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Lifestyle > Recreation
Adapted Physical Education: What Schools Must Provide
...social demands prevent participation Intellectual disabilities that affect motor planning, coordination, or understanding game...demands prevent participation Intellectual disabilities that affect motor planning, coordination, or understanding game...
Lifestyle > Recreation
Dance Classes for Children with Down Syndrome
...intention and execution: low muscle tone, motor planning delays, balance challenges....execution: low muscle tone, motor planning delays, balance challenges. Dance...hypotonia, ligament laxity, and delayed motor planning. Dance addresses all three....ligament laxity, and delayed motor planning. Dance addresses all three. Repetitive...
Lifestyle > Art
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
...activities to build fine motor skills, hand strength,...materials require the same motor patterns kids need for...project, so they tolerate the motor challenge embedded in...goals simultaneously: fine motor control, sensory processing,...sensory processing, visual-motor integration, and executive...and executive function (planning, sequencing, problem-solving)....
Assistive Tech > Virtual Assistants
Bedtime Routines with Smart Home Automation for Children with Autism
...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...it. They're acting on their own behalf. Voice control removes the motor planning barrier that physical switches and app interfaces introduce. Your child...
Therapies > Music
How to Pay for Music Therapy: Insurance, Medicaid Waivers, and Grant Programs
...a physician writes an order for music therapy to address speech delays, motor planning, or emotional regulation, the service itself falls outside the...physician writes an order for music therapy to address speech delays, motor planning, or emotional regulation, the service itself falls outside the diagnostic...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language....disorders (patterns of sound errors), and childhood apraxia of speech (motor planning difficulty that affects speech sequencing) all fall here. Language. Receptive...
Research > Funding
Where Research Dollars Go: Understanding Funding Gaps Across Disability Conditions
...to lifespan or adulthood research. The rest funded early intervention, motor development, and pediatric outcomes. For families planning long-term care...early intervention, motor development, and pediatric outcomes. For families planning long-term care into adulthood, that 2.3% represents the entire knowledge...
Health > Diagnosis
The Neuropsychological Evaluation: A Complete Guide for Parents
...information. It tests memory, attention, problem-solving, language, and motor skills through standardized tasks. The resulting report identifies specific...identifies specific strengths and weaknesses that inform diagnosis, treatment planning, and school accommodations. For many families, it's the diagnostic step...
Career > Finding Jobs
From Assessment to Offer: Using Vocational Evaluation to Find the Right Job Match
...disabilities, this sequence matters more than it does in standard career planning. A role that looks manageable on paper may become unsustainable under real...additional support might improve outcomes. Physical capacities. Stamina, fine motor skills, lifting requirements, mobility factors, and anything that determines...
Therapies > Speech
Speech-Based Activities for Kids with Apraxia
...apraxia of speech (CAS), is a neurologically-based motor speech disorder in which children know what they...repeat, repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that...repeat! Movement repetitions build strong motor planning/programming/gestures. Can you say that again?...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Ask the Development Doc: Play Dates for Autism
...obstacles to knowing how to play well with other children can include poor motor planning. This is where children literally have no internal map as to what...to knowing how to play well with other children can include poor motor planning. This is where children literally have no internal map as to what to do...
Assistive Tech > Hardware
Robotic-Assited Therapy for Cerebral Palsy
...Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto is planning the first ever clinical trial of robot-assisted...severity levels of cerebral palsy, a congenital motor condition. The machine, called a Lokomat Pro,...training helps stimulate and train the muscles for motor learning. The Lokomat works well by also providing...