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Hey, Where is the Pin For Discussion? - Pinned by @PediaStaff – Please Visit ht.ly/63sNt for all our pediatric therapy pins
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New Pin for Discussion: Favorite Special Needs Parents Blog? - THIS IS THE MASTER PIN! COMMENTS HERE PLEASE! (and read blog post under pin for the "rules")
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NEW PIN FOR DISCUSSION What is Your Favorite (FREE) Online OT, PT or School Psychology Resource? (if you are reading this somewhere other than the PediaStaff pinterest site, please visit the master pin here: ht.ly/9yPFW and comment there)
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New Pin for Discussion ‘Build a Lego Tower’ Game Board for OT/PT Objectives - What kind of great game can you make with this to advance motor, sensory and other OT/PT objectives? Lets have another contest between OTs/PTs and SLPs!
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Anne Zachry A fun perceptual challenge would be to have a "pre-assembled" lego formation/design for the students to copy. Whoever gets all of the pieces that they need and copies the design correctly first wins!
Barbara Smith If the kids really love this, try hiding the legos in containers filled with one type of tactile material such as sand, uncooked pasta, beans, styrofoam pieces- working on increasing tolerance for less rpeferred textures.
Jennifer Darnell Dermody Try to have the kiddos use tongs to pick up Legos for extra hand development practice. Kids love anything they get to do with LEGOS!
Tonya at Therapy Fun Zone I like the idea mentioned about copying a specific design. Often if a kid loves legos, then just building a tower is not going to be challenging enough for them. You could make the designs to be copied more and more complex.
Nancy Hart Disclaimer: I am a classroom teacher and not therapist but I do have an idea that you could expand on probably for SPL. My daughter participated in the Science Olympiad in Jr and Sr High. One of the challenges was to 1. send your partner out of the room. Build the design with legos on the given card. 2. your partner came back but you were separated with a barrier. 3 The partner had the same legos in front of her and the 1st partner had to give verbal directions to the one behind the barrier to make the same design. I hope that makes sense. I would be challenging but I'm sure you all could come up with modifications of that idea. Hope you don't mind my comment. I have a just one year old GD who is having hand surgery this month and I've been following for ideas to help with the OT she will need. I saw this post and thought of what her mother had done.
New Pinterest Pin for Discussion for OTs, PTs, SLP and School Psychogists: Let’s Brainstorm Social Problem Solving Situations/Scenarios. This is a repin. Comment on the MASTER PIN HERE: ht.ly/9gY1t
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**SOCIAL PTS*** - PT GOAL BANK ANYONE??? - @Lauren Drobnjak asks - "Do any of you are working school based PTs have a goal bank that you use or would you be interested in contributing to one? Our district has been audited and our administrators are making the goal writing process very difficult in terms of measurements. It would be nice to see how you all write goals that are functionally based and measurable...especially fr the severely involved that don't make progress and are dependent"
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Julia Hahn I work in home care but run into the same obstacle (most often dealing with Medicaid). I have patients that are making consistent progress, but due to their severe level of involvement and the fact that they remain dependent for most basic tasks (at least so far), I'm running into roadblocks and frequently having to write additional letters of medical necessity to defend my care plan. I think a goal bank is a great idea!
Starfish Therapies We don't use a goal bank. I have one kiddo who is very dependent but a lot of his goals are about training the para professionals. I have to make sure I write them in terms of him though. For example if its to train someone to help position him I write it 'Child will be properly positioned in their wheelchair throughout the day by his paraprofessionals who have been trained on repositioning and recognizing when to reposition, as measured by the skilled physical therapist, to allow for maximal attending and participation in the educational environment.' The wording may be a little different but that is how we do ones for highly dependent kids.
Pat Baumgartner I have used a goal bank out of Redmond Oregon. It was forwarded to me so not sure how to get to it, but you could try searching the school system there. It is okay for standard goals and is well organized. Has not been as useful for those complex or subtly involved kids.
NEW PIN UP FOR DISCUSSION for SOCIAL OTs and PTs -- Thanks @Starfish Therapies for the idea. Lets discuss all the different ways we can modify this idea for PT objectives!! Still need to sign up for the group? Click HERE: ht.ly/8MVe2
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Elaine Kasten You could add bowling pins to it and either have them kick them over or pick them up.
Mindy Stollenwerk Or push some weighted balls along in 4 pt, jumping to each number, put a balance board or some sort of inflatable and have them stand on it for a certain amount of seconds. Power chair users could use it as a maze (larger of course)
Kristin Clewell I've done this on a sheet so I can take it with me.
Kristin Clewell I have had 2 children take turns giving directions (i.e. 3 steps left) to walk through the maze. Also use a straw to blow a cotton ball through when crawling.
Tonya at Therapy Fun Zone I have used a similar one for following directions and writing down directions. Here is what I had done http://therapyfunzone.com/b...
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Sherry Bolt I have a question. How much fun should a physical therapy treatment be for a child vs. work?
PediaStaff on Pinterest Thanks for the Question... Just checking, are you a PT or a parent...
Sarah Kranz-Ciment I am a pediatric PT and work with really young kids: 0-3y/o. I would like to start a discussion about building upper body strength in this age child- some too young for wheelbarrow and similar exs. Any Ideas?
Melissa Skillern I am looking for examples of great functional goals that are measurable and most importantly fun!
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PediaStaff on Pinterest New Pin for Discussion! What is your favorite special needs parent written blog? Go to the Master pin at: ht.ly/9PeHd (and read blog post under pin for the "rules")
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Starfish Therapies We Can Do All Things, Love That Max
Lisa Kisner In no particular order-I could never pick one...they all are a favorite for some reason or another...: To the Max (http://www.lovethatmax.com/) Enjoying the Small Things (kellehampton.com) The Rocking Pony (http://therockingpony.blogs...) Fighting Monsters With Rubber Swords (http://www.schuylersmonster...) Diary of a Mom (http://adiaryofamom.wordpre...) Uncommon Sense (http://niederfamily.blogspo...) Caliegh's Corner (http://www.caleighscorner.com/) Bird On the Street (http://birdonthestreet.com/)
Carol Fast Testy but trying -http://testyyettrying.blog... from a mom who is also an SLP
Patricia Kauffman http://www.happybeingtrevy.... Just a down to earth mom dealing with catastrophic epilepsy.