Are you excited about an upcoming long car trip with little ones but worried about how to keep boredom away for your kids? No worries! There are plenty of awesome activities that don\’t involve screens and will make your journey super fun. Let\’s explore some suggested activities from our therapy team: Erasable Magnetic Drawing Boards: These […]
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Did you know they can have fantastic benefits from both an Occupational Therapy (OT) and Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) perspective? Occupational Therapy (OT) Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Some people may benefit from a fidget toy to help their motor skills and self-regulation. This may help with: Sensory processing e.g. touch or movement seeking Self-stimming behaviours Focus
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Writing Development Children’s writing development starts at a young age. Children learn how to manipulate different toys and objects during infancy which is important for their grasp development and future writing skills. Children’s grasp development progresses and forms depending on their individual abilities and preferences. What is a hand preference or hand dominance? It is
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Attention and Concentration Attention and concentration are part of a group of high level thinking skills known as executive functions. Attention can be understood as a person’s ability to participate and sustain their efforts on one particular task. Attention is an umbrella term used to describe multiple skills such as divided attention (multi-tasking, sustained attention
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Toilet training and constipation Learning to use the toilet can be tricky for any child. As soon as constipation is involved things can become a lot more complicated. Often parents may have tried every method and nothing seems to work. Children and their families are tired, frustrated and just plain over it. That’s usually when
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