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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Have You Been Reported for Child Abuse Yet?

I got an email from a frantic friend.  She had gotten a phone call from an investigator for the county Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) informing her that she and her husband are under investigation and they needed to meet with him. She is the mother of two children; one diagnosed with Bipolar [...]

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Give Away: Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That!

One thing all parents know is that babies don’t come with instructions. While most of us strive to be the most educated, well rounded parents possible, we are limited by the time we have and the knowledge we currently possess. I was about three months pregnant with our third son when our oldest son was [...]

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Eyegames, Part 3: Behavioral Optometrist’s Evaluation

Eyegames: Easy and Fun Visual Exercises: An OT and Optometrist Offer Activities to Enhance Vision! was co-authored by Lois Hickman and Rebecca Hutchins, an occupational therapist and an optometrist, and is a must read. This is a three part series based on this book, following our recent review, Eyegames: Easy and Fun Visual Exercises. In Eyegames, [...]