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Education > Early Intervention
Activities for Kids: Rhythm and Movement
...development, but also stimulate attention, cooperation, sensory processing, visual skills, speech and language...movement activities can help aid your child in so many areas. Dance Dance can be structured or free-form,...encourage a regular gait. Children can clap or play an instrument to the beat to reinforce that rhythm....
Therapies > Occupational
Occupational Therapy
...observations in order to determine areas of strength, and of challenge. Goals...self-care, and strength skills. By using play, self-care tasks, social and community...independently.OTs also work with children who have sensory integration and regulation dysfunction....the autonomic nervous system. During Sensory Integration treatment, clients are...
News > Research
Special Needs Theme Park First of Its Kind
...team, will begin to play at Morgan's Wonderland....amphitheater, picnic area and rest areas throughout...picnic area and rest areas throughout the park....and the Sand Circle™ play area where children...the Sand Circle™ play area where children and...can scoop up sand and play on swings. There is...swings. There is also the Sensory Village™, a cluster...
Therapies > Occupational
Can Occupational Therapy Help Your Child?
...child's life: play, school, and...any of those areas, an occupational...difficulty in sensory processing or...typically use play rather than...their peers in play and may have...over time. SENSORY PROCESSING AND...INTEGRATION: Efficient sensory processing involves...response to sensory input from the...said to have a sensory processing impairment....impairment. Sensory processing impairments...
Research > Funding
Investing in the Future of Special Needs Research and Innovation
...private donations, and corporate sponsorships all play a role in supporting this important work. Consistent...Driving Innovation in Assistive Technologies. One key area where research funding makes a big impact is in...apps that help manage and track symptoms Wearable sensors to alert to medical emergencies Continued investment...
Lifestyle > Art
Art in Occupational Therapy: How OTs Use Creative Work to Build Motor Skills
...clay. You're paying for therapy, not art class. But what looks like creative play is targeted intervention. OTs use art activities to build fine motor skills,...living. Art activities hit multiple goals simultaneously: fine motor control, sensory processing, visual-motor integration, and executive function (planning,...
Lifestyle > Art
Sensory Art Activities for Children with Autism and SPD
Your child has sensory processing differences,...supposed to be creative play becomes a shutdown...shutdown trigger. Sensory art activities aren't...materials without sensory overwhelm. That means...understanding which sensory inputs your child...SPD. Children with sensory processing disorder...isn't to "fix" the sensory preference. It's to...
Therapies > Music
Music Therapy at Home: Best Instruments and Activities for Children with Special Needs
...home practice, they're thinking about three things: motor accessibility, sensory feedback, and goal alignment. A drum isn't just a drum. For a child working...proprioceptive input to regulate, it offers deep pressure feedback disguised as play. The instrument is selected because it matches what the child's nervous...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Sleep and Autism: Evidence-Based Help for Children Who Can't Fall Asleep or Stay Asleep
...for many autistic children, and the sensory and routine needs that shape their...involves melatonin production timing, sensory processing differences, and difficulty...which delays natural sleep onset. Sensory sensitivities that are manageable...and difficulty with transitions also play a role. Bedtime is a transition, and...
Therapies > Play
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT): What It Is and How It Helps Special Needs Families
...For families raising children with developmental delays, autism, ADHD, or sensory processing challenges, PCIT offers something rare: a short-term intervention,...Interaction (CDI). In CDI, you learn to follow your child's lead during play. The therapist coaches you to use specific language patterns that build...
Special Needs > Autism Spectrum
Puberty and Autism: Supporting Your Child Through Physical and Emotional Changes
...cover the social dynamics of middle school. The sensory sensitivities you learned to accommodate now include...cognitive or emotional tools to process them. Add sensory sensitivities, difficulty with abstract social...school. The scripts that worked for structured play don't translate to the fluid, fast-moving social...
Health > Exercise
How to Build an Exercise Routine for a Child with Special Needs (Without Burning Out)
...needs to be. For most children with sensory sensitivities, attention differences,...what to try, think about your child's sensory profile. Children who seek sensory...sensory profile. Children who seek sensory input often respond well to movement...trampolining, swimming, rough-and-tumble play, carrying groceries, pushing a cart....