by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Jun 19, 2022 | Awareness, Cytomegalovirus, Deaf, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy, Visually Impaired
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus which not many people have heard of. However, nearly 1 in 3 children are infected by age five and by 40, over 50% of adults carry the virus. Many newborns with Congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) are born without symptoms. These...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Apr 25, 2022 | Aquatic Therapy, Art Therapy, Hippotherapy, Horse, Music Therapy, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Pool, Recreation, Speech Therapy, Water
Most parents have heard of Physical Therapy (PT), Occupational Therapy (OT), and Speech Therapy (ST) helping children achieve their developmental goals. However, some children may also benefit from some less traditional therapies that aim to use leisure activities as...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Apr 3, 2022 | Development, Feeding Therapy, Handwriting, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Play, Potty Training
We love Occupational Therapists! It may seem strange for some adults to think of OTs working with children. As the name may suggest, OTs help adults return to their normal occupations. To many people this means their job. However, in the land of rehabilitation it...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Feb 21, 2022 | 8p, Exercise, Handwriting, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Reading
On a regular basis I am asked if crawling on hands and knees is really an important milestone. After all, kiddos are learning to crawl at the same time that they are learning to pull themselves up into standing at different pieces of furniture throughout the house....
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Feb 8, 2022 | 8p, CHARGE, Kabuki, KAT6A, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Smith-Kingsmore, Speech Therapy, Syndrome
This time of year you may start seeing posts about kiddos with diseases, disorders, and syndromes you have never heard of. Things like Kabuki, Smith-Kingsmore, KAT6A, 8p, CHARGE. What connects all of these names and why are we hearing about them now? Well, February 28...
by wemakepixels_9e7mpm | Jan 22, 2022 | Handwriting, Newsletter, Occupational Therapy
Sunday, January 23rd is National Handwriting Day. In honor of that it seemed appropriate to explore how our kids learn to write and ways we, as caretakers, can help them develop this skill. Although kiddos may start to scribble sometime between 12 and 18-months,...
