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Massage Therapists, Surgical Techs, & Occupational Therapy Aides
Take a look at three more rapidly expanding healthcare careers with short-term training requirements: Massage therapists, surgical technologists & Occupational therapy aides.
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Occupational Therapy
This article is designed to help you get familiar with occupational therapy and just what that can mean to you and your family.
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Occupational Therapy for Autism
Occupational therapists help individuals with an autism spectrum disorder improve both fine and gross motor skills plus address sensory processing concerns.
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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation can help improve the quality of life for the COPD patient.
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Wii-hab
Welcome to rehab. Grab your video game controller and let's get started.
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Building Handwriting Muscles
Memories of Playdoh: cookies, flowers, dinosaurs, and whatever you could dream up. Playdoh offers more for a child with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.
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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy is characterized by an inability to fully control motor function, particularly muscle control and coordination.
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Creativity and Healing
More and more, the medical field is becoming aware of the damaging effects that stress can have on an individual's health. Through creativity many are finding peace.
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Disabled Kids Jump Rope
What adaptations can be made for physically disabled kids to jump rope?
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Down Syndrome Baby Gifts
One of our readers wrote asking about gift ideas for her eight month old grandchild with Down syndrome.
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Multiple Sclerosis Guilt
Both MS patients and their loved ones suffer from different forms of guilt. This disease wants victims; don't fall into the trap. Learn to demolish guilt now....
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Parkinson’s Disease and CAM
CAM studies show promising results for people with Parkinson's Disease who use physical therapy, occupational therapy, Integrative Manual Therapy, OMT and Chiropractics.
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Playdough for Special Needs Kids
Fine motor skills as used in writing as well as vocabulary skills can be improved with play dough. Special educators and occupational therapists love play dough.
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Playing Ball w/ Physical Handicaps
A child with a physical disability can be a team player. Here are the game rules.
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Sensory Fun: Heavy Work Activities
Learn five fun ways to meet the needs of your child with sensory processing disorder. These heavy work activities are easy to do at home; get started today!
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Sensory Integration and Autism
Sensory integration therapy provides a unique way to help autistic individuals regulate their sensory systems.
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Sensory Integration Products
Sensory integration is difficult for many autistic children. Swings offer help with sensory integration
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Multiple Sclerosis and Fatigue
A major symptom for MS sufferers is fatigue. It can be from the disease itself, or a byproduct of depression.
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Sarcoidosis Treatment Options: Part I
Traditional Western, or allopathic medicine offers a variety of treatment options to control sarcoidosis symptoms. Finding the right combination of treatments and dealing with side effects can present challenges that sometime rival the symptoms.
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Sarcoidosis: My Mystery Revealed
Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory, multisystem disease that can affect any part of the body, often imitating other conditions and baffling consumers and physicians, alike.
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Special Needs for Summer School
Perhaps at your child's IEP meeting it was decided that he qualifies for summer school or extended school year. Consider these things before making the final decision.
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The 20 Fastest Growing Occupations
One important factor to consider in planning your career is the occupation's “outlook”. Here are the 20 fastest growing fields.
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