by Jennifer Davis | Dec 13, 2018 | Pediatric Therapy
Even though young infants don’t speak to us with words, they typically begin to communicate as soon as they are born! How do they communicate? They cry, change their facial expressions, gesture, coo, and make other sounds. The infant and toddler’s brains are...
by Jennifer Davis | Oct 3, 2018 | Parenting
A few years ago I was invited to attend a Mary Kay party by a parent of one of the kids I see in my clinic, so I decided to go. I had a fun time at the party and really liked the products that I was able to try so I made a big purchase. During the party the women...
by Jennifer Davis | Feb 11, 2018 | Books, Communication, Parenting, Pediatric Therapy, Sensory Processing, Whole Body Listening
Do you find yourself frustrated when trying to get your child with autism to listen to you? Whole body listening is a key tool that parents like you can use to help your child learn the basic expectations for appropriate communication behaviors. The book Whole Body...
by Jennifer Davis | Feb 5, 2018 | Books, Communication, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, Speech Therapy, Story Recall
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is a wonderful book to read-aloud to your child to help with communication skills like story recall and phonetics. The story structure has lots of repeating P words which is a good first letter for parents to overemphasize. This...
by Jennifer Davis | Jan 31, 2018 | Developmental Delay, Feeding, Fine Motor Activities, Manipulation, Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Ideas, Parenting, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, Sensory Processing, Special Education, visual perceptual skills
If you have a picky eater with autism, please know that you are not alone. Do you struggle to get them to eat the food you cook? Do you find yourself getting frustrated at the approaches you take that don’t seem to be helping? Food aversion is very common. It’s...
