Family Chat: Practical Tips For Puberty
“Puberty! Ready or not, it is our time to guide our children through. It’s a natural stage of development when many changes happen to our bodies, emotions, and behaviors. We...
Nov/Dec 2021
Greg Santucci Top 5 Questions I Often Hear as an Occupational Therapist
We are happy to introduce you to Greg Santucci a pediatric occupational therapist with over 20 years of experience who simply loves to play. And he knows the power and...
2021 Holidays & Holi-Deals Gift Guide (slide show)
1. Fort Magic. The ultimate “mom-created” fort-building kit for kids. The kit offers curved and straight pipes and various connectors, so you can build whatever you can think of! BUY...
Tips on Respite Strategies for Families Caring for Children with Special Needs
Respite Strategies 1. Be Kind to Yourself. Talk to yourself the way you would a friend. Engage in compassionate self-talk, building yourself up instead of tearing yourself down. Do...
Overcoming Bias
After two hours of waiting in an Emergency Room and watching others getting help before him, Johnny began to get frustrated. “How come they are getting to cut in line?”...
Mask As a Tool for Communication
Masks can be so much fun to wear but did you know that masks have been part of our culture since 7000 B.C. From the masks of Camaroon in Africa...
Does Your Teen Struggle with Executive Function?
5 Executive Function Tips Are you seeing that your teen consistently struggles in the same areas: task initiation, time management, prioritization, and organization? Like any other subject in school, these...
How I Got My Picky Eater to Try Different Foods
Picky Eater “You’re going to get back what you’re dishing out!” said my mother as I sat stubbornly at the dinner table refusing to eat what was on my plate....
TOP 5 Favorite Toys in his “bag of tricks” as an Occupational Therapist
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood” -Fred Rogers...
Mommy’s Timeout: Lapland Landscape
Take a Time Out Use visualization meditation to relax. Take a temporary timeout and view the Lapland, Finland. Take a couple of deep breaths and begin to let go...