Supporting the Developing Child: The role of therapies at ISU

Today’s forum was led by our therapies team who shared more about their role and the work that they engage in supporting assessment and interventions in helping students in their learning.  

They began by sharing an overview of their work and shared some details of the types of assessments that they use to identify student needs and learning profiles.  If parents have questions about their child’s development and feel the need further support or assessment, they should reach out to their child’s teacher

How can you support at home:

Occupational Therapy Activities

• Movement games - tug of war, twister, roughhousing play, obstacle courses
• Hand eye coordination - puzzles, hand and ball games, 
• Fine motor skills - baking, playdough, beading

Speech and Language Therapy Activities

• Reading every day - builds interest, vocabulary, bonding,
• Playing games - following rules, turn taking
• Baking - following directions, sequencing
• Talk have conversations - stimulates thinking, advocating for themselves
• Home language - speak with children in your home language

We ended the forum with an opportunity to explore a variety of games that help build many of these skills including hand eye coordination, fine motor skills and language development.  

The role of Therapies at ISU

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