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
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 therapists...
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
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 disorder and...
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
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 two-hour course is packed...
by Cara | Aug 29, 2016 | ADL, ADLs, daily living, interoception, potty, potty training, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, SPD, toilet, toilet training, toileting
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 milestones can...
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