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“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of man.” –Winston Churchill When JJ was in his elementary school years, he participated in therapeutic horse-back riding for several years which had many benefits. The value of horse-back riding has been recognized as therapeutic as early as 600 B.C [...]
by Martianne Stanger I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite parts of fall is going apple picking with my family. It provides so much input for our son’s Sensory Diet – the proprioceptive work of climbing ladders to pick apples, the tactile input of hay rides and holding smooth, shiny apples, the [...]
by Martianne Stanger Did you know that next week, from September 18-24, it is Balance Awareness Week sponsored by the Vestibular Disorders Association (VEDA)? In honor of it, we encourage you to include a focus on balance and the vestibular system in learning activities in the next week. Need some help? Here are twelve quick [...]
Don’t turn away from this review just because of the word “dyspraxia.” First, what is dyspraxia? Geoff Platt, author of Beating Dyspraxia With a Hop, Skip and a Jump: A Simple Exercise Program for Home and School lists some of the primary problems of dyspraxia to include low muscle tone; easily fatigued muscles; poor coordination, [...]
