Buying back to school supplies can be daunting. There are so many options to choose from. When your child is struggling with fine motor skills, it is important to help them find the right tools to succeed. One specific tool

Meltdowns happen in response to being overwhelmed by sensory, emotional, or physical triggers. These can include being hungry, tired, feeling unwell, pain, emotional reasons or too much or too little sensory stimulation. Often the child will be seeking sensory stimulation

Sometimes pen and paper make it hard for children to stay focused. Using creative ideas can help kids learn to practice their letters in a fun and more creative way. Using different mediums such as shells or sticks in the

Here is a great article from Dr. Stuart Shanker on Self Regulation from http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/self-regulation-calm-alert-and-learning. It is a great read and really great for understanding a child potential difficulty with learning may be a result of the environment they are in. Self-Regulation:

Our hands are an important of our everyday activities. We need our hands to get dressed, brush our teeth, make our food, tie our shoes, and the list goes on. When our hands are weak, it makes these kinds of

I recently went to a talk on Mindfulness and Children that was great and I thought I would share some tidbits I learned from it. We live in a world where there is constantly information being fed to us in

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