Fine motor skills

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Fine motor skills are important for success at home, preschool and school. Fine motor skills refer to the ability to do purposeful and coordinated actions using controlled movements of the small muscles in the fingers and hands. The movements also need … Continue reading

Body awareness

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Proprioception is a person's awareness of their own body in space. This sense allows us to keep track of where our body parts are without having to look at them. While you are sitting and reading this you can reach … Continue reading

Occupational therapy

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Occupational therapy is often recommended for children with special needs, but what is occupational therapy and what do OT's do?  "Occupational therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational … Continue reading

Calm, alert and learning

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Whether you are a parent, teacher, child care worker, support worker or therapist you want the children in your care to get as much learning from the time you spend together as possible.  Whether you are in a classroom, small … Continue reading

Talking diagnosis

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When a child is diagnosed with disability such as autism or Asperger's syndrome one of the first questions many parents ask is "Who should I tell?"  Many ask whether they should tell, teachers, friends or family members and many wonder … Continue reading

Problem solving

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Problem solving is important for daily living and social situations but it can be difficult for children with communication and learning difficulties. Solving problems requires thinking and language skills.  We need to solve problems as we deal with learning, daily life … Continue reading

Language strategies

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Language skills have a big impact on school achievement. Whether you are a parent wanting to help your child with homework, a vendita farmaci on line teacher wanting to support a language disordered student in your class or a school … Continue reading

Caring for families

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Parenting is a tough job, but it is even tougher when one or more of your children have special needs. It is hard for parents to take then time out to care for themselves when their child's needs seem so important … Continue reading

Developing listening

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My child does not seem to listen to me. What could be the problem? There are lots of reasons why your child may not seem to be listening to you. Often as parents we think our child is choosing not … Continue reading

Preschool memory skills

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Auditory memory is the ability to hold in your memory, in correct sequence, things you hear, long enough to process the information. Children who have difficulty with auditory memory have difficulty with following instructions, recalling and retaining information, learning new … Continue reading