At my fieldwork site we have many students who have tooth brushing goals. This article discusses the use of sensory strategies to increase participation in oral care for kids with ASD.
A large portion of the population diagnosed with autism have a co-diagnosis of epilepsy. This is not only a great website all around, but it also touches on autism and epilepsy.
Such a fun and informative website about Sensory Diets for children. An OT created this site along with the BrainWorks app when working with children who may need extra sensory supports throughout their days.
This pdf outlines the keyboarding standards for children grades K-8. We write a lot of goals for keyboarding at my fieldwork site and we use these standards to assist us in making an appropriate goal.
This study reviewed the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions used by occupational therapy practitioners to promote social-emotional development of children with or at risk for disabilities, ages birth to 5 years.
Many of my FW's evaluations involve the VMI. This discusses the VMI and attempts to determine if it is an effective measure for handwriting interventions, especially in the school system.
Parents are a huge part of interventions for children with ASD. This study discusses how effective these interventions are in regards to parental stress and self-efficacy, coping, and resilience and family participation in daily life and routines.
This is a generalized article discussing OT and how the profession uses environments and contexts to support clients' needs and to help them engage in meaningful occupations in their daily lives.
This is a big part of my fieldwork: supporting educators who teach children with ASD. This pdf gives helpful tips to teachers from OTs in order to create the most successful learning environment for the kids.
Interesting article on milestones for kids with Down Syndrome. Uses a large sample size and there is nothing out there like this!