Table of Contents Your Therapy Source Digital Magazine January 2017
5 WAYS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY ........................................................................................................... 3 NECK AND TRUNK EXERCISES HELP WITH HAND FUNCTION AND VISUAL PERCEPTUAL SKILLS .................. 4 TWO KEY FACTORS TO HELP INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ................................ 6 VISUAL PROMPTS AND HANDWRITING ........................................................................................................ 7 MINDFULNESS AND YOGA FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN ..................................................................................... 9 IMPROVING GAIT SPEED IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY ................................................................. 10 SELF REGULATION SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER ......................................... 11 RESEARCH REVIEW ON HANDWRITING INSTRUCTION ............................................................................... 12 AQUATIC EXERCISE AND SLEEP IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ..................................................................... 13
BENEFITS OF PEER-MEDIATED INTERVENTIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY AND PEERS .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
PHYSICAL THERAPY TREATMENTS FOR CHRONIC CONSTIPATION IN CHILDREN WITH CP ........................ 16 DANCE IMPROVES FUNCTION IN YOUNG PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY ................................................ 17 6 TIPS TO DECREASE ANXIETY WHEN WRITING .......................................................................................... 19 BILATERAL COORDINATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN .............................................. 21 WILL MY CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY WALK ? ......................................................................................... 22 PERCEPTUAL REASONING , HANDWRITING AND AUTISM ........................................................................... 24 BLOCK PLAY AND SPATIAL AWARENESS ..................................................................................................... 25 RECESS AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS .......................................................................................... 26 TOP 10 BLOG POSTS FROM 2016 ................................................................................................................ 27 LESS MOVEMENT = HARDER TO READ FOR BOYS ....................................................................................... 28 THREE HANDWRITING GAMES TO PRINT AND PLAY .................................................................................. 29 STEP BY STEP TIGER CIRCLE SCISSOR PROJECT – FREE ................................................................................ 30 20 ALTERNATIVE SEATING PICTURE WORD CARDS .................................................................................... 31 PROPER POSITIONING FOR KEYBOARDING RUBRIC ................................................................................... 32 TROLL YOGA POSES ..................................................................................................................................... 33
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