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Special Needs App of the Day: Look2Learn
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Look2Learn

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...adjust the size of the picture for individuals with fine motor or visual challenges. For those individuals...size of the picture for individuals with fine motor or visual challenges. For those individuals who...component, so it gives children with communication difficulties a voice. The developers worked towards a voice...
Special Needs App of the Day: Tap Tap Baby
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App of the Day: Tap Tap Baby

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...experience severe developmental delays and/or fine motor difficulties. It features a total of six...experience severe developmental delays and/or fine motor difficulties. It features a total of six games,...severe developmental delays and/or fine motor difficulties. It features a total of six games, including a...
Special Needs App: Dragon Dictation
Assistive Tech > Apps

Special Needs App: Dragon Dictation

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...is a handy app for children and adults who have difficulties with fine motor skills or learning disabilities...children and adults who have difficulties with fine motor skills or learning disabilities like dyslexia...children and adults who have difficulties with fine motor skills or learning disabilities like dyslexia or...
What is Dyspraxia
Special Needs > General Special Needs

What is Dyspraxia

By SpecialNeeds.com Editor
...Dyspraxia affects the fine motor skills, gross...affects the fine motor skills, gross motor...motor skills, gross motor skills, and development...tasks that include fine motor skills. Infants...that include fine motor skills. Infants...childhood, they have difficulties with other tasks...difficulty with fine and gross motor...with fine and gross motor skills, even into...
Adaptive Music Programs for Children with Physical Disabilities
Lifestyle > Recreation

Adaptive Music Programs for Children with Physical Disabilities

By Franklin Morris
...above the base, making individual notes isolatable for students with reduced fine motor control; lightweight percussion instruments manufactured specifically...base, making individual notes isolatable for students with reduced fine motor control; lightweight percussion instruments manufactured specifically for...
Adaptive Clothing for Dressing Independence
Lifestyle > Independence

Adaptive Clothing for Dressing Independence

By Nora Bloom
...these barriers through design choices that reduce fine motor demands without reducing independence. Magnetic...barriers through design choices that reduce fine motor demands without reducing independence. Magnetic...openings, and construction to match a child's current motor abilities. The modifications serve one purpose:...
Kitchen Safety and Cooking Independence for Teens with Disabilities
Lifestyle > Independence

Kitchen Safety and Cooking Independence for Teens with Disabilities

By Nora Bloom
...in an IEP meeting. But meal preparation is something different. It layers fine motor precision on top of sequencing, heat management, and time awareness...IEP meeting. But meal preparation is something different. It layers fine motor precision on top of sequencing, heat management, and time awareness all at...
Assistive Technology for Eating Independence
Lifestyle > Independence

Assistive Technology for Eating Independence

By Nora Bloom
...recovery, or limb differences face motor challenges that make standard...Each addresses a different motor challenge. Weighted utensils...children with shaky hands or poor motor control. The added weight stabilizes...weak hand strength or limited fine motor control. Foam tubing slips...hand strength or limited fine motor control. Foam tubing slips over...
Process Art vs Product Art for Children with Autism
Lifestyle > Art

Process Art vs Product Art for Children with Autism

By Gregory Simmons
...prescribed design. Both have value. Product art teaches following directions, fine motor control, and completing a multi-step sequence. But for autistic children...design. Both have value. Product art teaches following directions, fine motor control, and completing a multi-step sequence. But for autistic children...
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
Lifestyle > Art

Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills

By Gregory Simmons
...activities to build fine motor skills, hand...activities to build fine motor skills, hand strength,...materials require the same motor patterns kids need...so they tolerate the motor challenge embedded...goals simultaneously: fine motor control, sensory...simultaneously: fine motor control, sensory processing,...processing, visual-motor integration, and executive...
Bedtime Routines with Smart Home Automation for Children with Autism
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants

Bedtime Routines with Smart Home Automation for Children with Autism

By Leonard Thompson
...feels neutral to you may feel chaotic to them. The overhead light that's "fine" registers as too bright. The white noise machine you barely notice hits...and fix it. They're acting on their own behalf. Voice control removes the motor planning barrier that physical switches and app interfaces introduce. Your...
Why Your Child's Handwriting Struggles May Be an OT Issue (And What to Do About It)
Therapies > Occupational

Why Your Child's Handwriting Struggles May Be an OT Issue (And What to Do About It)

By Ivy Sullivan
...issue often traces back to foundational motor and sensory processing differences...hand. From there, the fingers execute fine motor movements with precision. Visual-motor...From there, the fingers execute fine motor movements with precision. Visual-motor...motor movements with precision. Visual-motor integration allows the child to translate...

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