Helping Your Child Understand Their Emotions: A Guide for Parents
Positioning for Feeding
Formulas for Infants
A Guide to Infant Physical Therapy
Insurance Process
The Unique Role of Child-Led Occupational Therapy in Emotional Regulation
Refluxes in Feeding
Encouraging Early Language Development Through Daily Routines
Using Common Household Objects to Enhance and Elicit Speech and Language Development
Sports Specialization: How to Decrease Risk and Increase Reward
Fun Fall Gross Motor Activities For Kids With Sensory-Seeking Needs
Fall is here! That means crisp air, crunchy leaves, and the perfect opportunity to get outside and enjoy some fun, sensory-packed activities with your kiddos. If you have a child who loves to move and is constantly seeking sensory input, gross motor activities are an amazing way to help them release energy, develop coordination, and have a blast!
Does My Child Need More Speech Therapy?
Toilet Training Tips for Children with ASD, ADHD, and Neurodivergent Needs
Multisensory Experiences for Improved Language Development
Primitive Reflexes
Pediatric Shoe Recommendations
Hodson’s Cycle Approach: Why I Love It and Why It’s Great for So Many Kids
If your child is highly unintelligible or has multiple phonological patterns, Hodson’s Cycles can help them become more understandable quickly. Here are some of the reasons I love this approach:
Quick Improvement: By focusing on primary speech patterns that impact overall intelligibility, we often see faster results.
Suitable for Young Children: It works for kids as young as 3 years old.
Personalized Targets: We select specific patterns and words tailored to each child, usually only 4-5 words instead of a long list of words.
Word-Level Focus: We only need to work at the word level to see improvements.
Generalization: Working on specific patterns or sounds often improves other sounds that aren’t directly targeted.
Phonological Awareness: Hodson’s cycles includes phonological awareness activities that may boost literacy outcomes.
Fun and Fast: The method is engaging and can be done quickly.