by Cara | Feb 16, 2018 | Active kids, activity cards, ADHD, behavior, brain body connections, brain breaks, caregiver tips, caregivers, childhood stress, clinic, cognition, continuing education, development, eight senses, emotion, for OTs, FREE, freebies, helping caregivers, interoception, life skills, movement breaks, Occupational therapists, OT, parenting, resources, self-stimulation, senses, sensory, sensory processing, shopping, special needs, supporting special needs, teacher, Trauma
Please share: One of the biggest questions I receive as a pediatric OT is, ‘how can I tell the difference between sensory and behavior?’ Identifying whether it is sensory or behavior is much more complicated than you might think. In fact, my...
by Cara | Jan 12, 2018 | Active kids, activities, brain breaks, caregiver tips, caregivers, children, family, FREE, freebies, gross motor, life skills, movement, outdoors, outside, recess, shopping, Uncategorized
Please share: Get Your Child Outside, Regardless of Age! Getting your kids outside is a challenge, but every year it is the same thing. Too cold, too wet or too busy. Kids are getting up at the same time in winter, but it is dark. It’s almost dark when kids get...
by Cara | Dec 22, 2019 | ADD, ADHD, ASD, Aspergers, autism, behavior, Chanukah, children, Christmas, daily living, emotion, holidays, photographs, sensory, sensory processing disorder, shopping
Please share: Today’s post will cover FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS and SANTA/TRADITIONS!! Family Photographs 1) Go at a time of day when children are well-rested and not hungry. Do not rush and arrive early. Even though you may not realize it, children pick up...
by Cara | Apr 24, 2017 | building, caregiver tips, fine motor, fine motor activities, lego, legos, motor skills, shopping, tips, toys
Please share: 20 Lego Store Shopping Tips, Tricks, and HacksWe ALL use Legos in our clincs, schools, and homes. I’ve found some awesome ideas for Lego shopping. Enjoy!Are you planning a trip to the Lego Store soon? If so, you should know you have all sorts of...
by Cara | Nov 28, 2016 | Active kids, activities, Chanukah, Christmas, family, game night, gift lists, Hanukkah, holiday, holidays, processing, sensory, shopping, STEM, toy list, toys
Please share: What is STEM? It’s an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Many of our children demonstrate excellent and advanced knowledge in these areas. I’ve chosen to highlight the top gifts for you and have provided affiliate links to...