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Should I get my child assessed for Autism?
Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD) is a neurodevelopmental difference in one's way of being and experiencing the world. It...
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Little Bird
- May 7, 2023
- 3 min
Language matters
I've recently learned about declarative language. Not that it wasn't something I hadn't used before, and it is a term that I probably had...
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Little Bird
- Mar 7, 2023
- 4 min
What is Occupational Therapy (OT)?
Through the OT lens, an occupation is anything you do that is meaningful or important to you. It could be your job. But it could also be...
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Little Bird
- Feb 26, 2023
- 4 min
Is Your Child's Cup Always Full?
Do you have a child that melts down over the smallest things? Who "loses it" and has extreme emotional reactions that seem...
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Little Bird
- Jun 10, 2020
- 4 min
Quick Self Regulation Guide For Parents
Self regulation is your ability to monitor and manage your energy states and your reactions to your thoughts, emotions and sensations. It...
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Little Bird
- May 22, 2020
- 2 min
Proprioception- essential for regulation
Proprioception is one of the main senses that I focus on in Occupational Therapy or any of my work with kids. It is your sense of where...
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Little Bird
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Grounding Tools
Grounding tools are activities or items which give some intense or distracting sensory input which brings a person back to the present...
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Little Bird
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
Lets Talk Sensory!
"The experience of being human [of being conscious at all] is embedded in the sensory events of our every day lives". Begininng with the...
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Little Bird
- Jun 23, 2019
- 2 min
What the heck is interoception?
Interoception. One of those strange words an Occupational Therapist probably made up to explain another one of all the myriad of things...
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Little Bird
- Apr 27, 2019
- 6 min
Responding to Big Emotions
Every parent has probably been there- you overestimated your super mom abilities and decided to pick up some quick groceries on the way...
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Little Bird
- Feb 9, 2019
- 2 min
the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics,created by Bruce Perry, teaches that therapy needs to start at the place in brain development...
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Little Bird
- Feb 6, 2019
- 3 min
Occupational Therapy and Pediatric Mental Health
Does your child struggle with anxiety? With big emotions that make home routines a huge challenge? Does your child have extreme fears...
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Little Bird
- Feb 5, 2019
- 4 min
Grounding Strategies
Here’s a list of grounding techniques to help calm yourself when anxious or stressed. Find one or two that work best for you. If focusing...
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Little Bird
- Feb 5, 2019
- 1 min
Brainstem Calmer Activities
Children’s brains organize from bottom to top, starting from their brainstem and moving to cortical, ‘higher thinking’ areas last. Some...
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Little Bird
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Heavy Work Activities
Heavy work activities- using the body against resistance (also called proprioceptive input)- are regulating for most children, especially...
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Little Bird
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Purposeful, Goal Directed Activities to Help Your Child Regulate
Generally, activities that are purposeful or goal directed are more calming than random movement activities such as running around,...
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