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Occupational Therapy Insights

Apr 30, 2020

Concern over this new virus can make children and families anxious. While we don’t know where and to what extent the disease may spread here in the United States, we do know that it is contagious, that the severity of illness can vary from individual to individual, and that there are steps we can take to prevent...


Apr 30, 2020

The Whole Child Initiative is an effort to change the conversation about education from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long-term development and success of children. Through the initiative, ASCD helps educators, families, community members, and policymakers move from a vision...


Apr 30, 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created this activity book to offer parents and educators an interactive way to talk to kids about how to cope after a disaster. We hope you will encourage its use in your schools, communities, and families to help children talk about their feelings after a disaster,...


Apr 29, 2020

Children with Down syndrome (DS) have lower birth weights and abstract grow more slowly than children without DS. Advances in and increased access to medical care have improved the health and well-being of individuals with DS; however, it is unknown whether their growth has also improved. Our objective was to develop...


Apr 29, 2020

Occupational therapy practitioners are positioned to address driving and community mobility. Our philosophical underpinnings, clinical tools and focus on meaning and function, uniquely qualified occupational therapy practitioners to support driving fitness and community mobility. In this course, gain a...