Hello Everyone, …….not sure if anyone else out there has extended clinic/liability insurance through CAOT and are affected by the new change in broker. I was just going through the renewal process and it looks like I will be paying 150$$ more for the same coverage. If anyone else has been similarly affected by this please let me know, as I thought these changes were to reduce premiums??? Thanks.
Please comment below so that we can all contribute to the discussion.
Monday, 30 September 2013
In need of a Standing Frame
My name is Marissa and I am a Year 2 student in the University of Alberta OT program. I am completing a product evaluation for my final project, and am looking for a pediatric standing frame to utilize. I was wondering if there are any available in the Edmonton area. No damage will be made to the standing frame. I am also willing to travel to a facility, as I understand the frame will be difficult to transport. If anyone has any information with regards to how I can gain access to a standing frame, please feel free to email me at marissa1@ualberta.ca. Thank you!
Children's Autism Services of Edmonton Professional Development Opportunities
Please check out the following professional development opportunities provided by Children's Autism Services of Edmonton. A variety of workshops are available for fall 2013 fall as well as Introductory and Advanced SCERTS training is being offered this November for a very low rate.
Maier Centre Educational Calendar Fall 2013
SCERTS Registration form
Maier Centre Educational Calendar Fall 2013
SCERTS Registration form
Leanne Wong, MSc(OT)(C)
Occupational Therapist
Children's Autism Services of Edmonton
Email: leanne@childrensautism.ca
Occupational Therapist
Children's Autism Services of Edmonton
Email: leanne@childrensautism.ca
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
MFUN needed
Hi I am looking for an M-Fun to rent from an OT for this weekend, September 29/13. I would be able to come and pick it up and drop if off again from your location in Calgary. Does anyone have one available?
Thank you,
Dayna
PDMS needed
Hello my fellow OTs!
I know it's a busy time for all of us who are doing PUFF kids.
However I am in dire need of a Peabody assessment! Does anyone have one I can rent or borrow for a short period of time??
Thanks!
Rozmin
rjaffer7
I know it's a busy time for all of us who are doing PUFF kids.
However I am in dire need of a Peabody assessment! Does anyone have one I can rent or borrow for a short period of time??
Thanks!
Rozmin
rjaffer7
Thursday, 12 September 2013
Dance Class for Children with Special Needs in Edmonton Area
The Movement and Mobility Dance Class application deadline has been extended to September 18th.
Essentially this is a collaborative effort between Megan Archibald, pediatric Physical Therapist and the Beaumont dance school to provide opportunities for kids with motor
delays or other developmental delays to attend an extracurricular
recreation activity. Currently they are targeting the
preschool/kindergarten age group however they have received at least one
application for an older child and may consider different groupings depending on the applicants.
If you have families who might be interested in this
opportunity please share the attached application form with them and
encourage them to submit it as directed as soon as possible and to
disregard the deadline dates that are on it. They have just opened the
program up by providing this information to other school divisions (other than Black Gold Regional Division) via
their physical therapists and occupational therapists.
If you are
aware of a PUF student in your class they are the ones who are most
likely to fit in the program so as your kids start to arrive in your
classroom please keep this program in mind.
Please feel free to email Megan with any questions or concerns
Visual Impediments to Learning Article
Here is a link to the officially published article: Visual Impediments to Learning
Congratulations Dr. Boulet!
ABSTRACT
Cognition, learning, and motor planning are dependent upon accurate encoding of stimuli from the environment. If there is an error in, or an impediment to, sensory perception, higher cognitive functions, such as reading, memory, emotional awareness,and impulse control can be affected.
In schools, deficiencies of the visual process impede and impair reading acquisition and learning and influence other behavior. Children are affected by different types of functional impediments to eyesight and visual function. The degree to which children are impacted varies according to the depth and nature of the impediments present, and
to some degree to socioeconomic status. Some children are at a greater disadvantage simply because of the greater visual demands of the neo-traditional classroom.
These visual impediments to learning (VIL) are rarely detected in common sight screenings and are associated with limited socioeconomic success and increased criminality. Significant VIL limit academic and life outcomes, with some ethnicities affected by a greater prevalence of reading-impairing impediments. This presents difficulties for
various public agencies at all levels of government. To complicate matters further, children who are affected by vision difficulties will most often not report the problem, nor will VIL be detected during standard pediatric or psychoeducational assessment.
VIL are described in brief, as is how they alter children’s academic outcomes, health, and behavior. A model of sufficient vision care in the prevention and management of most vision-related learning and behavioral difficulties is proposed. The position is advanced that ensuring adequate vision management for children entering the 12-year academic cycle is a matter of fundamental human rights.
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Dr. Charles Boulet, BEd, BSc, OD
Developmental Optometry / Learning Consulting
Box 1289
Black Diamond, AB T0L 0H0
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