by Joni Redlich, DPT Happy New Year! As we jump into the new year, many of us start the new year off with the tradition of new year’s resolutions. A popular resolution for the new year is getting healthy. Instead of setting a goal to lose weight, set a goal to add more movement into [...]
From Thinking To Doing: How to Help Children Develop Automatic Movement Skills
November 8, 2011 By
by Joni Redlich,DPT Children are very clever. When something is hard, many kids can think it out and use cognitive skills to overcome a sensory-motor challenge. This is a great compensation tool when necessary, but we want children to have automatic motor skills, so they can focus on listening, learning, and interacting rather than thinking [...]
Physical Therapy and SPD, The Sensory-Motor Team
October 8, 2011 By
by Dr. Joni Redlich October is both National Physical Therapy Month and National Sensory Awareness Month. Given the timing of both of these opportunities to increase awareness of both of these topics, I would like to explore the crossroads between Physical Therapy and Sensory Processing Disorders. In the Beginning When a baby is born they [...]
Uncovering Sensory Based Motor Disorders
October 4, 2011 By
by Tiffani Lawton, RN Since October is National Sensory Awareness Month AND Physical Therapy Awareness Month, it is a great time to introduce the very important connection between Sensory and Motor and how physical therapy can play an integral role in supporting sensory motor development. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants help individuals maintain, improve [...]
Enhance Learning and Development through TAAP
September 25, 2011 By
by Dr. Joni Redlich Treadmill For Students with Autism and Apraxia Protocol (TAAP) : A Novel Approach to Enhance Learning and Development TAAP is a visual motor exercise program developed by an experienced pediatric physical therapist named Debra Widmer-Reyes. As a student athlete, Debra had first hand experience of the positive effects of visual motor [...]
Keeping Exercise Alive During the School Year
August 8, 2011 By
The summer is speeding by and before we know it the first day of school will be here. Children face many transitions at the beginning of the school year. One lesser thought of transition is the dramatic shift between the amount of exercise children get over the summer compared to the typical school schedule. Transitioning [...]
Exercise Balls: What To Do With Them??
July 9, 2011 By
by Dr. Joni Redlich Exercise or therapy balls have been used in the therapy world for many years as a tool for core strengthening, developmental exercises, and for sensory stimulation. More recently they have popped up in gyms and people’s homes as an inexpensive, fun and dynamic piece of exercise equipment. What is the Right [...]
Solutions for Enhancing Service Availability
June 14, 2011 By
by Tiffani Lawton, RN Back in April for Autism Awareness Month, I shared Are You Happy with Services? 74% of individuals surveyed were displeased with regional services. Reasons cited included having to travel more than an hour away to access services and 3/4 of respondents were not happy with their access to medical care. Over [...]
Aquatic Therapy For Children: The Sensory-Motor Benefits
June 8, 2011 By
Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of all the therapeutic benefits of swimming and playing in the pool. Many children who have difficulty controlling their bodies for sports and gross motor activities will have success moving in the water. Its also such a calming and organizing sensory environment that it can provide a [...]
Aquatic Therapy For Children: The Sensory-Motor Benefits
June 8, 2011 By
by Dr. Joni Redlich Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of all the therapeutic benefits of swimming and playing in the pool. Many children who have difficulty controlling their bodies for sports and gross motor activities will have success moving in the water. Its also such a calming and organizing sensory environment that [...]
