by Cara | Dec 29, 2018 | brain breaks, calendar, caring, clinic, eight senses, empathy, for OTs, fun ideas, goals, holiday, holidays, jobs, new graduate, new year, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, products for therapists, PT. COTA, resolutions, resources, self-care, SLP, SLP. speech therapy, therapist, therapist information, therapy
Please share: Occupational therapists……it’s almost that time of year when we feel refreshed and excited to begin a clean slate. If you’re like me, I’ll write the previous year on my documentation for at least a month into the new year!...
by Cara | Mar 23, 2020 | Aspergers, autism, behavior, children, eight senses, emotion, empathy, feeding, GI, GJ Tube, interoception, mindfulness, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, pediatric, potty, potty training, processing emotions, school therapy, senses, sensory, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, special education, special needs, supporting special needs, teaching successfully, therapist, therapy, toilet, toilet training, toileting
Please share: Interoception is known as the eighth sense. What is this ‘new’ word and how does it affect me or my child with autism?Here’s a section from an article in Frontiers of Psychology:”While interoception is a term that has gained and...
by Cara | Sep 13, 2018 | 504, accommodations, anxiety, Aspergers, building a child's confidence, childhood stress, confidence, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Dyslexia, education, fear, FREE, freebies, homeschool, IEP, independence, Infographics, learning disabilities, learning disorders, life skills, modifications, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, preparation, printables, processing emotions, resources, school, School OT, school therapy, stress, support, supporting special needs, teacher, teachers, teaching, teaching successfully, treatment ideas
Please share: Tips for Test-Taking Anxiety plus FREE downloadable handout of this post at the bottom. Anxiety can be extremely harsh to school-aged children, but test-taking season is upon them, it can be even worse. No matter how many times parents, teachers, and...
by Cara | Jul 9, 2018 | ASD, Aspergers, autism, behavior, brain body connections, caregiver tips, children, development, eight senses, emotion, for OTs, helping caregivers, mindfulness, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, PT, PT. COTA, senses, sensory, Uncategorized
Please share: Interoception is the new ‘buzz word’ in the special needs universe. What is this thing and why do we need to know about it? Here is an ‘Out of the Pocket’ blog post to give you the fast facts. Individuals with sensory processing...
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 | Aug 29, 2016 | ADL, ADLs, daily living, interoception, potty, potty training, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, SPD, toilet, toilet training, toileting
Please share: Potty training brings feelings of excitement as kids love doing things on their own and feel like a ‘big boy or girl.’ For children with special needs, learning independence with daily living skills is often difficult. Meeting developmental...
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