by Cara | Apr 6, 2018 | activities, activity cards, Aspergers, autism, behavior, caregivers, cognition, communication, daily living, empathy, executive function, family, fine motor activities, following directions. pencils, FREE, friendships, fun activities, helping caregivers, homeschool, life skills, love, mindfulness, occupational therapy, OT, parenting, play to learn, processing emotions, School OT, self-care, SLP. speech therapy, social, social skills, special needs, teaching successfully, teenagers, therapy tools, together, Trauma
Please share: For children on the spectrum, finding ways to teach empathy can be difficult. We all want our children to be empathic and kind, but how do we help them understand that concept? Here’s a fun activity that allows us to do something creative with...
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 | Dec 15, 2017 | Active kids, activities, ASD, Aspergers, both hands, brain breaks, children, clinic, coordination, craft, crafts, crayons, cutting, downloads, fine motor, fine motor activities, fine motor coordination, following directions, for OTs, freebies, fun activities, game night, games, hand eye coordination, handouts, lego, legos, memory, motor skills, movement, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, OT, OT treatment, parenting, pediatric, play, play to learn, playdates, school therapy, scissors, scissors use, special education, special needs, Star Wars, supporting special needs, teacher, teachers, teaching, therapy, therapy tools, treatment ideas, Uncategorized, word search, writing
Please share: Star Wars is a classic favorite for both kids and adults. What’s even better than binge watching the movies? Doing fun star wars activities and games! We searched the galaxy for the best Star Wars printables and put them in a list for you to print off...
by Cara | Apr 15, 2014 | ADL, ASD, autism, building a child's confidence, occupational therapy, parenting, processing emotions, sensory processing disorder, special needs, supporting special needs, teaching successfully
Please share: While most families look forward to the warm spring weather, there are some of us who look at the transition in weather with anxiety. Similarly, many kids love the cold weather and can’t wait for snow! Other children prefer not to wear any...
by Cara | Apr 9, 2014 | ASD, autism, games, occupational therapy, parenting, play, sensory processing disorder, social skills, special needs, supporting special needs, teaching successfully
Please share: Have you seen the BORED Board? We’ve been using it for years in our home and clinic. It’s a fabulous way to re-direct your child/student when he is complaining of boredom. Let’s face it, children should learn the skill of playing on...
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