Blind Babies Play Program: a Model for Affordable, Sustainable Early Childhood Literacy... - 1 views
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Driving Characteristics of Teens With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Autism Spectr... - 0 views
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bertholdm on 03 Nov 14Drivers with ADHD, Autism or both diagnosis are at a higher risk for accidents due to right-eye visual acuity, selective attention, visual-motor integration, cognition, and motor performance. This study found that they made more errors on the driving simulator pertaining to visual scanning, speed regulation, lane maintenance, adjustment to stimuli, and total number of driving errors. This article mentions that because of this, kids with ADHD/Autism or both need a driving specialist prior to getting behind the wheel.
Visual Rehabilitation: Promoting Sight, Self-Care, Safety & Success - 0 views
http://bianj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015seminar_9higgins.pdf This is a great Powerpoint presentation that discusses the role of OT in visual rehabilitation. It discusses various visual def...
Assessment of the Visual Status of Older Adults on an Orthopedic Unit - 0 views
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The purpose of this article was to examine the visual status of older adults to determine their level of available vision to complete their everyday occupations. This article found that visual impairment is extremely common among older adults and visual screens should be regularly conducted by occupational therapist to fully understand the client's barriers to occupational performance.
Improving outcome in stroke patients with visual problems - 0 views
https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article/35/6/560/14629/Improving-outcome-in-stroke-patients-with-visual This article discusses several visual issues that may arise in patients s/p CVA. It gives a ...
Occupational Therapy Effects on Visual-Motor Skills in Preschool Children - 0 views
https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1869416&resultClick=3 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the assumption that preschool children who receive occupational therapy will demonstrat...
Visual Perceptual Skills - 0 views
https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ot/visual-perceptual-skills/ Great resource that breaks down visual perceptual skills and also includes activities to implement to work on specific visual perceptua...
Visual Motor Connections - 1 views
This article talks about visual motor connections with tracing, handwriting, and typing. The researchers investigated functional connectivity by analyzing BOLD data obtained from 4 to 6 year-old ch...
Workplace Discrimination and Visual Impairment: Still a Concern After the Americans Wit... - 0 views
https://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=2636342&resultClick=3 People with visual impairments experienced workplace discrimination, yet most of the charges were not substantiated by the Equal ...
Utility of an Occupational Therapy Driving Intervention for a Combat Veteran - 0 views
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This study aims to discover the impacts of an occupational therapy driving intervention with returning combat veterans. A single-subject design with three phases was used and conducted by a certified driving rehabilitation specialist. The three phases included a baseline pre-test, intervention with three 1-hr training sessions, and a post-test. Participants were recruited from several VA clinical in northern Florida. Inclusion criteria for participants included service in OEF or OIF, presence of a mTBI or orthopedic injury with PTSD, participation in driving prior to medical condition, valid driver's license residence in community, score of a least 24/30 on Mini-Mental State Examination. Outcome measures included the OT-CDRS and Optec 2500 for visual abilities, Useful Field of View for visual attention and processing speed, MMSE for general cognitive abilities, Trail-Making Test Part B for shifting, foot tap test for peddle control in car and right lower extremity ROM. One subject was selected and showed improvements in outcome measures. The subject showed improvements in visual search skills post-intervention. Patient also showed improvements in his appropriateness of searching skills post-intervention. Patient was also shown to improve on his on-road communication skills and recognition of need to inform other road users of intended actions. Although there were improvements in the veterans driving abilities, the threats to internal validity pose limitations to the study. The investigators intend to use data and address limitations in the hopes of conducting a random-controlled trial with more participants.
Evidence Based Practice Website for children with autism - 0 views
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I found this website that works to promote the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. I found in particular some evidence on how effective visual supports are in early childhood settings. There was a study completed that found visual supports to reduce transition time, increase on-task behavior, as well as increase task engagement and social interaction.
The Effectiveness of iPad Handwriting Applications in Improving Visual-Motor and Handwr... - 0 views
Jennifer Dessoye, OTD, OTR/L, Chelsey Converse-Korhonen, MS, OTR/L, Lindsey McLaughlin, MS OTR/L, Shannon McSweeney, MS, OTR/L, Cathryn Steinhoff, MS, OTR/L; The Effectiveness of iPad Handwriting A...
Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Visual and Visual-Perceptual Impairments to I... - 0 views
http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.proxy01.shawnee.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=83e7d425-3e14-4494-9807-89419b7a1aa0%40sessionmgr4006 This systematic review looks at the different interventions th...
The OT Toolbox: Visual Motor Skills - 0 views
http://www.theottoolbox.com/p/visual-motor-skills.html Great resource for explaining visual motor/perceptual skills with a list of several activities to implement for treatment
Research Opportunities in the Area of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury | American Jou... - 0 views
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This article provides a summary by AOTA's Evidence-Based Practice Project of current evidence available in multiple areas which OT is involved with adults with TBI. By providing a summary of the current evidence available, OTs looking to be involved in research can use this information to create new research questions and see in which areas more evidence is needed to support OT. The areas summarized include arousal and alertness of people in a coma, motor function, cognitive impairment, visual-perceptual impairment, psychosocial/behavioral/emotional impairments, areas of occupation, and social participation.
Keyboarding without tears - 1 views
In the school setting, such as my current fieldwork placement, educational goals (as in IEP's) that involve technology are becoming more predominant. I have worked with students supporting technolo...
Effectiveness of School-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention on Handwriting - 1 views
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In this study, 38 students between the ages 7-10 who showed poor handwriting legibility were observed over the course of one school year. 29 of the students received regular occupational therapy services, 9 received no services. Each student was evaluated at the beginning and end of the school year in the areas of Visual-motor, visual-perception, in-hand manipulation, handwriting legibility, and speed. Students who received occupational therapy services showed more improvement in in-hand manipulation, position in space scores, and handwriting legibility scores than those students who did not receive occupational therapy services. Students who received occupational therapy services increased legibility with an average of 14.2%. Students who did not receive occupational therapy services increased legibility with an average of only 5.8%. However, students who did not receive occupational therapy services had more improved handwriting speed than those who did receive services. Overall, one may conclude that students with poor handwriting legibility who receive occupational therapy services will improve their handwriting legibility skills but not necessarily their ability to write with increased speed. During my fieldwork experience in the school system I was able to work with many students on handwriting goals. Regular occupational therapy can greatly improve a student's handwriting abilities. I saw positive results with many of my students after only 12 weeks of intervention.
The Effectiveness of iPad Handwriting Applications in Improving Visual-Motor and Handwr... - 0 views
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This study provides evidence that supports the use of iPad applications as an intervention to increase fine motor and visual-motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Psychosocial: Occupational Therapy and Autogenic Training - 0 views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQHB7wb0Dn8 This is an autogenic training video created specifically for occupational therapists. Autogenic techniques involve repeating a set of visualizations to ...
Occupational Therapy and the Person With Diabetes and Vision Impairment - 0 views
As many as 13 million people, or 5.2% of the U.s. population, have diabetes. Because other common complications secondary to diabetes include cardiac problems, stroke, amputations, kidney failure, ...