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When many think of Halloween, they think of fun, candy, costumes, trick or treating and more! For others, this may be a challenging Holiday to participate in due to sensory challenges. For example, Halloween can be overwhelming for individuals that may have sensory processing challenges that do not enjoy the tactile texture of the costume, […]
What is Stuttering? Stuttering occurs when the natural flow of speech experiences interruptions. Stuttering occurs involuntarily in a variety of ways and can happen unpredictably at any time. A child may repeat, prolong, and/or be unable to produce sounds or words. Stuttering is also known as a “fluency disorder”. Types of stuttering you may hear […]
Is there an average timeline for how long my child will be in therapy? Diagnosis specific. In most cases, there is not a specific timeline we are following as necessity of skilled therapy is multifactorial based upon child’s age, diagnosis, readiness for change, environment, and nature of family specific goals. Instead, we follow the lead of the family and child allowing for response […]
Learning how to incorporate new foods and prevent burn out of favorites. It’s that time of year! Spooky season, if you will, and there is nothing scarier than having your child start to refuse one of the only foods they eat. This is common and we call it “food jags” in the feeding therapy world. […]
Are you looking for a fun, easy way to address your child’s deficits at home? One of my favoriteactivities to complete during OT sessions is playing board games! It is an activity that is fun, butaddresses many different deficits such as attention, direction following, turn-taking, social skills,and more. Here are my favorite games to play […]
What is sensory processing and self-regulation? Sensory Processing is the way our brain and body receives and interprets sensory information such as touch, taste, smell, sound, and movement. Sometimes this information can become misinterpreted by the brain resulting in a unique, and at times, maladaptive behavioral response. When these behavioral responses impact a child’s ability to […]
So, you just received your child’s speech and language evaluation, and they were diagnosed with an articulation or phonological disorder…but, what does that mean? Articulation and phonological disorders fall under an umbrella term: Speech sound disorders, which refers to any difficulties with producing or understanding sounds. What is an articulation disorder? Articulation refers to your child’s ability to produce individual sounds. […]
Time. Time is something that goes by fast, however we are always yearning for more. When starting therapy with your child, you are not just devoting yourself to your appointment time weekly but also time spent working on a home program to promote your child’s learning and advance them to their next therapeutic level. As […]
Pre-linguistic Skills Before producing verbal language, there are many pre-linguistic skills that your child must develop first. In order for your child to progress, they will need to communicate through imitating sounds and gestures, paying attention to their surroundings, and taking turns. Imitation Imitation allows the child to learn new things by watching the people […]
First, what is sensory input? Sensory input is a stimuli that requires the organs of your eight senses (yes, eight!) to react/process the stimuli. The eight sensory systems are visual (eyesight), gustatory (taste), olfactory (smell), tactile (touch), auditory (hearing), vestibular (movement/balance), proprioceptive (body in space) and interoception (internal senses like hunger, thrusts, bowel/bladder function). Second, […]