Reflexes are automatic responses the body makes to sensory input. This blog will discuss primitive reflexes and their impact on occupational performance.

This handout goes over some general feeding milestones to expect with your child. Remember, eating is the most complex physical task that children do, and each child gets there in their own way. In fact, it can take 2 full years to learn to eat a wide range of foods.

P.R.O.P.S is an acronym to remember some common sensory strategies that support regulation and organization for you and your child. This handout explains some of our favorite sensory strategies for feeling good!

Fine motor development kicks off in the early months of a child’s life and sets the stage for a world of exploration and creativity. Grasp patterns—the unique ways we hold utensils, toys, markers, and more—play a vital role in your child’s ability to thrive in play, tackle daily activities, and excel in school tasks like handwriting. In this blog, we’ll dive into the various grasp patterns from birth to age 6 and discuss ways you can support your child’s fine motor development as they grow. 

Oral Motor tools are designed to help children increase awareness of their mouth, strengthen their jaw, and coordinate their mouth movements for language and feeding development. Oral motor tools also provide great sensory exploration leading to better regulation and engagement. With so many to choose from, you may be wondering what the experts would suggest! This blog will explore and explain some of our favorite oral motor tools and how to use them to maximize fun and function. 

The ability to regulate emotions and cope during times of stress or failure are important skills for children to develop. Emotional regulation promotes self-reflection and resiliency, and the right tools and strategies can help your child recover from disappointment or irritation faster, solve problems under stress, and adapt to other environments. This blog will cover a variety of strategies you can use to help your child develop the ability to regulate their emotions.  

Whether it is strengthening head control during infancy, or developing motor planning skills during the teen years, there’s a wide range of skills occupational therapists can help children work on throughout their adolescence. While children develop at their own pace, there are some signs to be aware of that will tell you if your child would benefit from working with an occupational therapist. This blog aims to go through common signs, and how they may present in your child.  

The new year is a time to reflect on some of the past year’s experiences and events. It’s also an opportunity to plan and set goals for the upcoming year. Being able to envision, plan, and achieve goals is a crucial skill for future success and overall happiness. In this blog we’ll talk about some tips for setting goals with kids while making it fun and memorable for the whole family!

We have 8 sensory systems that help us understand and interact with the world around us. Our sensory systems are: auditory, olfactory, gustatory, visual, tactile, vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive senses. Learn more about each sensory system here.

Writing is a complex activity that can be a challenge for many children, but working on handwriting skills at home doesn't need to be boring. Check out some fun sensory activities you can incorporate into your handwriting practice here.