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Read through our 5 categories of blogs to learn more about sensory, behavioral, and general health, as well as speech, learning, and childhood development.
What is W-sitting?
W-sitting is a position a child makes when seated on the floor that resembles the shape of the letter “W” when viewing from above. Table of Contents What is W-Sitting? Why Do Children Sit in the W-sitting Position? What is Wrong With W-sitting? How Can I Help My Child...
Sensory
3 Tips to Help Encourage Eating for Kids
Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have trouble accepting an array of tastes, textures and temperatures of foods. As noted in recent studies on the topic, “the estimated prevalence of feeding problems in children with autism has been reported to be as...
Creating a Sensory-Friendly Bedroom for a Child on the Autism Spectrum
Table of Contents Autism and Sensory IssuesCreate a Comfortable EnvironmentFill It With Fun Stuff! Autism and Sensory Issues Autism affects an estimated 1 in 59 children in America. While symptoms of autism spectrum disorder vary from person to person, a large...
6 Safety Steps To Consider When Setting Up A Yard For Autistic Children
Contributed by Jenny Wise As a parent, keeping your kids safe is your top priority, especially in your own yard. If you’re aparent of a child on the autism spectrum, you have some extra concerns to think about. Luckily,there are some simple ways to keep your backyard...
Behavioral
Strategies for Developing Positive Interactions With Your Child
As we continue to look at ways to develop and support positive interactions with children, we need to fist consider what things our kids need. Naturally, we have talked about some things they don’t need, like lectures, negative feedback and inconsistencies. So, what...
Reinforcing Positive Behavior and Family Joy
Parents often struggle with ways to respond to a child’s challenging behavior and ways of reinforcing positive behavior. We see our kids struggling, but we can’t quite figure out what we need to do differently. One key is to provide consistent messages when...
Speech
School Year Prep and Ways To Celebrate Education
With summer at a close and school back in session, it's the perfect time to establish family educational goals and assorted activities for you and your young one to take on as you continue the academic journey together. Naturally, the school systems will have many...
5 Tips for Choosing Toys That Can Improve Children’s Language and Play!
With summer here, children need ways to stay engaged, and parents want to ensure they’re still helping their child progress and develop! That’s why we’ve highlighted five tips to help parents choose toys that will stimulate their children’s imagination and improve...
5 Ways to Involve Siblings in Speech Therapy
How does your child/children feel when their sibling gets speech and language therapy and they don’t? Do your other children ever feel left out? It’s understandable that siblings sometimes act out because they may feel left out, jealous or simply confused why someone...
Learning / Development
Is It ADHD or Not?
Today, there’s a lot of focus on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as we see increasing numbers of children and young adults being diagnosed with ADHD. ADHD defined is a brain disorder marked by an ongoing pattern of inattention or...
Health
Common COVID-19 Reactions: How to Help Children Process
For most of us, we are feeling increased stress levels as the pandemic continues to dictate the need for families to shelter in place. We are now dealing with increased stress and anxiety as our communities begin to open back up. Anxiety remains over the continued...
Keep Smiling and Laughing
With more time on my hands, I’m spending much of it reading. One of the things I read recently was the value that humor plays in combating our anxieties, and no matter what we do right now, at some level we are all experiencing anxiety. I began reflecting on ways I...
10 Tips To Survive Shelter-In-Place With Children
Greater Learning's 10 tips to survive shelter-in-place with children and have fun while building bonds together! Families are faced with new challenges as we as a nation are sheltering in place and trying to figure out ways to meet those challenges. I recently had the...
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