Latest Occupational therapy Stories
PLAYTIME is featuring high-quality play areas at the world’s largest gathering of play therapy professionals. Denver, CO (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 PLAYTIME, the global provider of interactive, soft play areas, will join more than 1,000 child life specialists from around the world in promoting play therapy at the 31st Annual Child Life Council Conference, May 16-19, 2013 in Denver, CO. Child life specialists are experts in child development, promoting effective coping skills through play and...
Online speech therapy service takes Best Multi-Level Special Education category San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy services for K-12 students, was recently awarded a 2013 Best Educational Software Award (BESSIE Award) from The ComputED Gazette. The 19th annual award program named PresenceLearning as the winner of the best Multi-Level Special Education category. “Our online speech therapy platform fills the gaps in special...
Cynergy Ergonomics now provides multi-functional commercial aircraft fuselage panel manipulator for manufacturing and shipping areas. St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 Cynergy Ergonomics is now providing multi-functional commercial aircraft fuselage panel manipulator for manufacturing and shipping areas. As more and more aircraft manufacturers make the switch over to all-composite designs, they are faced with the monumental task of lifting and manipulating full-size fuselage panels. To...
LANGHORNE, Pa., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Woods, celebrating 100 years as a leading advocacy and service organization for people with exceptional challenges and disabilities and complex needs, is pleased to announce it has received a $1 million grant from The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation for the renovation and addition to the Stabler Center for Vocational and Cognitive Services at Beechwood NeuroRehab. The project will enable Beechwood NeuroRehab to...
It’s time to get out the big hats and glad rags. This Saturday is the annual Boulder Derby Party to benefit the Colorado nonprofit Front Range Hippotherapy. Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 This weekend is the 139th renewal of the Kentucky Derby and with it is the 2013 Boulder Derby Party. The Boulder Derby Party benefits Front Range Hippotherapy, a Colorado 501c3 organization in the Boulder/Longmont area, that provides physical, occupational and speech therapy for individuals...
Author and stroke survivor Jeff Kagan is writing a book called “Stroke Recovery Stories” to help new stroke survivors. Share stories of survival and recovery to offer hope and encouragement to others. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Stroke survivor Jeff Kagan is writing another book called Stroke Recovery Stories. He wants to help new stroke survivors understand what the next few years of recovery will be like and offer them hope and encouragement. His first book is called Life After...
Managing patients with neck pain and headaches can be confusing and frustrating for clinicians. North American Seminars introduces a new online continuing education course that provides a treatment based classification to streamline clinical decision making and care planning for patients with cervicogenic headaches and neck pain. Franklin, TN (PRWEB) April 28, 2013 Cervicogenic headaches refer to headaches of cervical origin. These types of headaches are difficult to diagnosis and treat...
Infogrip Launches Beamz Classroom at American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Trade Show in San Diego April 27th-29th, 2013 Scottsdale, Arizona (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Beamz Interactive, Inc. (OTCQB: BZIC), a music product and technology company, announced today a new partnership with assistive technology, special education and ergonomics experts, Infogrip. Infogrip is now carrying Beamz Classroom, an education-specific offering that uses music to drive learning and includes...
HAWTHORNE,Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Systems Technology Inc., a worldwide leader in driving simulation technology, announced today that they will be demonstrating the new STISIM Drive®-OT driving simulation software and their next generation console design at the AOTA conference in San Diego on April 24-28. STISIM Drive®-OT is designed for patient Assessment and Occupational Therapy applications. STISIM Drive-OT is specifically engineered to facilitate the diagnosis,...
Continuing education provider HomeCEUConnection.com adds several new continuing education packages tailored to meet the specific requirements of licensed massage therapists across the US. Plano, TX (PRWEB) April 18, 2013 To help meet the diverse continuing education requirements for licensed massage therapists, NCBTMB approved provider HomeCEUConnection.com now provides a selection of flexible and cost-effective educational packages through their website. The packages contain a...
