Autism
16 Feb
The Three Power Senses – The Sensory Series Part 1

In kindergarten, you probably learned about the five basic senses. Taste, touch, hearing, vision, and smell. All of these senses are important to a human in helping them with learning about their environment and how to interact within it. When a baby is first born, her first experience with the mother is to feel her...

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01 Feb
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The must have tool in your child’s toolbox

Every occupational therapist has specific tools that they love and use. But which of these should you select for your home? An occupational therapist is a professional who specializes in helping people habilitate or rehabilitate after an injury or illness. A pediatric occupational therapist works with children who have developmental differences. Their focus is on...

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09 Dec
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3 Ideas to help your autistic learner in their natural setting

Children Need to Experience Natural Elements in Learning Recently, I have been visiting lots of preschools in the Mountain View Area.  One of the things I love about the Bay Area is how naturalistic the schools are. Children are provided with a just-right environment and they are allowed their own freedom to visit different groups...

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19 Apr
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“Crash, bang, bump. My kid is kinda clumsy” – Understanding Dyspraxia

Toddlers are known for bumping into things, falling over and getting back up, bouncing off walls and moving onward.  Preschoolers are a little more refined.  Most preschoolers can figure out how to move their bodies to accomplish tasks after a few opportunities of practice or after they watch someone else do it. They know what...

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16 Mar
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I used to cringe when my kids touched me. How I changed my nervous system response to touch.

There was a point, when my kids were little, when their mere touch made me cringe. Don’t get me wrong, I loved to snuggle them, kiss them and hug on them….on my own conditions. When I decided.

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