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...
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...
Calm Down Area Creation Tips

Calm Down Area Creation Tips

by | Apr 22, 2018 | activities, activity cards, anxiety, ASD, Aspergers, autism, behavior, brain body connections, brain breaks, caregiver tips, caregivers, childhood stress, classroom movement, clinic, communication, Down Syndrome, downloads, emotion, executive function, fidgets, fight or flight, for OTs, function, gross motor, hearts, helping caregivers, homeschool, interoception, LD, learning disabilities, learning disorders, life skills, loud noises, mindfulness, movement, movement breaks, Occupational therapists, occupational therapy, organizing, OT, OT treatment, parenting, pediatric, preparation, printables, processing emotions, products for therapists, PT, PT. COTA, resources, school, School OT, school therapy, self-care, senses, sensory, sensory bins, sensory processing, sensory processing disorder, social, social skills, SPD, SPD 101, special education, supporting special needs, teacher, teachers, teaching, teaching successfully, therapist, therapist information, therapy, therapy tools, treatment ideas, weighted, weighted blankets

Please share: Children show behavior when they are trying to communicate but either cannot find the words or do not understand the appropriate way to calm themselves. Simply saying, ‘Calm Down!’ is not helpful. I encourage you to consider how you might...

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