benefits…
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Shoulder instability is a common pathology encountered in the orthopedic and sports medicine setting. But “shoulder instability” itself isn’t that simple to understand. There exists a wide range of symptomatic shoulder instabilities from subtle recurrent subluxations to traumatic dislocations. Nonoperative rehabilitation is commonly utilized for shoulder instability to regain previous…
NAEYC.org has published a great hand out on increasing physical activity for preschoolers. It includes 12 simple tips on how to encourage preschoolers to move. For example: hang pictures on the wall of children moving, use regular objects in the classroom for movement play, teach children how to use different…
Manipalooza is on May 21-24, 2011 at University of Colorado, Denver. It’s a 4 day festival of hands on learning in manipulation, soft tissue techniques and pain management strategies. New topics for 2011 including “Mobilization with Movement,” “Temporomandibular Management, “Advanced…
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Recently, Pathways Awareness conducted a survey of 500 members of AOTA, APTA, NDTA and ASHA (basically OT, PT and Speech). The results of the survey indicated that 68% of the therapists had evaluated or treated 3-8 year old children who had been previously misidentified as having a learning disability or…
I read about this handwriting font that you can create for free over at the iLearn Technology blog . Basically, PilotHandwriting will generate a font for you to type based on your own handwriting. It is very simple to do. Go to PilotHandwriting . Watch the video and print…