This is a guest post by Kimberly Z Syers OTR/L- BabyOT.com As a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, I work with children with tactile defensiveness on a daily basis. These children are hypersensitive to tactile (touch) stimulation and frequently find ordinary textures/touch sensations (like clothing tags, hugs or grass) to be overwhelming or even painful. These children[Read More]
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Sticker Squash Game
This is a game that was submitted by a therapist, Marie Logan, OTR/L. It is a simple game that is played on paper, and it is similar to the game Battleship. During the game, you work on eye hand coordination and hand positioning, challenge diffierent grasp, and work on visual motor skills. Set Up: •[Read More]
Handwriting Remediation Tips From the Size Matters Handwriting Program
Beverly Moskowitz has developed a handwriting program called Size Matters Handwriting Program and she has put together some quick tips that use her program’s concepts. You can find her program at Real OT Solutions. I have taken one of Beverly’s classes and it was full of good information and full of energy. I have incorporated[Read More]
Guess Who Clothespin Game
This is a guest post by Donna Abramson, OTR Opening and closing clothespins is a wonderful way for children to develop strength in the muscles of their hand, particularly the webspace – which helps them to hold the pencil with a correct tripod grip. Using clothespins also helps children to separate the radial and ulnar[Read More]
Go Baby Go Project gets little kids powered mobility
There is a Physical Therapy professor at University of Delaware named Cole Galloway who has a mission to get young children mobile, and uses ride on toys from Toys R Us. He modifies them to fit the child’s specific needs, and even incorporates some to their therapy goals to help with the device. The project[Read More]