Picnic in the Garden: Sensory Play and Sensory Foods for the Outdoors
Sensory Play and Sensory Foods for an Outdoor Garden Summer is quickly upon us which means the kids that have been clawing at the windows can now be set free...
Fitness/Sports/Recreation
Ask the Clinician? How Can I Get My Child with Special Needs Comfortable with the Pool in My Backyard?
Pool Tips 1. Start with Swim Lessons Knowing your child can be comfortable navigating through water on their own results in peace of mind for everyone. Before their first day,...
Summertime Family Fun
Summertime Family Fun We have all heard the saying, “a family that plays together, stays together” and there is no better time than now to promote family “togetherness”. There is...
How to Sneak in Physical Therapy on Vacation
How to Sneak in Physical Therapy on Vacation Spring break approaches. Summer approaches. Trips are planned. What you can’t always plan, however, is getting the physical activity your child might...
Spring into Good Health
Spring into Good Health Now that we are almost out of winter and headed for spring, we can concentrate on how we can get our bodies into shape. It may...
The Folly of Fitness Focus a User’s Guide
Fitness Focus Alright, so this being the health issue should make my contribution easy, right? Then there’s the specificity of why fitness is important for health, or what health actually...
Organizing Your Child’s Brain Through Crawling and Creeping
Crawling and Creeping When I first met Benjamin Thompson, he was struggling with echolalia (unsolicited repetition of vocalizations), extreme hyperactivity, self-biting, and poor eating and sleep habits. He had been...
Encourage Your Children to Move with Joy
Move with Joy When I see children giggling with joy in our Lekotek playrooms, they are almost always moving – chasing a bubble, swinging from a swing, jumping on a...
Turning Physical Fitness into Fun for Life
My four high school boys, all on the autism spectrum, bound into the “sports” room for our
Cleveland Rockin’ Wildcats: Special Needs Hockey with a Heart!
“Special Needs ” and “Hockey” are not two words that you hear together very often; they do go together very nicely though. Meet the Cleveland Rockin’ Wildcats. They are a...
