An OT and Optometrist Offer Activities to Improve Vision!
Developing healthy visual-motor abilities is more difficult in the complex stimulus of today's world than ever before. Our visual experiences can be overwhelmed by the vast complexity of artificial colors and sounds which did not exist in our ancestors' lives. Much more time is spent indoors, exposed to a myriad of unnatural colors, movement and ......
Discovering Sensory Processing and How It Supports Attention, Focus andRegulation Skills
Understanding our sensory processing ability helps us to understand our likes, dislikes, and regulation style, that is, the strategies we use to help keep ourselves in a calm, alert state. The calm alert state is the state necessary for learning. Knowing how to stay regulated is a life skill. This ability enables us to function in different ......
Our senses! Thanks to them, our brains are constantly flooded with information about the world around us. What may surprise you is that we're not all wired the same way, and some of us are unable to understand exactly what we're sensing. People with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), a newly identified neurological condition, as well as those with ......
Therapeutic Movement for Children of all Abilities
Illustrates how to use yoga to bring calm and focus (and exercise!) to children with special needs. Childhood is a time filled with new motor challenges and hurdles; and this is doubly true for kids with autism and other special needs. The motor challenges children face require strength, coordination, and the ability to focus and attend. Yoga can ......
50 Simple New Activities to Help Children Develop, Learn, and Grow!
The classic In-Sync Activity Cards are now in a book. Winner of the Mom's Choice Gold Award, these great cards are divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced activities. Each activity tells you why and how it works, what you need for it, and ways to make it more challenging. It also tells you what to look for, to make sure your child is ......
Therapy for Children with Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Winner of the Summer 2015 Academics' Choice Smart Book Award. Written by three experienced occupational therapists, this book offers a combination of theory and strategies. It is a perfect tool for those working with young children, but also broad enough to be adapted for older children and adults. Building Bridges provides creative techniques and ......
The World's Leading Expert on Autism Shares Her Advice and Experiences
Here is your pocket guide to Temple Grandin and a great introduction to her thoughts and advice on both autism and sensory issues. Temple Grandin is a doctor of animal science, a professor at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autism activist, and a consultant on animal behaviour. She also invented the ""squeeze machine"", a ......
The FIRST children's book by these two authors, Temple Did It and I Can Too! will help guide and inspire kids to reach their full potential. Winner of a 2015 Academic's Choice Award, this book explains the obstacles Dr. Temple Grandin faced while growing up, the rules she followed to overcome them, and her path to becoming a leading animal ......
25 Therapist-Created Musical Activities for Improving Fine and Gross Motor-Skills, Muscle Strength, and Rhythmicity
Provides musical activities for improving fine and gross motor skills, muscle strength, and rhythmicity. These 25 therapist created Songames offer a world of developmental play activities. Plus, the 53 page companion booklet explains how to use music to enhance specific skills, provides a comprehensive list of resources, and triples the number of ......
