5 Ways to Add Movement to Learning

5 Ways to Add Movement to Learning

by | Jul 18, 2021 | accommodations, Active kids, activities, activity cards, ADD, ADHD, ASD, Aspergers, autism, behavior, brain body connections, brain breaks, classroom movement, core muscle, development, education, fidgets, for OTs, fun activities, fun ideas, gross motor, hand eye coordination, interoception, kinesthetic learning, LD, movement, movement breaks, occupational therapy, OT, parenting, physical therapy, play, play to learn, proprioception, PT. COTA, recess, school, School OT, school therapy, sensory, sensory processing disorder, special education, special needs, supporting special needs, teaching, teaching successfully, therapy tools, vestibular

Please share: Sit Still and Pay Attention!How many times have we heard this in our lives? I know my generation was expected to sit without fidgeting or moving during learning activities. If we didn’t, there was punishment or reprimand. Unfortunately, things are...
Google Eye Slime!

Google Eye Slime!

by | Oct 19, 2021 | activities, clinic, coordination, craft, create, eight senses, fine motor activities, following directions, for OTs, fun activities, fun ideas, occupational therapy, OT, play, play to learn, recipes, school therapy, senses, sensory, sensory processing, Slime, special needs, therapy

Please share: Everyone LOVES slime! Slime is great for sensory, especially the tactile or touch sense. Kids all over enjoy making and playing with slime. We know that following a recipe and planning the outcome helps children to develop executive function skills. What...
What is Interoception?

What is Interoception?

by | 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...
5 Facts About Interoception

5 Facts About Interoception

by | 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...

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