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 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 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 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 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 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 Keep Calm and Do Yoga. Elvonda

Keep calm and do yoga .  No one can deny that yoga helps to calm children.  Hang up this reminder in your therapy room, classroom or yoga s...

Good Health and Concussion Guidelines for Returning to Activity and School for Children. Elvonda

As pediatric therapists we may be involved in helping children return to activity and/or school following a concussion.  Of course, you shou...

Good Health and Superhero Match Up Fine Motor and Memory Activity. Elvonda

Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet .  Print and laminate the page. Using ...

Good Health and 3 Free Animal Printables to Get Moving and Learning. Elvonda

Good Health and Effects of Car Seats on Infant Leg Movement. Elvonda

Nowadays, babies are spending more and more time in car seats.  Families are busy running to day care, extra curricular activities for sibli...

Good Health and Be Inspired � Motivational Tools for Pediatric Therapists. Elvonda

During this age of social media, we are bombarded with inspirational messages of which some hit home more than others.  I think this quote i...

Good Health and Why Do Children Need Opportunities to Use New Motor Skills They Learn?. Elvonda

During therapy sessions, we frequently break down activities into smaller parts or chunks to make it easier for children to learn new motor ...