One of our primary roles as caregivers is to support our children in the activities of daily living that promote their health, well-being, and participation in everyday life. Grooming tasks such as haircuts, nail trimming, and other personal care routines can be challenging for many children, and for their families, especially when a child experiences sensory processing differences. This blog tells you how to create a sensory-friendly environment that can help make grooming activities more comfortable, improve your child's tolerance, and encourage participation in these important daily routines.

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 to strengthening your child’s impulse control and decision making skills. By using the strategies you can help your child manage strong emotions and develop the confidence to make safe decisions in everyday situations.

For many children, Halloween activities are filled with fun and imagination, but for other kids, it can also come with sensory overload, social challenges, and unexpected stressors. In this blog, we’ll explore a neurodiversity-affirming approach to Halloween, offering tips and strategies to support every child in celebrating comfortably and confidently. 

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!

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.  

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!

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.