With the cold weather taking over Chicago, and the ebb and flow of the pandemic, it’s important to know that Teletherapy is a useful and viable option for all families looking for help for their children from the comfort and safety of their homes. But did you also know that all insurance plans (as of January 2022) are still covering Telehealth…
In need of some ideas to get your kids away from screens at home? If you have painter’s tape lying around, you can develop some creative activities that will keep you and your kids entertained and engaged while helping to develop their visual-motor, fine motor, gross motor, and sensory processing skills. Adequate development of fine…
As your children begin to learn letter- and word-formation in school, they’ll likely have homework that focuses on this as well! Handwriting can be an extremely tricky task to master, which can make it even more aversive for your child to practice. Whether your child is just beginning to learn pre-writing lines or working on…
What to Expect and How Physical Therapy Can Help As a parent, hearing that your baby can benefit from helmet therapy may seem scary. This is an intervention used more and more often for young children who were born with or have developed an asymmetrical head shape as an infant. Just as older children may…
If your child uses an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device, chances are you have heard about the importance of modeling. Modeling, aided language stimulation (ALS), natural aided language, aided language modeling and partner augmented input (PAI) all refer to the same thing: providing the AAC user with language models using their communication device. Think…
Hopping on one foot is a tricky skill to learn. A child has to first be able to balance on one foot but also be able to jump. In typical development, a child learns to stand on one foot and balance independently for up to 4 seconds by age 2 ½! Hopping forward with ease…
Your child is just starting ABA therapy and you are meeting your ABA team for the very first time, but who is part of this team? As many families first begin ABA therapy, there are many questions that arise. One of those questions being, “who is going to be working with my child and what…
Ways to Help Your Child With Memory & Recall – From a Speech Pathologist Perspective Does it sometimes feel like pulling teeth when asking your child what they did at school or what they did during a play date with a friend? Does your child have a hard time remembering a lot of things? As…
“I Want To Start ABA, But I’m Afraid My Child Will Not Play!” Playing is a foundational skill that children begin to engage in at birth. Babies begin to engage in play by exploring the way their body moves, and engaging with toys that are placed in front of them. As children develop their play…
