Whether or not you have a vacation planned for this summer, Timocco has some fun in store for you. Below we have highlighted some of our favorite games that remind us of the summer season. Give these games a whirl and we're sure you will find yourself laughing and smiling while working on functional skills. Beach Ball is a great game for motor accuracy, planning as well as motor coordination and timing skills. The object of the game is to bounce the balls off of the hand that your Timocco … [Read more...]
Timocco’s Facebook LIVE Takeover with The Inspired Treehouse – Recap
Several weeks ago we were lucky enough to have a visit from Lauren Dronjak, one of the two founders of the amazing blog The Inspired Treehouse. The Inspired Treehouse (www.theinspiredtreehouse.com) is a resource for child development. The two founders and main contributors, Lauren and Claire, are pediatric physical and occupational therapists with years of clinical and school-based experience, but they are busy moms too! After playing many games and discussing Timocco in our Akron … [Read more...]
Spring has Sprung: Get Moving in New Creative Ways!
The days are getting longer and warmer, which means there is more time to play Timocco! March 20th marks the first day of a new season, spring. We’re excited to shed our winter layers and work on developing more motor, cognitive, attention, and social skills. Playing Timocco with the hands/arms is great, but have you ever thought about playing with other parts of the body? Below are some awesome examples of new ways to make Timocco an even more useful tool in your “therapy toolbox”. You can … [Read more...]
Timocco Celebrates Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month!
As we head into March, The Timocco Team wants to raise awareness of Cerebral Palsy and the many ways that Timocco’s platform was designed to help. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a condition caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain. CP affects a person’s muscle tone, movement, and motor skills. There are approximately 500,000 people in the US affected by CP. Timocco’s motion based therapy games are designed to work on skills for children of varying abilities, and our players with CP … [Read more...]
Therapists – Personalize Timocco now so you can show your clients where the fun’s coming from!
We know how important the link is between therapists and those they treat, and so we've taken on board a few ideas from our users that will help therapists personalize Timocco's gaming platform. Our new feature allows therapists to post their own logo to the Timocco website - so whether at the clinic or at home, while clients are having fun using Timocco they'll see their therapist's logo and know who to thank for all the fun! To set it up, therapists just need to … [Read more...]
Ask Sarit: Is Timocco suitable for kindergarten kids with CP?
I work at a kindergarten for children with CP. Some are able to stand and are mobile without assistance, but have significant difficulties with motor control, coordination, stability and balance. Is Timocco suitable for their treatment? The difficulties you describe impact the ability of the children to acquire movement patterns, to carry out routine daily activities and their level of social participation. Therefore the use of a virtual reality environment like Timocco can be very helpful for … [Read more...]
How having fun playing Timocco changed the life of this little girl
This week we want to share with you a story about a little girl with CP who barely used her right arm - until her father discovered Timocco. With a combination of clinical sessions and home practice today 7-year old Dror can happily use both her arms and is on her way to a brighter, more independent future. Just watch how much fun she has playing Timocco! It's the type of success story that we love hearing about, and love telling people about. So we thought we'd share the … [Read more...]
Supporting Articles – Virtual Reality In Therapy – The reasoning behind Timocco
We had so many positive responses to the series of articles we published on this blog that we decided to make life a little easier, and place all the links in one post – Enjoy! Enjoy, 1. TheraGame – a home based virtual reality rehabilitation system - R Kizony, PL Weiss, M Shahar and Rand Full Article 2. Use of Virtual Reality to Improve Upper-Extremity Control in ChildrenWith Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Subject Design - Yu-Ping Chen, Lin-Ju Kang, Tien-Yow Chuang, Ji-Liang Doong, Shwn-Jan Lee, … [Read more...]
Pilot test of Timocco at the Convention for Child Development in Jerusalem
At the Convention for Child Development in Jerusalem, Dr. Netanel Tzelnik, Head of Neurologic & Child Development Center for “Clalit Health Services” (the largest Health Service provider in Israel) presented the results of a pilot test of Timocco. Dr. Natanel Tzelnik and his team tested a total of more than 65 children; aged 3-7 years old, who suffer from ADHA (30), CP (24) and other syndromes. The results: ADHD: 27 of the 30 children tested (90%) showed immediate response. Their … [Read more...]
A virtual gaming environment for improvement of motor and cognitive skills
Check out our video with Occupational Therapist and Product Manager at Timocco, Sarit Tresser, about 'Growing with Timocco' for children with CP (Cerebral Palsy), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), DCD (Developmental Coordination disorder) and other developmental delays and motor disabilities. … [Read more...]
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