Tips to Decrease Back-to-School Stress
It’s that time of year again where you are stressing about whether or not you and your child are ready to go back to school, or maybe they are starting kindergarten! How exciting. You have shopped for...
View ArticleTactile Defensive? Start with the other Senses
When children are defensive or sensory over-responsive to certain tactile input, it can really affect their ability to function. Some children are sensitive to tags in their shirts, touching sticky or...
View ArticleSuccess for All when Private OT Visits the Classroom
If your child is receiving private occupational therapy (OT), the primary focus of the sessions is typically what occurs in the clinic. Of equal importance, however is collaboration between your...
View ArticleThe Complimentary Practices of Occupational Therapy and Yoga
As the practices of both Yoga and Occupational Therapy (OT) evolve in our modern culture, the two disciplines find themselves walking along the same path toward health and wellness. While the tradition...
View ArticleUse Frisbees and Hats to Promote Motor Skills!
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights There’s a great book of party game ideas entitled, by Penny Warner. I tend to look at things with therapeutic lenses on, The post...
View ArticleSummertime ‘At Home’ Occupational Therapy
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Since my son was diagnosed with ADHD, I have become more attuned to all the issues encompassing the diagnosis. ADHD is a The post...
View ArticleFive Fundamental Facts about SPD
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights So many children have sensory issues and many people are not as familiar with Sensory Integration (SI). Many Occupational...
View ArticleGear Up for Summer with Sensory Fun
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Get ready for summertime and plan some sensory fun for you and your child. If you live in Oregon where I live, The post Gear Up for...
View ArticleChanging the Way We Think About Transitions
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights We are all about the “getting ready” for our children with sensory processing needs. That is, our focus is front-loaded. As...
View ArticleEyegames: Easy and Fun Visual Exercises
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Lois Hickman and Rebecca Hutchins, an occupational therapist and an optometrist, co-authored to offer activities to improve...
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