The Holidays are great time to have the whole family team up in the kitchen and create something delicious and spectacular! You can use the four fun holiday snacks as grounds to explore new foods with kids! These will help kids learn about foods without pressure to consume the foods, but they just might turn…
Halloween is almost here! Before the big day, please see below for the tips our Occupational Therapy Team compiled for sensory-friendly for Trick or Treating experience. Each of these tips will help you and the whole family have your best Halloween yet! 7 Sensory-Friendly Trick or Treating Tips Make Costume Comfortable: Wear tight clothing under…
BOO! Halloween is around the corner and our Occupational Therapy Team put together this blog that includes ten costume tips and tricks for parents of children with sensory processing differences. Halloween can be one of the best holidays of the year for trick or treaters of all ages, but the costumes can lead to some…
Bottom scooting – or shuffling – is a way that many children use when first learning how to explore their environment. Even though it is effective, this position can exacerbate muscle weakness and asymmetry. Therefore a means of mobility that we want to discourage. What is Bottom Scooting? Bottom scooting is when a child sits…
Need to spice up playtime at your house? Need toy options that are not only fun for your child but also help stimulate your child’s speech and language skills? Well we have just the list of toys for you! We have created a list of our favorite toys as well as suggestions on how to…
Read the latest Tribune Article to feature our clinic and one of our kids! In the middle of May we were visited by John J. Kim, photographer for the Chicago Tribune. He spent time with two of our therapists, Alex Meeske and Jessie Smith. Additionally, he met with one of our incredible clients, Hayden Cheng….
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month which makes it the perfect time to have a conversations about your child’s hearing and their speech and language development. Your child most likely had a newborn hearing screening following birth. However, some hearing losses can begin months or years after birth. Stay tuned into how…
Just like us, children go through feeling hard emotions, such as anger, worry, disappointment, and sadness. As a kid, they may not have the words or skills to communicate and overcome those emotions on their own. As caregivers, we need to be there to help them gain these skills of knowing how to self-regulate and…
Tips from a Speech-Language Pathologist and Lactation Counselor Breastfeeding is natural but is not always intuitive! Babies are capable and love to nurse however the breastfeeding dyad must learn to breast feed collaboratively. Establishing a good partnership for nursing, at the time of birth, can help with building positive and effective patterns for nursing at…
