Health Blog

chores Jan20th 2017

Sensory Integration Helps Children with Autism

Many children with neurological problems, especially those with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, have difficulty processing normal sensations. Whether this is from touch, sight, smells, tastes or sounds, the brain cannot normally process and coordinate the signals. This results in a variety of different behaviors that can alienate individual children and make it difficult for them

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Child cooking Jan10th 2017

Getting Your Child Involved in Cooking

Developing your child’s skills in the kitchen can determine their ability to make wise food and eating choices for a lifetime. The kitchen is also a great place to work on direction following, task sequencing, fine motor skills, sensory processing, strength, and coordination through activities that are not only therapeutic, but fun and functional as

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flat head Dec15th 2016

Does Your Baby Have a Flat Head?

Today, many more babies have flat spots on their heads, far more than 20 years ago. In fact, it is now common to see babies out in public wearing orthotic helmets and to hear stories about their courses of physical therapy. In the 1970’s, studies showed that 1 in 300 infants were diagnosed with plagiocephaly

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