For the last week of our The Sensory Path™ product series, I want to cover motor planning & sequencing! All of The Sensory Path’s™ products, even the individual elements, require motor planning & sequencing in order to use them. However, their full Sensory Path Packages, both indoor and outdoor, as well as their Learning Noodles […]
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This week our topic is core & lower extremity strength! There are loads of products from The Sensory Path™, individual elements & full Sensory Paths, that can serve as sensory physical therapy tools and are perfect for addressing core & lower extremity strength goals! One of my favorite ways to address core & lower extremity
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This week and over the next few I will be doing a series on The Sensory Path™ products and ways to incorporate them into treatment sessions or activities to address different goals. If you remember several weeks ago in PT Goal Setting for Students, we discussed PT goals and how a student’s goals enable us
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In my previous Blog, The Physical Benefits of Recess we discussed the various sensory systems of the body that relate to physical therapy and gross motor movement…. visual, vestibular, tactile, and proprioception! Physical therapists do not often directly treat sensory issues or dysfunctions as this is typically the role of occupational therapists. However, I want
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Let’s talk about the frequency & duration of PT services in the school setting! Service frequency means how often you will see the student for PT services. Service duration is how long the session lasts. If you remember all the way back to this post, we discussed some differences between school-based and medical based physical
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Let’s talk about setting physical therapy goals! In the realm of physical therapy, goals are set around deficits or impairments to achieve specific desirable outcomes. Goals help us track and measure progress with our students as well as help guide & direct our therapy sessions. There are many important criteria physical therapists consider & aim
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