Oral Motor…On Your Knees
As children get older it can become difficult to get them to engage in sensory activities. Young children are experiential and they enjoy the process of making something. As children get older they...
View ArticleOral-Motor Input on the Go: Fruit Roll-Up Fingers
If your child seeks oral-motor input, consider enriching his sensory diet with Fruit Roll-Up Fingers. My occupational therapist suggested this fun and tasty activity for my little sensory-seeker...
View ArticleWearing SPD Lenses: 7 Sense-ational Ways to Use Bubbles!
School is still in session, but summer is just around the corner. How can you embrace the ethereal joys of summertime, while attending to the edifying tasks of school-time – and all while attending to...
View ArticleOral-Motor Activity: Blow the Sheep Out of the Pen
Here’s a fun little activity for kids who crave oral motor input. Use a straw to blow the “sheep” (cotton balls) out of their “pen”. We used our trampoline as our “pen”. Our goal was the blow all the...
View ArticleAquatic Therapy For Children: The Sensory-Motor Benefits
Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of all the therapeutic benefits of swimming and playing in the pool. Many children who have difficulty controlling their bodies for sports and gross motor...
View Article8 Sensory-Motor Benefits of Aquatic Therapy
Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of all the therapeutic benefits of swimming and playing in the pool. Many children who have difficulty controlling their bodies for sports and gross motor...
View ArticleA Fun “Make the Sound” Game for Preverbal Individuals with Special Needs
Persuading a child on the severe end of the autism spectrum to engage in verbal exchanges can be quite a challenge, and I’ve found that ENJOYMENT works better than anything else. I’m super grateful for...
View ArticleLanguage Development: Proactive Parenting from Birth
If you are reading this article, you probably have a child or work with a child with an “ism” or a challenge. Yet, when you think about it, everyone has “isms.” I have been a speech-language...
View ArticleTreating Speech Problems in Children with Autism
Children on the autism spectrum frequently have speech and language disorders with related attention and sensory processing problems. This combination of factors makes speech development and learning...
View Article