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This past week, our groups made the cutest and easiest ghost snacks! Using only two ingredients (banana, chocolate chips), we whipped up these sweet little ghosts. Our group members practiced following directions, sequencing, turn-taking, and kitchen skills! Just a reminder, here are a few Halloween sensory sensitive strategies: Start prepping early. Talk to your childContinue reading “Ghost Snack + Halloween Tips”

Having a strong and stable core will allow your child to complete a plethora of daily activities. This includes having the ability to sit upright to perform a table top task. If your child is demonstrating difficulties with fine motor tasks, we may have to turn our attention towards the core! Core strength allows usContinue reading “Core Strength”

Our groups this week learned about the Tour De Turtles. It was so much fun learning about something new! For more information, check out the website here: https://tourdeturtles.org After we learned about the project, we made a delicious snack! If you are interested in recreating this at home, check out the info below: Tour DeContinue reading “Tour De Turtles”

Messy play is a way to provide tactile input to the nervous system. Some children crave this type of input, especially when it is wet tactile input (i.e. shaving cream, foam, pudding, mud). Our groups had a wonderful type exploring wet tactile input during this ocean messy play activity! To recreate this activity, you willContinue reading “Ocean Messy Play”

Occupational therapists often use the term IADl, but what does that mean? IADL stands for instrumental activity of daily living. These are activities that we often do throughout our daily lives, that can take more complex planning or executive functions. These are activities beyond self-care, and may require interaction within the home or community. SomeContinue reading “What is an IADL?”

Occupational therapists often use the term ADL, but what does it mean? ADL stands for activity of daily living. These activities refer to self-care activities. These are things that a person needs to do in their daily life, vital to survival and function in our world. Some examples of ADL’s include: Bathing/showering Toileting Dressing Eating/feedingContinue reading “What is an ADL?”

My Favorite Ways to Play: Scented Markers: Tape your paper on the wall or under the desk to switch up the arm positioning and to increase wrist extension while you enjoy the silly smells! Cozy Canoe: Relax in the canoe with a weighted blanket and a story, or hide puzzle pieces inside for a funContinue reading “Holiday Gift Guide 2022”

Fall brings along one of my favorite activities – apple picking! What better way to enjoy the season than with a delicious apple snack! Our groups gave this a go, as well as our kids working on expanding their diet through feeding therapy. To start, pick out your favorite apple variety. It can be funContinue reading “Fall Apple Cookies”

Like many other allied health-professionals, I was taught to use functioning labels to describe a client. You may be familiar with these labels, such as “high-functioning” or “low-functioning”. Over the past few months, I have listened to those with lived experience, as they are the experts! The overall consensus is that functioning labels are outdated,Continue reading “Functioning Labels”