In the Bay Area and Mountain View, there are a lot of choices of professionals to work with when your child has been diagnosed with autism. There are ABA behavior specialists, Speech therapists, Occupational Therapists- the list goes on and on. I have been an Occupational Therapist for over 25 years. This means that I...
Does this sound familiar? Your kid is getting dressed in the morning but basically refusing to wear anything. Complaints about tags on the back of the shirt, the seams of the socks don’t lineup, the collar of the shirt is too tight, the texture of the clothing is too scratchy, the sleeves are too long,...
Now that we are getting closer and closer to the mask mandates being lifted, lots more people are getting out and about. One of my family’s favorite pastimes is to go to baseball games! This year, it’s going to be a bit different. They have spent the last 18 months cooped up with not a...
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...
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.
