Learning at Home

For Parents with Children with Disabilities

PT/OT Ideas for Home

http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/

IDEA Information on School Based PT/OT

http://www.pediatricapta.org/consumer-patient-information/pdfs/09%20IDEA%20Schools.pdf

School PT vs Medical Based PT

http://www.tacanow.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/medical-vs-educational-model.pdf

Parent Friendly Information on Disabilities

http://www.canchild.ca/en/

Summer Camp Ideas for Children with Physical Disabilities

http://www.massresources.org/adaptive-sports.html

General Parent Links

1) Different ways to move around the house from animal walking to playing with bean bags. Many different ideas to get kids to explore their environment and how to move around it.

Gross Motor activities for Preschoolers (ages 3-5)

http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/10-great-gross-motor-activities-preschoolers/

Gross Motor Activities (ages 2-3)

http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/gross-motor-skills-10-activities-2-3-year-olds/

2) W-Sitting: How "W" Sitting may impact development:

http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/child-development-w-sitting-revisited/

http://www.littlethings.com/dangers-of-w-sitting-v2/?utm_source=shrd&utm_campaign=health&utm_medium=Email

3) Core and Upper Extremity Weakness is Related to Lack of tummy Time

It's not just for toddlers. All Kids a=can benefit from some "tummy time". Be it while reading a book, watching TV, or playing a video game, time spent on your stomach propped up on your elbows will help to build core strength and postural strength in your shoulder blades. This strength will help kids sit up tall and not slouch.

http://yourtherapysource.com/blog1/?p=1839

4) Why Children Can't Sit Still, Children Need to move in Order to Learn

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/08/why-so-many-kids-cant-sit-still-in-school-today/

5) One of my favorite websites that provides information about development and ideas for fine motor, gross motor and sensory play activities.

http://theinspiredtreehouse.com/ - A great link for ideas around the house, both movement based and fine motor based activities for kids. Also a great source for child. development.