What is feeding therapy? Feeding therapy is specially designed therapy to address the concerns of eating. Feeding therapy is typically provided by an occupational or speech therapist trained and certified in feeding therapy. Therapists work with your child and family to determine the source of your child’s difficulties then focus their interventions on those areas […]
Typical Development of Grasping and Reaching Patterns From birth to mature grasp Birth to 1 month 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months 7 months 8 months 11 months 2-3 years 4 years Static Tripod 5-6 years How is your child’s sitting core strength developing? Check out postural and core development progression
In today’s busy world and advances in technology; keeping kids away from the screen is getting harder and harder. But what are the real dangers of screen exposure for children? What counts as screen time? Watching TV or movies, playing on computer, tablet, IPAD, phone, playing video games, Facebook, social media, TikTok, looking at pictures
Playground Laws and Regulations “Concerns about safe playgrounds are not new; the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission first published guidelines in 1981. But the rules have gradually become stricter, and in recent years, courts, insurance companies and state governments have given these rules the force of law…And therein lies one of the biggest problems for
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What is Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)? Sensory Processing Disorder is the term used to describe a child or person who has differences in their sensory processing. I like to think of it as a spectrum for every sensory system we have, we all fall somewhere on this spectrum from super sensitive to “normal” or average
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Signs of deficits and what you can do to help Visual perceptual skills are essential skills needed to be successful in everyday activities but for students, specifically tasks like spelling, writing, math and reading. Sometimes we, even teachers, take for granted how much processing goes into something as “simple” as forming words or spacing out
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Eye Brain Connection We all know how much vision is a part of our daily lives and how it impacts everything we do. Which is why as a parent, if you suspect your child is having trouble seeing, you know to take them to an eye doctor to get glasses. But vision goes well beyond
Typical Development of Vision and the Effects of Screen Time on Developing Eyes Facts about Vision Birth to 4 month 5-8 months 2 years Preschool-4 years Elementary Years Pre-teen Best Type of Lighting Scale Healthiest Least Healthiest _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunlight Candlelight Full spectrum incandescent Halogen LED Fluorescent Side Effects of Fluorescent Lighting What Can You Do
When I am working with a student or child on letter writing I try to keep a few things in mind. The first is the less words the better. The more words you add to your instruction the more auditory input your child has to process; reducing the number of words you use helps them
Strategies that Help Picky Eaters Many kids go through a picky phase but what do you do if your child is more than picky, we call this a problem eater. Determine what is the cause behind your child’s pickiness Some children who become picky eaters actually have an underlying oral issue. They may have a
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