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PROMPT Therapy: Your Commonly Asked Questions Answered
With social media being as influential as it is, it's easy to hear about all the different ways a speech language pathologist can help your child say more, and talk clearer. A big one that has been mentioned in speech therapy videos a lot recently on platforms like...
10 Mindful Travel Tips to Help Parents and Kids Relax While Traveling This Holiday Season
As the holiday season approaches, travel will be on the horizon for many parents and children. Traveling with children can be stressful for any family. With the additional needs of children with sensory disorders or sensitivities like those associated with ADHD or...
Our Top 5 Amazon Finds For Music Therapy at Home With Children
As your therapist(s) may have mentioned to you, your child’s progress in therapy is directly correlated with how much you as a parent are carrying over strategies in the home setting. While we see your child 1-3 times a week, the rest of your child’s time and...
Games, Activities, Crafts & Kids Development Q & A: Tips & Advice
Did you know creativity increases cognitive skills? Some kids’ activities can be underestimated and not be taken seriously, but simple things like playtime can significantly impact their development. That’s why we shouldn’t focus only on what they’re...
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Summertime Activities to do at Home
School is out, and summer is here! The sun will be shining, sandcastles will be made, and children everywhere will be happy to have more time to themselves. All this free time opens up a world of activities parents can engage in with their children. Let’s jump into some fun activities you can do at home this summer!
5 Activities to Develop Language
There are activities that parents and children do every day together. These are the perfect opportunities to expand on your child’s language skills whether it be increasing vocabulary to following directions. There may be things you are already doing that promotes these language skills!
Proven Benefits of Sensory Play For Young Children
Growing children rely on their senses from birth onward to explore and make sense of their surrounding world. Through sight, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling, and even moving, young children process the information obtained through their senses, which informs their development. By enriching infant’s and young children’s experiences with sensory play activities, families can support their little one’s brain development.
Growing Up With A Sister With Autism
My sister is an artist, a dog mom, emotional, an over thinker, witty, smart, caring, and beautiful. My sister is not just a diagnosis, and no one with autism or any diagnosis should ever be labeled as just that because they bring so much more to the world. I wouldn’t be the person I am today, or the occupational therapist I am today, if it wasn’t for my sister. Through all the hard times, and all the obstacles, I wouldn’t want my sister any differently than who she is today. She was my perfect baby sister when she was born, and still is to this day.
Benefits of playground interactions/activities
Children learn best through play, and if it’s outdoor play, even better! I recommend going to your nearest playground at least once a week. With Covid-19, things are a little different now, but it’s still doable with some adjustments. Maybe go to the playground during times when you know it’s a little more empty than usual and pack some wipes and hand sanitizer!
How to Create Your Own Calming Bottle
Calming bottles, also known as sensory bottles, can help a child with self-regulation when feeling anxious or overstimulated, through the senses of proprioception and visual, by shaking the bottle and watching the glitter or contents settle.
Creating a Sensory Box with Your Child
What better way to engage with your child than to craft and get creative, all while learning by making your very own sensory box! Children love stimulating their senses: Sight, Sound, Smell, Taste, and Touch.
5 Great Ways To Calm a Kid With Special Needs
Taking care of children with special needs isn’t easy, as you’re always required to anticipate and adjust to their behavior. However, there will be times where the stimulants will prove to be too much for the child, causing them to be very overwhelmed by their emotions. When this happens, you need to help them calm down.
AUTISM IN ECUADOR
Autism is not a lethal disability, but it can, and often does, lead to difficulties at a functional, social, and educational level, significantly impacting the quality of life of individuals who do not receive proper care. Unfortunately, in Ecuador, most individuals with ASDs do not receive adequate care and many are misdiagnosed.
5 Easy Ways You Can Expand Language In The Home!
There are simple techniques you can incorporate into your daily lives and routines that will bolster their language skills at home.
Read to your child. Talk about your day. Singing songs. Plus one rule. Give Choices.
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