When you have a picky eater, mealtimes can feel all the more daunting and chaotic. This blog suggests 6 tips to help make mealtimes a more meaningful part of your daily routine. With these playful strategies, feeding flexibility can become a game your whole family can look forward to.

Tactile play is important for children to help build strong connections between their bodies and the world around them through the use of touch. This handout provides examples of tactile play activities that support learning, development, and engagement

Use this handout as a guide for incorporating heavy work activities at home. These activities can help your child regulate their body, support sensory system integration, and participate more comfortably in play and daily routines!

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 holiday season brings many heightened sensory experiences - bright lights, holiday songs, shopping trips, noisy toys and large crowds are enough to make most of us feel overwhelmed. All the excitement and changes in routines (with limited down time), can increase our stressors and emotions. This blog explores various sensory strategies that may assist in calming our sensory systems.

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.

Birthday parties can be overwhelming and overstimulating. Incorporating sensory strategies before, during and after the event can help the overall experience for all. Learn more here!

Although birthday parties can be a great event, they can be overwhelming for everyone involved. They’re loud, crowded, and can be a huge change in routine for kids. Success within birthday party environments involve creating a plan, or two, that incorporates heavy work, deep pressure, and calming strategies. Knowing your child and what sensory integration they need before, during, and after an event can help build the confidence your child needs to successfully participate in birthday parties.