Movement Activities
Gross motor and sensory integration activities for home, clinic, and classroom: games, obstacle courses, heavy-work routines, and short movement breaks using pediatric therapy equipment.
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Ways to Play: Designing Sensory Integration Based OT Sessions
Pediatric occupational therapist Robin Hellmann shares the repeatable treatment sequence she uses to prepare a child's body and brain for functional tasks: deep pressure, heavy work, prone extension, and supine flexion. A practical session for OTs and related practitioners who work with children with sensory processing and motor challenges in clinics, schools, homes, and sensory gyms.
Robin Hellmann, MA, OTR/L
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Article
Indoor Recess Ideas: Three Movement Stations for Rainy Days
A former teacher's plan for indoor recess: three 2- to 3-minute movement stations built from a few small tools that set up on closed-loop classroom carpet.
Maribeth Johnson
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3 min read
Article
How Do I Fit Therapy into Our Already Busy Schedule?
Therapy homework doesn't need hours or a clinic. A parent shares how 3-to-10-minute pockets of everyday play became her son's most effective practice.
Maribeth Johnson
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4 min read