How Activities & Games in Speech Therapy Help Children Learn Improving your child’s speech through speech therapy sessions doesn’t need to be a tedious task! Using various age-appropriate games and activities, speech therapists integrate therapy techniques into fun games. Your…
Crayons As An Occupational Therapy Tool For Fine Motor Skills
By: Leah Gross March 31st is National Crayon Day, so I wanted to highlight some of our favorite ways to use crayons at The Therapy Place. Aside from the typical ways children use crayons to color and write, they are…
To Tell or Not to Tell
Starting off the School Year Right: Should you tell your child’s teacher about his/ her delays or any therapy received? “Sarah was a bright child, tons of friends but she simply couldn’t sit still in class. After undergoing a thorough…
How to prepare your child for a successful day in school
The year is finally looking predictable and scheduled. Your days are starting to resemble a routine, yet your child is having trouble getting used to their long day. Does this snippet sound like a page out of your book? Gosh,…
White Noise- Sensory Processing
Our Assessment Our assessment is that Gavi is not able to process information from multiple sources simultaneously. Children with typical development can sift through multisensory stimuli to react to and concentrate only on the important information. For example, if the…
Two Sided Issue- Coordination Difficulty
Dovi, 7 years old, is having trouble in school. His handwriting is sloppy and often illegible and he complains that his hand hurts when he writes. He mixes up similar letters, such as lowercase B and D or gimmel and…
Don’t Look Down- Gravitational Insecurity
Atara is a 2nd grader who hated recess. She refused to go on the swings or down slides, complained to her teacher that all the playground equipment was ‘too scary,’ and even went so far as to stay at her…
Seeking Input- Decreased Spatial Awareness
Natalie is an adorable four-year-old girl. Her mother is concerned because Natalie is always bumping into people and furniture, falls frequently and occasionally even crashes into walls. Natalie is always touching things as she encounters them and often lies down…
Say What? Auditory Processing Disorder
Symptoms Joshua could not function in his 5th grade classroom. Whenever his teacher issued instructions like, “Take out your pencil and start working on your worksheet,” Joshua appeared “spaced out” and seemed to ignore the instructions completely. Joshua’s apparent disregard…
Shouldering The Burden- Handwriting Difficulty
Ayala was a bright, articulate, and spunky first grader, but she had a terrible handwriting. Her classmates were learning to write full sentences, both in print and script, but Ayala could hardly write at all. When she started writing, her…