Good Health and Self Regulation Skills at School. Elvonda

Self regulation skills at school require the ability to tolerate sensations, situations and distress and form appropriate responses.  Simply...

Good Health and Pretend Play Mask � Free. Elvonda

Practice scissor skills, coloring and imagination with this freebie to create owl and peacock masks with these pretend play masks for free! ...

Good Health and Scheduling for School Based Therapists is NOT FUN!. Elvonda

When back to school starts, school based therapists have to hit the ground running.  There is rarely time to organize supplies, review IEPs ...

Good Health and Playground Interventions to Help Young Children with Autism. Elvonda

Most children in the United States do not get enough physical activity per day including young children with autism.  When children do not g...

Good Health and Back to School Sale! New Products! New Collections!. Elvonda

For back to school this year, we are throwing a super sale!  The more money you spend, the more money you save.   And we have lots of NEW pr...

Good Health and Free Handwriting and Yoga Story App. Elvonda

Here are a few free app suggestions for pediatric OTs and PTs for 8/12/16.  This week there is a pretty simple and straightforward handwriti...

Good Health and 10 Free Back to School Printables and Forms for School Based Therapists. Elvonda

Good Health and Inspirational OT Starts Imprint Hope Foundation. Elvonda

About two weeks ago, I read an article about an occupational therapist who is starting up a foundation to help children with disabilities in...

Good Health and Back to School Handwriting Pages. Elvonda

Here are two free sample pages from the My School Handwriting Packet.   No matter what type of handwriting instruction methodology you are u...

Good Health and Movement Activities and Math Skills. Elvonda

The school year will be starting shortly for many of us.  Start the school year off with fun, purposeful activities that combine movement wi...

Good Health and Firetruck Fine Motor and Visual Motor Game. Elvonda

Download this freebie Firetruck Game to encourage fine motor and visual motor skills.  It is available in color and black and white.  Give e...

Good Health and Bladder and Bowel Control in Children with Cerebral Palsy. Elvonda

The Journal of Pediatric Urology published research on interviews regarding 346 children with bilateral cerebral palsy (BCP) to describe th...

Good Health and Cut, Sequence and Draw Trucks. Elvonda

Practice scissor skills, sequencing, glueing, following directions and drawing all with this one activity � Cut, Sequence, Paste and Draw Tr...

Good Health and Physical Exercise and Functional Outcomes in Children with ADHD. Elvonda

The Journal of Attention Disorders published a meta-analysis on the possible beneficial effects of exercise in alleviating ADHD functional ...

Good Health and Developmental Progression of Community Skills. Elvonda

The Functional Skills for Kids is a 12-month long series written by occupational and physical therapy bloggers on the development of 12 func...

Good Health and New Handwriting App � Handwriting Heroes Created By an OT. Elvonda

Handwriting Heroes is a new handwriting app developed by Cheryl Bregman who is an occupational therapist.  You may be familiar with her from...

Good Health and Sensory Processing Styles and Mindfulness. Elvonda

Mindfulness is the ability to live in the moment with an open mind and attention to the present.   In order to  live in the moment, one must...

Good Health and Summer Olympic Games Freebie Activity. Elvonda

The Summer Olympic Games are only a few weeks away!  This Summer Olympic games freebie activity, Find and Color , is a fun way to encourage...

Good Health and Homemade Play Dough Recipes and Activity Ideas. Elvonda

Pediatric therapists, parents and teachers use homemade play dough recipes daily. Here is a collection of fun ones from the Internet to expl...