by Marie Pabica | Aug 31, 2024 | Parenting, Pediatric Therapy
About Amanda, our Host Mom Amanda, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (Clinician) based in Northern Virginia, connected with Apex Social through LinkedIn. She has now been a host mom through Apex for a year. What does the process look like for finding live-in care...
by Jennifer Davis | Aug 26, 2024 | Parenting
Involving your child in meal preparation is a fun way to get them engaged in food. This is an easy way to reduce the stress around cooking meals and feeding your family. It also encourages independence and food tolerance in your kids. Why Engage Your Child’s Interest...
by Jennifer Davis | Aug 12, 2024 | Parenting
Through the simple step of sharing the responsibilities for feeding between you and your child, mealtimes can become less stressful. This is especially true with children who have a limited food acceptance. As Pediatric Feeding Specialists, we want to help you...
by admin | Oct 28, 2023 | Communication, Developmental Delay, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Pediatric Therapy, Special Education, Speech, Speech Therapy
What is AAC? AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative communication. AAC are methods that can add to or be an alternative to our use of speech/mouth-word communication. AAC could look like… No-tech: a smile to indicate we’re happy, a cringe to show dislike, or...
by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Developmental Delay, Feeding, Parenting, Pediatric Therapy, Sensory Processing
First, let’s talk about WHAT IS FEEDING THERAPY The goal of feeding therapy is to help patients develop normal, effective feeding patterns and behaviors. A child may be referred for feeding therapist if it has: Difficulty chewing foods, typically swallowing food...
by Marie Pabica | Apr 12, 2023 | Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Ideas, Parenting, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, Sensory Processing, Special Education
Occupational Therapists work with children and adults to help them better understand their sensory systems and learn how various sensory inputs can positively or negatively affect the person. Sensory inputs come from the world and can affect each person very...
