Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights
When you think of treatment options for autism, do you think of massage? I know I didn’t. So when I was offered the opportunity to review Virginia S. Cowen’s new book, Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers, I readily agreed. Virginia Cowen is a massage therapist, exercise [...]
Holidays, vacations, weekends. Any time off should be welcomed time, but this is not always the case with a child with special needs. If your child has sensory issues and craves movement and sensory input, I may have a helpful tool for you. It’s called and was created by David Jereb, a licensed occupational therapist [...]
[fbshare]Earlier in the week I looked at play skills in children less than a year old. Play is critical for a child as it helps the development of many skills, such as fine and gross motor skills, cognitive and language skills, and social and emotional skills. Play helps a child to learn and generalize these [...]
Parents always hear how important play is to children–it’s their work. Young babies, toddlers, and children love to play and they often like to play the same thing over and over again. Parents are their babies first playmates and through play children learn new skills and how to connect socially. When a child is under [...]
