What do weighted Pencils Do? Who do they help? Does your child struggle with handwriting tasks? Is your child’s handwriting often messy and hard to read? One possible solution may be a weighted pencil. A weighted pencil can help a variety of children, including children with both motor and sensory challenges. A child with…
Do you ever feel like when your child is active that they look awkward running or that something is off when they are walking? Does your child duck walk or walk pigeon toed? Maybe they also run in that position? You may be curious what on earth can physical therapists really do about it. Well, this blog post is…
Bringing Home and Raising Preemie Babies – The First Steps Congratulations! If you are reading this, you may have had a scary birth and delivery with your premature baby. Things may not have gone as you originally planned. However, the most important thing is that your baby is healthy and ready to come home with you! So…now what? This article discusses your…
Let’s do an Experiment Note what position your baby is in. Close your eyes for 30 seconds, and then open them. Is your child in the same position? Have they moved or shifted? Did you already know what position they would be in before you opened your eyes? Variety in movement and positioning is the hallmark of typical development. Babies, toddlers, and kids are wiggly…
Straw drinking is an important developmental milestone for a toddler to achieve. It strengthens tongue, cheek, and lip muscles that aid in more sophisticated eating and drinking skills. However, sometimes bringing a child’s attention and focus to the use of a straw can be more of an obstacle than families initially anticipate. Luckily, an adapted…
Teletherapy sessions look different for every child and every family. That is especially true for those who have a child with special needs. Through teletherapy the physicality of a session shrinks or is removed all together. However, there are still amazing ways to individualize each child’s experience. There are also so many ways to adapt sessions…
Telehealth continues to set a precedent in the pediatric therapy world. It may be difficult to identify what this looks like. Especially for those like yourself who have an infant, toddler, or child and are seeking virtual services. Many ask, “What will Telehealth Therapy look like for my baby?” Below are some expectations you would typically…
Change in 2020 Over the past 2 months, my career as a pediatric PT has taken a drastic turn. With schools closing and stay-at-home orders in effect, live physical therapy visits slowly dwindled to nothing. By now, we’ve heard plenty about telehealth and virtual doctor visits. It is important that we all try teletherapy in 2020…
First Timer As I sat down for my first teletherapy session, my mind was reeling! How would I pull this off? I wanted to do it in a way that was efficient, effective, and entertaining. Every treatment strategy that I had up to this point had been based off of face to face contact. Needless…
Your speech-language pathologist/speech therapist may recommend that your child could benefit from AAC, but what is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a term used to encompass all forms of communication, other than oral speech, to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. We all use AAC to communicate throughout the day. We may use gestures…
