My child can’t spit out their toothpaste or suck from a straw! What can I do? Have you ever noticed your child has difficulty moving food from one side of their mouth to the other, can’t spit out their toothpaste, and can’t suck from a straw? have you noticed they don’t pucker their lips when…
Rethinking Classroom Decorations
Rethinking Classroom Decorations Have you ever walked into a classroom and been overwhelmed by the amount of projects and decorations on the walls and supplies on the shelves? You look to the left and see maps, shapes, paintings of the children’s favorite stories, letters, calendars, and schedules. Then you turn right and see blocks, dress up containers, pretend kitchen…
The Praxis of Handwriting
Does handwriting impact the learning process in school? Absolutely! With handwriting becoming obsolete after learning to write in Kindergarten the focus on written communication in school has been for students to become more proficient with the keyboard. With the COVID Pandemic, children rushed full speed into a digital world, some of them missing out on…
Dysgraphia, More Than Just Bad Handwriting
“I can’t write! It hurts my hand! I hate writer’s workshop! I’m never going to be a good writer!” Do you know a child like this? Doesn’t it make your heart sink, seeing how that child’s academic challenges are tied so closely to their self esteem and sense of self? Can you imagine that child’s…
Baby Led Weaning
Feeding Trend- Baby Led Weaning: Skipping purees early on and starting with finger foods later – What do you think? Many of us have had that experience of spoon feeding an infant for the first time, only to have the food be pushed right back out at us as if the baby has not yet…
November 19th- How Early Infant Experiences Affect Later Childhood Self-Regulatory and Sensorimotor Development
Presented by Amanda Michel, MLD, OTR/L Learn how factors such as extended hospitalization, prematurity, sensory deprivation in group homes, and caregiver interactions affect later childhood development. Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 7-9 pm 1011 High Ridge Road, 2nd Floor, Stamford, CT This presentation is open to all. Light refreshments will be served. Please Register for the…
Special Presentation: Sensory Integration – Theory & Practice
Presented by Aubrey Schmalle, OTR/L This in-service will give parents and professionals a basic understanding of sensory integration theory and the impact that deficits in sensory processing have on behavior, academics and skill development. Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 7 – 9 pm 1011 High Ridge Road, 2nd Floor Stamford, CT This presentation is…
Is it really ADHD?
Does my child have ADHD? During a parent teacher conference a teacher shared with a parent that her child has some of the behaviors associated with the diagnosis- looking around the room, having a hard time concentrating on work, being off task ( eg. getting a drink, going to the bathroom, staring out the window),…
Sensory Processing & Behavior: Is there something else going on?
Have you ever been told that your child is frequently “off-task” at school or appears to be “not listening”? When you talk to your child about this, he/she responds by saying “I hate school” “I don’t want to go” or “It was Joey’s fault.” Reward and motivation charts don’t seem to work and the teacher…
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