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Great site with handouts for pediatric activities. Great source for later, especially if you have a pediatric rotation for level 2 fieldwork.

This one is for the kiddos! This is just a store page that is selling products so its not the most informative but I do think this is a great way to get a visual idea of the various types of adaptive equipment that can be used in a pediatric setting.

Great list of tools from the AOTA that we can use for pediatric and geriatric patients. Even better, we can find them at the dollar store. Stock up on your next trip :)

As therapist we will probably have these awesome ideas on things we could do in therapy but are limited to a budget. Here are a bunch of therapy tools we can use that are super cheap!!

We've covered the benefits of tummy time in infancy in Pediatrics, but this article expands upon the benefits as children grow up. They had some good ideas how to incorporate tummy time into the classroom, and demonstrates how beneficial tummy time can be for adults. Maybe we can try it when we are writing papers this semester haha?

who remembers backward chaining from Neuro class? It applies to all ages. It can be very helpful with the pediatric population. It involves breaking down the steps in hopes of making a task easier. Great idea for all ages.

This site talks about burns in a pediatric setting. How to prevent, how to treat, and it discusses physical and emotional recovery.

This article from AOTA really hit home with me. My mom had a stem cell transplant in November of 2012, and it saved her life. Your immune system is severely compromised during a stem cell transplant, and because of that she had limited access to people, and places outside the hospital. My mom is an adult, and she had a hard time with the limited social interaction, so I can only imagine how hard it is for a child to go through a stem cell transplant and be able to play with their peers at school or at a playground. I know a lot of us will not deal with cases as severe as a stem cell transplant, but it is still encouraging to know that occupational therapy can help. The therapist in the article worked with the kids to make sure they did not develop muscle weakness, or lose ROM while they were in the hospital. This article really made me appreciate the holistic care that OT provides, regardless of your age.

I admit I found this on Pintrest, but I love this idea. If the child is advanced, they could even help put the maze together. The raised edges are a better cue than just drawn lines as well.

Nobody wants to focus on handwriting. hand strength is a common problem in OT pediatrics so here are some ways to make it fun. It can be done in therapy or shared with parents for fun at home. They are also organized into categories.

A Taiwanese designer named Sha Yao began her project in creating tableware for Alzheimer's patients due to her grandmothers deteriorating condition. She based her designs and color usage due to a study finding that the use of bright colors increased the amount of food and liquid consumed by patients. Every piece of the tableware is designed with dementia patients in mind. Some of the adaptive silverware and plates with lips should look familiar from our pediatrics class!

We've learned a lot about the importance for children with sensory processing disorders to receive OT in our pediatrics class this semester, but often when those disorders go untreated they persist into adulthood. This webpage discusses the ties that SPD in adults have to higher likelihood of anxiety and depression and overall poorer quality of life. The page discusses the importance of OT intervention in desensitization training, education, and reduction of any negative coping strategies developed by those adults. Very interesting read.