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...
by Jennifer Davis | Jun 28, 2022 | Communication, Developmental Delay, Fine Motor Activities, Occupational Therapy Ideas, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, Special Education, visual perceptual skills
Motor skills are important for baby’s physical strength and movement. Motor skills are used every day throughout our lives. They help us move and do everything from lifting heavy items to typing on a keyboard. Motor skills and motor control begin developing...
by Jennifer Davis | Jul 19, 2021 | Developmental Delay, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy
Summer is in full swing and while we hope all the kids are able to get outside to explore and have fun, the extreme heat we have had means kids are spending more time indoors. However, with the right activities, you can keep your child engaged and building their gross...
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...
by JLDTHERAPY | Nov 15, 2017 | Developmental Delay, Fine Motor Activities, Handwriting, Manipulation, Occupational Therapy Ideas, Parenting, Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, Sensory Processing, Special Education, visual perceptual skills
Therapeutic putty is such a great relaxing tool for children and even adults of all ages. It’s a stiff like putty that can be squished, shaped, and makes sounds. This therapeutic putty gets your child’s hand muscles to work helping with fine motor skills, handwriting...
