Make your Holiday Sensational: 10 Sensory Friendly Holiday Activities  [Pediatric Occupational Therapy]

Stomp Footprints in the Snow!

Providing your child with “heavy work” into their muscles and joints, or proprioceptive input through hopping and jumping tasks, gives your child’s sensory system calming input to help improve their attention and regulate them throughout their day!

Messy...

Filed Under: Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD Strategies

Make your Holiday Sensational: 10 Sensory Friendly Holiday Activities  [Pediatric Occupational Therapy]

Stomp Footprints in the Snow!

Providing your child with “heavy work” into their muscles and joints, or proprioceptive input through hopping and jumping tasks, gives your child’s sensory system calming input to help improve their attention and regulate them throughout their day!

Messy...

Filed Under: Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD Strategies

Brain Gym: Part 1 [Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy]

As mentioned in the previous article, 26 Brain Gym movements are broken down into 3 areas of thinking:

1. Organization/up and down movements: These exercises allow your child to center and align, assist in planning, creating order and lining items up. They also encourage relaxation, calming, and physical or emotional...

Filed Under: Sensory Gym, Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Katie Timp, OTR/L

Filed Under: Autism Spectrum Disorder

What is Autism? [Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Sensory Gym, How to Support Children With Autism, What is Confusion]

Filed Under: autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Katie Timp, OTR/L

Filed Under: Autism Spectrum Disorder

The Benefits of Yoga On Children:  Despite the conveniences of the modern world, kids still lead challenging lives, with many struggling with obesity, anxiety, and autism.  All of these conditions are on the rise but there is something that can help . . . YOGA!!   

 

Filed Under: autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, anxiety, yoga for kids

By Katie Timp, OTR/L

Filed Under: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Brain Gym: Part 1 [Pediatric Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Therapy]

As mentioned in the previous article, 26 Brain Gym movements are broken down into 3 areas of thinking:

1. Organization/up and down movements: These exercises allow your child to center and align, assist in planning, creating order and lining items up. They also encourage relaxation, calming, and physical or emotional...

Filed Under: Sensory Gym, Autism Spectrum Disorder

Can Someone With Autism Spectrum Disorder Still Lead A Successful Life? [VIDEO] -- Coping Strategies for Sensory Impairments

Filed Under: Successful People With Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder