If you are looking for fun ways to increase exposure to fruits and veggies this holiday season, check out these four simple food art ideas. All you will need is: A red pepper, cucumber, banana, a clementine, raspberries, and olives. Grab a knife, a long skewer, scissors, and a toothpick as well. These ideas are…
Restore Exercise to Calm Down from Holiday Excitement
Rhythm, pressure, and respiration are the key ingredients for promoting calming and destressing. While for some kids a hug will do, for others with sensory differences, anxiety, and emotional dysregulation, they need more frequent opportunities to engage in supportive movement exercises. Exercises like the one below provide restorative input, slow down the heart rate, and…
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Upgrading Sensory Diet Activities for a Digital Generation
I am going to make a bold statement. The Sensory Diets of the 90’s and early 2000’s are outdated. What worked for the Millennial generation is not the same as what will work for Gen Z. The biggest reason: technology. Let me explain. The iPhone was released in 2007. By 2017, the number of Apps…
Occupational therapy in school is more than just a related service
Occupational therapy in schools is not just a related service. As an occupational therapist trained in sensory integration, you can have a powerful influence on support a school team’s ability to create cohesive intervention plans that reflect the value of movement, breathing, and integration of the senses for learning and self-regulation. I encourage both school…
Understanding dyslexia and sensory processing
Children with dyslexia often have motion-processing disorders and may have an overlapping diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder. It is important to understand how the brain and body work together to support reading skill development in order to make sure that you are engaging a child with dyslexia in activities that are going to support development…
Rethinking Sensory Diets for Teens
Sensory Diets are often recommended to help students maintain optimal regulation and attention in the school setting when children are in preschool and elementary school. As children age, their interests and social awareness evolve. This also means that sometimes, what started out as a solid and supportive plan initiated at a child’s PPT meeting becomes…
Hidden Binder Fidget Holder
Description: A convenient way for teens and tweens to store fidgets for use in the classroom Supplies: 4- 8 Small flat fidgets A 3 ring binder that the student is already using at school 1 or 2 “ Four Pocket Binder Photo Pages” Benefits: Allows for discrete retrieval and storage of fidgets to be used…
Mummy Family
Supplies 2 or more paper towel rolls White Yarn Scissors 1 roll masking tape Assorted googly eyes Black Sharpie Procedure Cut 1 paper towel roll into pieces to represent family members Cut a small slit into the top and bottom of each piece of paper towel roll Begin by threading yarn through 1 slit of…
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