The American Academy of Pediatrics and the CDC have created an excellent online tool to help parents/caregivers identify any motor delays in children under 5 years old! Click the link above to check out their page! The site lists… Read More ›
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Fun News Friday! – Caroline’s Cart is Rolling into Target Stores Nationwide!
Target will soon be having Caroline’s Cart in their stores starting March 19th! So what is Caroline’s Cart? Info from their website: Caroline’s Cart is a shopping cart created for special needs children. It provides parents and caregivers a… Read More ›
Helpful Website- Abilities.com and their Abilities Expo is coming!
Abilities.com is a great website with a number of great resources in addition to their wonderful Abilities Expos! Info from their site: Whether you are new to this dynamic and passionate Community or have been a card-carrying member since birth,… Read More ›
Fun News Friday! Highlighting a pediatric therapy clinic! – Dance Recital For Ballerinas With Disabilities Is So On Pointe-
Dance Recital For Ballerinas With Disabilities Is So On Pointe Highlights from the article: There’s a place for everyone on center stage. Young students at the Children’s Therapy Center in New Jersey gathered Tuesday for the school’s ninth annual ballet recital…. Read More ›
Fun News Friday! Prom for everyone!
Since it will soon be prom season for high school aged students, thought I would share a great article and videos about proms that are being thrown across the country for individuals with special needs. After researching Proms for people… Read More ›
Fun News Friday! BYU students make the world’s lightest, least expensive motorized wheelchair
Here’s an article and video about something that I hoped would be available soon since adapted equipment can get very expensive and it’s so challenging to get equipment approved and authorized. If this becomes widely available then it will also… Read More ›
Resources for Parents and Therapists- Firefly
I wanted to highlight a company called Firefly which has a great Special Needs Blog for parents and therapists, and they also announced today that they are now shipping their products to the United States! Firefly makes a few innovative… Read More ›
Fun News Friday! For Special-Needs Students, Custom Furniture Out of Schoolhouse Scraps
A rare informative article about a school physical therapist! Highlights from the article: Whenever Michael Konstalid visits a school, he makes sure to pay a visit to the basement. There, Mr. Konstalid, a roaming physical therapist for the New York… Read More ›
Fun News Friday! Why Babies Love (And Learn From) Magic Tricks
Here’s a great article along with audio discussing a study about something new about how babies learn. As a physical therapist, we learn a lot about motor learning and how one acquires a new skill or relearns an old skill…. Read More ›
In the News- Thula the Therapy Cat
Heartwarming Friendship Of A 5-Year-Old Girl With Autism And Her Therapy Cat Since I mostly post about how awesome dogs are for therapy and to help kids participate more with their peers, thought it was great to finally have an… Read More ›