Want to Get Students Ready to Learn? Consider Yoga in the Classroom
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Teachers have the honor and unique perspective of working within a space where each child and the teacher, are working towards...
View ArticleThe Nose Knows – Learn How to Practice Switch Breath
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Has your child ever sat down to do a numbers task but just couldn’t seem to get “get her mind around it”? The post The Nose Knows –...
View ArticleGet Your Child Singing – It’s Therapeutic
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Music is therapeutic – so much so that many have chosen professions in music therapy and many receive music therapy as a The post...
View ArticleSun Salutations for Vestibular Input
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Swinging is known to have a calming effect on the nervous system. The rhythmical movements and repetitive pattern give steady, even...
View ArticleSimple Yoga to Reduce Anxiety in Kids
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Are your looking to reduce anxiety in your child? Yoga is by far one of the most accessible, effective and low-cost anxiety The...
View ArticlePhysical Therapy – How to Gain the Maximum
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights When will my child sit, crawl, walk? It’s one of the first questions I get asked as a physical therapist. The truth The post...
View ArticleRe-Focus Your Students with Three Balance Breaks
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Balance breaks or poses are thought to develop the cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls the body in motion. They The...
View ArticleThe Recorder: Chock Full of Therapeutic Benefits
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights Are you looking to try something fun and different with your child? Something that offers a hidden therapeutic benefit? Consider...
View ArticleEnhance Speech Therapy with a Recorder
Special-ism - Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights In The Recorder: Chock Full of Therapeutic Benefits, Developmental Musician, Orly Zalel provided professional insight on the...
View ArticleEnhance Receptive & Expressive Language Skills with Yoga
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation The practice of yoga lends itself naturally to the development of language skills. Practicing yoga in a movement based, playful environment can naturally...
View ArticleYoga Tips for Sensory Regulation – Morning until Night
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation The goal of a sensory diet is to incorporate movement and sensory based activities throughout the day in order to promote regulation. Each sensory diet...
View ArticleConsider Yoga to Develop Social Skills
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation The benefits of yoga seem to be numberless. Every person has a different reason why they practice yoga or even a different idea of why others practice...
View ArticleYoga and Sensory at your School Desk
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation Children struggling with attention, sensory regulation, or emotional regulation concerns will often have a notable increase in anxiety about school. With...
View ArticleChange the Way We Think About Transitions
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation We are all about the “getting ready” for our children with sensory processing needs. Our focus is often front-loaded. As therapists, while prepping for our...
View ArticleHow to Achieve Sensory Success with Teens
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation During my years as a school-based occupational therapist (OT), I consistently observed the following: younger kids, like preschoolers through...
View ArticleVision Challenges Result in School Day “Crutches”
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation We recently had a young adult patient, who comes to us for vision care, describe a re-occurring experience that she would have while attending school....
View ArticleDoes Your Therapy Office Put Kids in Sensory Overload?
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation It’s important to be aware of a client’s sensory needs no matter what clinical service you are providing, whether it’s occupational therapy, speech...
View ArticleOver Sensitive to Sound? Consider Homeopathy
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation Most people probably don’t think of homeopathy as a treatment for sensory processing disorder. In fact, homeopathic remedies are often very effective in...
View ArticleCHILL CHILDREN: Guided Relaxation
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation A relaxed body is healthy, vibrant and feels great. A relaxed mind is creative, powerful and unlimited. Guided relaxation can help children to achieve a...
View ArticleHomeopathy for Influenza
Special-ism - Destination for Self-Regulation Homeopathy has a great record for helping people recover from influenza infections. The easiest homeopathic remedy to use for influenza is Oscillococcinum...
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