Give THANKS for Picky Eaters: Tips to help your holiday meal go smoothly Try:holiday foods BEFORE the big day! Introduce your child to the new foods they will have every 2-3 days in the weeks leading up to your holiday feast. Share stories and traditions your family may have around that food. Let your child have control…
Eat the Rainbow With Your Child
Our March Open House and 5 year anniversary celebration was a success! We enjoyed the opportunity to share information about our programming as well as collaborate with other professionals who work with children with sensory processing disorders. Dr. K. Virdee, ND, a naturopath whose practice is located in Fairfield, CT, shared some great…
Listening is a Life Skill
We live in a multisensory world full of visuals and sound to the point that it can become overloading. It impacts our self-regulation, visual skill development, ability to filter out distractions, and the ability to actively and consciously listen to our friends and family in everyday interactions. This is especially challenging for children with sensory…
Open House Sunday March 6th!
Join us to celebrate our 5th anniversary! Everyone is welcome! Presentations will be followed by interactive learning experiences. We will also have activities available for children building on the themes presented throughout the open house. Light refreshments will be served. Time: 11-3 Location: 1011 High Ridge Road, 2nd floor Schedule of Events: 11:00: Doors open 11:30:…
Essential Foundations of Fine Motor Skills
As a parent, when you bump into a fellow parent at the community center or local Starbucks, you may find yourself sharing about your child’s firsts…the first time he/she sat up or walked, spoke his/her first words…but not often when your child first held a block or grabbed a Cheerio with a fine pincer grasp….
Essential Foundations of Fine Motor Skills: Activities for Home
Vision Play Ball! Start by throwing a large ball to and from your child, and progress to smaller balls as able. When playing board games, present cards high, low, left, and right to encourage looking and reaching. Using Easels and LARGE paper/posters, create a connect the dot picture or place a vertical column of stickers/images…
He’s not a ‘bad kid’, he has a sensory processing disorder
How our body and brain receives, interprets, organizes, and utilizes sensory information SHOULD be an automatic process that occurs accurately and efficiently, without effort or conscious choice. A sensory processing disorder (SPD) is an “invisible” challenge, characterized by a disorganized way that the nervous systems attempts to understand and make use of sensory information. Considering…
The Listening Program Training
Become a Provider of The Listening Program by Advanced Brain Technologies The Listening Program (TLP) is a way to expand on the services you currently offer, and enhance the overall experience for your clients. TLP is used with children and adults to improve life in the following areas: executive functioning, communication, auditory processing, social &…
Managing Anxiety in Children
The challenges of everyday life can be particularly difficult with children with sensory integration issues. You know that! … But did you know that these issues can result in anxiety and even low self-esteem? Come and learn strategies to help you and your family manage the anxiety, maximize a sense of competence, and prevent low self-esteem. This workshop…
4 Tips to Survive Thanksgiving with a Picky Eater
Thanksgiving is next week, and if you have a picky eater you may be feeling a little uneasy. While for most, it is a day of family and fun; for the parent of a picky eater, coupling battles over food with the pressure of onlooking family can be almost too much to bear. Fear not!…
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