Tag: Occupational Therapy
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Cutting Curves
When learning to cut curved lines, many children struggle with how far to open the scissors. Those little hands can have a hard time grading the finger extension required to open the scissor blades. One way you can help them is to wrap a rubber band around both blades about half way down the length…
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Visual Schedules
Many parents, teachers, and therapists are familiar with the Visual Schedule. Most people use the icons from programs such as Boardmaker, actual photographs of items, or labels from items. These are routinely laminated, cut out, and attached to a laminated sheet or board with Velcro. I wanted to share another option with you. I work…
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The Oh-So-Important-Pencil Grip (or maybe not?)
I have worked as a Pediatric OT for 18 years with 10 of them being in the school system. By far, pencil grip and handwriting (alone or combined with other areas of concern) are the biggest reasons for student referrals to OT in the schools. But try to tell a teacher or parent that, while the student isn’t…