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Katherine Collmer

@OTchic

Pediatric Occupational Therapist who is Handwriting Obsessed! Writing is my Workout and Reading is my cool down!

 Nice and Warm Arizona!
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Joined September 2009
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12 Days of Gifts- WOD: JOYFUL youtu.be/9wxOotydi50 via @YouTube. Susan’s training is not only effective, it’s fun!
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12 Days of Gifting-WOD: CONNECTION youtu.be/WjA5V40wOLU via @YouTube
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Handwriting and Telehealth blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Handwriting Games that go BAM! blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Handwriting is Fun! BlogDirective Drawing: A Handwriting Tool - Handwriting is Fun! Blog blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Directive Drawing: A Handwriting Tool blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Sometimes “seeing is believing.” blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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In this day and age, children are constantly surrounded by a huge amount of stimuli competing for their attention. How to help your student focus on the lesson at hand? We've compiled some ideas for you here! hubs.ly/H0kTjxS0

Nine Tactics Therapists Can Use to Help Students Focus

To learn and eventually master new skills, children must pay attention. Attention spans can vary greatly from child to child and fluctuate at various times of the day. Those students diagnosed with...

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Becky@thisreadingmama21 Sep 2019
HAMBURGER PARAGRAPH WRITING WITH MAIN IDEAS & DETAILS My 1st and 2nd grader have been working for a while on personal narratives in our writing time. I decided it was time to do some nonfiction paragraph writing! Check out this! buff.ly/2GVivzd
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Wow! #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Robert Constantine, OTR/L, The Vision Rehab OT, is a person who just keeps on giving! He shares information about the one skill he believes to be “the most important aspect of learning” in this wonderful shareable resource! blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Vision: The Starting Point of Learning blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Check out The Better Grip by Armand Jason Gonzales on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/jas…

The Better Grip

A pencil grip that will teach students to hold the pencil with a functional grasp.

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I found the most interesting handwriting remediation tool idea! Jason Gonzales, OT, has designed a pencil grip learning tool that can assist a writer in understanding the appropriate tripod grasp and pencil pressure. Check it out! kickstarter.com/projects/jas…

The Better Grip

A pencil grip that will teach students to hold the pencil with a functional grasp.

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Looks like my publisher is loving my book! facebook.com/243853175665506…
Happy National Handwriting Day! #NationalHandwritingDay
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Automaticity when it's not Automatic shares structured, simple, and fun activities that address this skill for all age groups AND THEY WORK! blog.handwritingwithkatherin…
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Why you shouldn’t be afraid of your aging brain bostonglobe.com/magazine/201… via @BostonGlobe
Why you shouldn’t be afraid of your aging brain - The Boston Globe

Why you shouldn’t be afraid of your aging brain - The Boston Globe

Yes, our cognition slows as we grow older, but some activities and even attitudes can help.

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Colleen Beck@TheOTtoolbox16 Dec 2018
“Therapists often call proprioception the ‘safe sense’. This is because activities which stimulate this sense have an organising effect on the brain. “Proprioception from Latin proprius, meaning “one’s... childreninspiredbyyoga.com/b…

What is the proprioceptive sense and why is it important for learning?

Learn what the proprioceptive sense is, how best to stimulate it and how important proprioception can be in aiding the learning process.

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Arctic Animals Toddler Skills Pack with 60+ print-and-play activity pages for children ages 1-3. #Arctic #Polar #toddlers - is.gd/Mgx1gn
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