If you are looking for a fun way to target executive functioning, sequencing, hand strengthening, visual motor integration, and turn-taking, this game is the game for you. See who will be the first to make the penguin fall into the icy water!
Honestly, this is one of my favorite games to play with kids! This activity can help with visual perception and visual scanning, hand-eye coordination, and fine motor integration!
These books are filled with different textures and items for babies and toddlers to interact and play with such as different fabrics, zippers, buckles, and character pieces! These types of books offer a sensory experience while also working on fine motor skills and pretend play. And look how cute the backpack is to carry it all!
Each side of the cube has different buttons/ pulleys/rollers which promotes baby to want to utilize all 6 sides! It can also help with bilateral gross motor coordination, fine motor pinch and grasp, learning cause and effect, learning animal sounds, numbers, letters, assist with upright sitting balance and challenge use of arms to play while on tummy. This will be on Zaydens wish list this year!
This is a great pretend play toy. With this toy, pretend play, sequencing, inferencing, problem-solving, and shared play ideas could be targeted. And who doesn’t love ice cream!
An OT, SLP, and a PT are serving up gift recommendations for your kids this year. See what they have in store for them.
The skills a child gains in symbolic play are directly linked to how they develop certain language skills.
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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic condition triggered by foods that causes inflammation and narrowing of the esophagus.
The outdoors provides a unique set of opportunities to describe surroundings, connect verbal output to immediate environment, and more.
Communication is a human right. AAC helps people learn to effectively communicate whatever they want, whenever they want, with whomever they want.
Shared book reading goes beyond simply pulling words off the page. This simple activity requires minimal effort for maximum rewards.
With early detection and treatment, torticollis can typically be resolved with no long-term side effects.
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V/V is a language-based program that develops and enriches a child’s ability to picture a spoken or written word/sentence.
The Center has really helped me so much and I want to pay it forward to the next kid.
Supporting brain and body function with tools that can be used in the clinic and at home.
Supporting brain and body function with tools that can be used in the clinic and at home.
We are frequently contacted by concerned parents of young children when their child suddenly begins stuttering.
Our OTs and PTs spent two days learning about the assessment and treatment of motor and nervous system function.
