Core strength and Handwriting The Connection Between Core Strength and Handwriting Skills Kimberly Addon, MOT, OTR/L Occupational therapists frequently assess and treat challenges with fine motor skills, including handwriting. Since handwriting is a skill that involves the hands, one might assume that an occupational therapist would focus entirely on a child’s hand strength and …
Co-Regulation as a Tool for Fostering the Development of Self-Regulation Skills Written by: Kimberly Addon, MOT, OTR/L Disappointments, frustrations, disagreements, stress. These are all factors that we aim to protect our children from, but inevitably, our children will have to face these things and having a toolbox of self-regulation skills helps our children be equipped …
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Sensory Processing Screening Tool for Physical Therapists: A Case Study As I began my busy week of physical therapy treatments this week, a baby and her mother came in for her third PT session. We will call her Sarah. Sarah is a 6 month old baby that came to me because there was a …
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Written by Dr. Erica Martin PT, DPT, PCS When children walk on the balls of their feet, without the heels touching the ground, or on their tippy toes, this is referred to as toe walking. Many children will walk on their toes and it is normal and those children usually stop. Others will toe …
Wrapping up Cerebral Palsy Month It is the last week of Cerebral Palsy month and to wrap up this month we want to highlight our approach to treatment when working with children with Cerebral Palsy as it can take on many forms. Our treatment is with a multimodal approach; we use updated evidence-based interventions. …
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Multimodal Approach to Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy Written by Dr. Mirav Newman, PT, DPT In my 20 years of practice as a pediatric physical therapist, I have seen many changes in the intervention strategies for children with cerebral palsy. I recall my professors in PT school talking about my “therapy tool box”. This …
March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month. We want to celebrate the warriors: children with Cerebral Palsy (CP), who every single day overcome tremendous obstacles. After working with children with CP and their families for over twenty-years, I find myself reflecting this month in particular. There are so many topics that come to mind. For one, …
Access The Coordination Questionnaire (DCDQ) here for ages 5-15. For the Little Questionnaire, the site requests a $50 fee, ages 3 and 4. The test publishers report good psychometrics (overall sensitivity = 85%; overall specificity = 71%) and recommend only sending page 1 and page 2 to parents for completion. Page 3 is the scoring …
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Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) What is DCD? Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is as a neurodevelopmental disorder with an early onset. It presents with motor performance deficits, difficulty in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) and participation restrictions in social settings which are not better explained by any intellectual disability, visual impairment or any neuromotor conditions …
Treating Children with Hypotonia with Physical and Occupational Therapy Depending on the cause and severity of hypotonia, treatment may vary. However, early and skilled treatment (physical, occupational and speech therapy) will minimize long-term impairments due to hypotonia and provide the best outcomes. When treating hypotonia with physical and occupational therapy, the primary objective is to …
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