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Aug 14, 20212 min read

What To Do When Your Child Stutters

If you are a parent or loved one of a child who stutters, you may have experienced feeling unsure of what to say or do when your child...

Tips to help engage your child during play

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Aug 5, 20212 min read

Tips to help engage your child during play

Sometimes it can be difficult to engage a young child with complex communication needs in play; It can even feel like they don’t want to...

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Jul 29, 20211 min read

Following Directions

Have you ever been frustrated with your child for not listening or not following your directions? This may be because your directions are...

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Jul 22, 20212 min read

The Monster Study

What is the Monster Study? The Monster Study is a famously unethical piece of research conducted by Professor Wendell Johnson in the...

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Jul 15, 20212 min read

Ergonomics for New Mothers

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, often nicknamed Mummy Thumb, is a condition in which the synovium sheath surrounding the tendons of the...

Activities to Build Understanding of Cause and Effect

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Jul 8, 20212 min read

Activities to Build Understanding of Cause and Effect

Before children are developmentally ready to talk, they need to understand cause and effect! Cause and effect activities are great ways...

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Jul 1, 20211 min read

Executive Functioning

Executive functioning is the ability to "develop concepts, problem-solve, show insight and make judgments about knowledge.” Our executive...

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Jun 24, 20212 min read

Shoulder and Neck Pain

The shoulder is a very complex region of the body with many bony structures, ligaments, muscles, tendons, and nerves that make up four...

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Jun 17, 20211 min read

Play Based Therapy

Play time is the best time for a child to learn speech and language. While playing with your child, help them learn new words and how to...

What is Emotional Regulation and what does it look like?

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Jun 10, 20211 min read

What is Emotional Regulation and what does it look like?

Emotional dysregulation refers to when a person has difficulty controlling or regulating their emotions to a variety of situations. It is...

What is Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)?

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Jun 4, 20212 min read

What is Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)?

DCD: What is it and how can PT help? What is DCD? Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting...

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May 27, 20212 min read

Stuttering

What is Stuttering? In its most simple definition, stuttering is a neurophysiological disorder with a genetic transmission which causes...

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May 19, 20211 min read

Animal Walks

Not Just Animal Walks Have your herd of animal walks? Animal walks are simple, silly, fun exercises that help children burn off energy...

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May 12, 20212 min read

Cerebral Palsy and Muscle Power

The diagnosis of cerebral palsy (CP) encompasses “a group of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early childhood and...

Speech Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injuries

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May 6, 20212 min read

Speech Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injuries

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results when the brain is damaged by an external force resulting with a disruption in the normal functioning...

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Apr 28, 20212 min read

Sensory Play at Home

An occupation is defined as the activities or tasks that make up our lives; eating, sleeping, working, playing, reading, anything you...

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Apr 22, 20212 min read

Mental Health in Children

Mental health can include our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Our mental health can affect how we think, feel, and act...

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Apr 15, 20212 min read

What is Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)?

What is DCD? Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting motor skill, coordination, and...

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Apr 8, 20212 min read

Targeting Language at Home

The use of models can aid in the treatment of many language deficits. This is the case for practicing, or targeting, utterance expansion...

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Mar 29, 20211 min read

Tying Shoes

Why learn to tie your shoes when you have Velcro? It’s true that using Velcro is faster and learning to tie your shoes takes time. Then...