How Occupational Therapists Can Help Children With ADHD
How Occupational Therapists Can Help Children With ADHD You may not realise it, but Occupational Therapy and ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) go hand in hand. Occupational therapy isn’t there to cure ADHD or prescribe medications. What...
How Vision Deficiencies Affect Learning In The Classroom
For a child to learn and develop to their full potential, there are many aspects that work together. One of the key elements in your child succeeding in the classroom is their quality of vision. Vision plays a big part in education with many early learning skills...
Useful Tips For Toilet Training Your Child
Toilet training your child can seem like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be! Like any skill, toilet training is rarely something that a child will master immediately or all in one sitting (so to speak!). Children will usually master using the toilet for weeing...
Understanding Sensory Defensiveness
Does your child become irritated by wearing clothes? Do they react strongly to smells or sounds? Are they a picky eater? Or do they avoid eye contact or moving their head upside down? These are all common signs of a child with sensory defensiveness. What is Sensory...
Why I love Cub Scouts: for all kids
On the weekend I spent a very long and exhausting, but thoroughly enjoyable, day with our cub scout pack. Reflecting on the day, I thought about all of the amazing things we get to do with our cubs that most kids will never get to experience these days. Remember when...
Everyday OT: Vestibular will make ya Jump Jump
Kris Kross must have know that Vestibular input is one of the most important foundations of our sensory system!! Whilst not always mentioned with the ‘common’ sensory processing centres such as sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell, the vestibular sensory system is a...
What Does An Occupational Therapist Actually Do?
So who is an Occupational Therapist? You’ve probably heard the term used in hospitals, by specialists and even your friends when referring to treatment they or a family member may be receiving. But do you actually know what an Occupational Therapist (OT) does? There...
What Is Anger and Can It Be Treated?
Have you ever sat back and wondered what anger really looks like? Is it yelling, cursing, screaming or crying? Or is it more than that and we just can’t see the whole picture of what lies beneath the surface. Have you seen the movie Titanic? If so, you will remember...
What is Proprioceptive Sensory Disorder?
Ever wondered how your body just knows where your limbs are? How your body can coordinate itself without you seemingly having to think about it? That is called proprioception. It’s the body’s ability to be able to subconsciously sense where your limbs are at any given...
Say What??? Auditory Processing Disorder…
What is Auditory Processing? Does your child find it hard to follow conversations, have difficulty understanding instructions in the classroom, or become easily overwhelmed in busy environments? If so, they may need an assessment of their auditory processing skills....
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