How to Provide Proprioception: Using Resistive Fine-Motor Activities

Advertisements Squeeze, Push, Pull! Activities that involve squeezing, pushing or pulling provide proprioceptive sensory stimulation to the hand joints and…

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Trader Joe’s Cone Holder Insertion/Stacking Tasks

Advertisements I always thought that those orange holders at the Trader’s Joe store designed to clip onto the cart and…

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Using Reinforcement to Build Hand Skills

Advertisements What is Behavior Modification? A basic principle in shaping or modifying behaviors is that people want to repeat an…

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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Handwriting

Advertisements Handwriting is arguably one of the most difficult fine-motor skills a young child is required to learn. Not every…

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Fun and Effective Activities to Teach Buttoning Skills

Advertisements Dressing skills develop substantially during the 2nd year of life. They are wonderful bilateral activities! Repetitive, button manipulation activities…

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Developing the Tripod Grasp

Advertisements Just as a baby gradually develops more mature grasps (such as the pincer) to hold and manipulate objects, her…

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From Patting to Pincer

Advertisements A fetus’s nervous system enables her to kick, push and reposition while still snug inside the womb. After birth,…

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Treating Individuals with Self-Injurious Behaviors

Advertisements What is Self-Injurious Behavior? Many children and adults with and without disabilities engage in what is called self-injurious behavior…

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