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Pet Ownership and the Benefits to Special Needs Kids
We have known for some time that pets can alleviate stress in individuals. Just the presence of an animal can be soothing and anxiety reducing. Pets have been used…
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A Simple SAME and DIFFERENT Visual to Use After a Natural Disaster
Most children thrive in environments where things are predictably organized and familiar. For children with special needs this is often a deal breaker in allowing them to function day…
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Changing the Way We Think About Transitions
We are all about the “getting ready” for our children with sensory processing needs. That is, our focus is front-loaded. As therapists, while prepping our sessions, we have ready…
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When Disaster Strikes: 7 Activities to Try with Tissues
When natural disasters or personal crises leave us in a lurch, it can be hard to keep a sensory diet going. Favored sensory diet tools may be lost or…
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Your Strong-Willed Child at Summer Camp
If you have a strong-willed child, you probably notice that they are charismatic and creative, move quickly, make their own rules, and let you know what they want and…
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The New Social Story Book Give Away
Social stories are used to teach social skills to children with autism. A social story is a simple description of an everyday social situation, written from a child’s perspective.…
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What Your Child’s Pediatrician May Be Missing!
Early detection of a developmental delay is an art. Small children don’t always respond on command. Pediatricians do the best job they can in the limited time they have with…
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The New Social Story Book Give Away
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Give Away: Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That!
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Eyegames, Part 3: Behavioral Optometrist's Evaluation
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Eyegames, Part 2: Visual Perception Problems
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Test Drive Introducing the Alert Program through Song
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Special Showcase - Talking Train App
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Eyegames, Part 1: An Optometrist's Perspective on Vision Therapy
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Eyegames: Easy and Fun Visual Exercises
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Wikki Stix Tons of Therapeutic Fun
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Starting Sensory Therapy: Fun Activities for the Home and Classroom
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Autism Awareness Month: Helping With Handwriting
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6 Visual Ways for Siblings to Understand Autism
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Do You Work with Children with Language Problems?
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Encourage Motor Skills, Imagination, and Focus with Plus-Plus Construction Sets
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This Easter, Feed Their Minds, Instead of Their Bellies
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Help the Picky Eater with Fun Eating Utensils
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Flash Cards and Learning Activities
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Seat Cushions as an Option for Sitting Still
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Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Using a Body Sox for Sensory Input
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Beating Dyspraxia with a Hop, Skip and a Jump
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Pop Bead Critters for Fine Motor Needs
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The Moon Sand Starter Set Provides Tactile Input
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Enhance Memory and Reading Skills with a Picture Game
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Mr. Mouth Can Help Develop Eye-Hand Coordination and More
Your Uniquely Quirky Child at Summer Camp
Your child loves computers, video games, or anything mechanical. He or she would love to stay in the house and play on the iPad or computer all day every day. It is unnerving and a little (or maybe a lot) scary to see how absorbed your child becomes in these devices. You plot and plan [...]
Why Autism Awareness Is Not Enough
Whew! I made it past another April. As an autistic I have a love/hate relationship with April – the AUTISM month. I love that increasingly more people over time have become aware of autism. I hate that Autism Awareness month contributes daily to many negative stereotypes of autism, most of it by people meaning to [...]
Your Exuberant Child at Summer Camp
Camp seems like the perfect place for an exuberant child who is excited about everything. However, these are also the kids who may melt down at home or unexpectedly, at camp. They may seem fine one minute and then explosive the next. Here are a few tips and suggestions for helping your energetic child have [...]
7 Tips To Address Sleep Deprivation
Getting our children to sleep at night can be a monumental challenge. It is one of THE most talked about topics on various forums and message boards. When our children do not sleep, we do not sleep and thus we are not functioning at our optimum. 1. Oral Supplements Many parents suggest solutions that include [...]
Your Cautious Child at Summer Camp
The cautious, sensitive, maybe shy and serious temperament can be one of the toughest to manage during these raucous camp days. Parents want their child to have lots of friends, fun in the sun and go wild at camp but these kids may have another idea or other needs. One of the trickiest things about [...]
Occupational Therapist Gives a “Shout Out” to All Speech Therapists
May is Better Speech and Hearing month and I want to give a shout out to all the Speech Language Pathologist’s (SLP) out there who help our children with so many different issues with expressive and receptive language, pragmatics, swallowing, articulation and more. I have worked with many SLP’s over the years and I really [...]
