Everyday Items as Awesome Toys: TOOTHBRUSH Toothbrush activities – The awesomeness of common items in play should not go unnoticed! In this series, we will explore one such common item each time and discuss five different ways to play with it. This article is exploring the everyday item: TOOTHBRUSH Toothbrushes are an essential part of …
How to Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism? Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism, We get a huge chunk of our information about the world from what we see. If you want your child to learn faster, then you have to help your child look more. Speech, social skills, potty training—everything goes faster …
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Autism Series XII: What You Should Know About Stims A self-stimulatory or stimming behavior (which are often called as ‘Stims’) are specific, repetitive behaviors of the body – an action, movement or sound. Individuals within the Autism spectrum disorder often stim. Other disorders in which stimming would be seen include – anxiety disorders, Tourette’s, Obsessive …
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Funtastic Play Ideas: DOMINOES In each article of this series, five different ways of playing with a toy will be discussed. Let’s begin to explore the games and enjoy ourselves! This article explores play with: DOMINOES. A classic game, that is super fun to play with but requires some amount of skill. The domino tiles …
Everyday Items as Awesome Toys: POST IT As parents, we often feel the need to buy the latest and greatest toys for our children. It’s amazing how kids can find joy in the simplest things, and as parents or caregivers, we can encourage this creativity by providing them with a variety of everyday items to play …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching K and G sounds Articulation Therapy- The sounds /k/ and /g/ are velar stops. Velars refer to place where the air is constricted and momentarily blocked to say the sound – which is the back of the mouth. The sounds require air to be shortly ‘stopped’ and then released by producing a …
Dealing with Anxiety in Children Children with anxiety difficulties tend to lack confidence in their abilities and feel overwhelmed easily. They are also driven to avoid the things that cause them anxiety, and in doing so, don’t get the chance to learn that what they fear will usually not happen. You can help by working …
Funtastic Play Ideas: Paint Brushes Play with Paint Brushes, In each article of this series, five different ways of playing with a toy will be discussed. Let’s begin to explore the games and enjoy ourselves! This article explores play with: Paint Brushes. Paint brushes are available in different sizes, material etc. Based on the activity …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching M and N sounds Teaching M and N sounds- The sounds /m/ and /n/ are voiced nasals. Nasals refer to the way the sounds are produced with air flowing through the nose. If these sounds are misarticulated, a speech therapist can assist in bringing an understanding of how the sounds are made …
Speech Doctor on Amazon Alexa Be In Charge Of Your Family’s Speech, Using Just Your Voice Speech Doctor is an app that assists parents and speech therapists alike in identification of speech related disorders in kids at an early stage. Through the app, a parent or doctor can get a fair idea of whether the …