A Parent’s Guide to Putting the Fun Into FUNctioning 101 fun sensory activities to do with your child A variety of visual activities Efficient sensory processing is necessary to navigate life successfully. Visually, that means we need t..
Continue ReadingA Parent’s Guide to Putting the Fun Into FUNctioning 101 fun sensory activities to do with your child Proceeding to proprioceptive Now that we’ve discussed strengthening activities for tactile and vestibular processing, let’..
Continue ReadingA Parent’s Guide to Putting the Fun Into FUNctioning 101 fun sensory activities to do with your child Moving on to movement In the previous post, we discussed activities to strengthen your child’s tactile processing efficiency. Tod..
Continue ReadingA Parent’s Guide to Putting the Fun Into FUNctioning 101 fun sensory activities to do with your child If you make sensory processing activities fun, your child will want to do them Your goal is to help your child build up his/her ability..
Continue ReadingHow else can I help my child regulate in stressful situations? As with so much else in the life of a sensory child, you are going to have to use a lot of trial and error to find your individual solutions. Here are some suggestions which work for a..
Continue ReadingDoes your child have a hard time staying alert and engaged throughout the day? In the last post, we discussed calming activities for overstimulated children. But what about children who have an opposite set of issues: they have a hard time stayin..
Continue ReadingWhen might your child need calming? She had a morning of fun playing with a friend, but it’s time to go and your happy but over-stimulated child has a huge meltdown and can’t calm down. You need to be able to pull out a calming strate..
Continue ReadingMy Child Is Not a Chocolate Chip Cookie Why we can’t take a “cookie cutter” approach to SPD therapy: every child is different and needs a different strategy Your goal and process (a short review) In the previous two posts we ..
Continue ReadingMy Child Is Not a Chocolate Chip Cookie Why we can’t take a “cookie cutter” approach to SPD therapy: every child is different and needs a different strategy Your goal (a short review) In the previous post we discussed why..
Continue ReadingMy Child Is Not a Chocolate Chip Cookie Why we can’t take a “cookie cutter” approach to SPD therapy: every child is different and needs a different strategy Looking again at the library: many types of SPD = many strategies ne..
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