Category Archives: Occupational Therapy

More Brain Break Resources

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Your Therapy Source is a rich website and blog with an incredible amount of therapy ideas, forms and research information developed by Margaret Rice. I admire her extensive resources and her blog which provides great ideas and research related to … Continue reading →

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Brain Break Resources for the Classroom and in Therapy

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Brain Breaks Research on the benefits of exercise on learning have long been established (Jensen, 2003; Medina, 2008). Brain breaks are just one form of those used in classrooms. Brain breaks have implications for students with special needs such as … Continue reading →

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Cursive Writing Wizard App – Gone Free!

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Familiar with the popular Writing Wizard app? It’s cursive counterpart – Cursive Writing Wizard app has just gone Free (for how long – it’s always a mystery)! Cursive Writing Wizard app (typically 3.99) for iPhone and iPad provides the same fun … Continue reading →

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Mazes Activities – Magnetic Maze Boards or an App?

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Maze activities have been a fun visual motor, fine motor coordination and spatial reasoning task for students. I especially enjoyed (and so did the kids!) the magnetic maze activities we used with students on 1:1 or as provided in play centers … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps for OT's, Bilateral Control, Early Childhood, Elementary School, Free apps, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Primary Grades, Visual Motor | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Back to School – Producing & Sharing Your Schedules

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Back to School Time! Creating and Sharing Schedules  After you have gathered schedules, one of the next important tasks is crafting your schedule and sharing it with the dozens of teachers, administrative staff for accountability. You will need to manage … Continue reading →

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Back to School for Therapists: Managing Paper Schedules – Tips and Tricks

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Back to School Tips and Tricks –  Managing Paper Schedules It’s back to school time for students as well as teachers and specialists. As I think about those days and what it takes to get the school year and schedules … Continue reading →

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Six Apps Every OTA Student Should Have

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Six Apps Every OTA Student Should Have As scooped from: http://otaonline.stkate.edu/blog/six-apps-every-ota-student/ Here is a back to school resource for OTA students from St. Catherine’s University in Virgina. The OTA Blogger shares “Six Apps Every OTA Student Should Have“, providing apps on assessment, intervention, … Continue reading →

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App Gone Free – Spiffy Photo Editor

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Spiffy Photo Editor app (iPhone/iPad; .99), a photo editing app is currently free. Although not a huge savings, if you are in need of an app to do some photo editing if creating or modifying a book or story for … Continue reading →

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OT’s with Apps for School Based Therapist- August 11 & 12

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

What’s in your OT mTool Kit?  Interested in functional ways to use your iPad as a tool in OT? Manage your iPad and student iPad for safety and focused use? Review apps for school based occupational performance using feature matching (handouts)? Explore apps … Continue reading →

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CyberChase Shape Quest App – A PBS Kids VR Perceptual Motor App

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

CyberChase Shape Quest free app developed by PBS Kids app for iPad and Android tablets providing a virtual reality games for ages 6-9. The app provides three games using geometry and spatial reasoning improve their problem solving skills. It is highly interactive, … Continue reading →

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