Start with you. Learn to recognize and manage your own stresses. Take advantage of available support services to understand how your own feelings, experiences, and well-being influence your interactions with your child. Add mind-body activities to your daily routines. Simple activities, such as mindful breathing or yoga, can have big benefits. iCan Dream Center social …
Social communication is essential for everyday life to build social relationships and express unmet needs. For youth having difficulties with self-expression, it can be emotionally overwhelming, leading to frustrations, socially inappropriate behavior, and refusing or ignoring requests. Try Social Stories In Ghurair and Alnaqi (2020) research, they utilized a technique called Social Stories that uses …
Even though the start of a new school year is an exciting time for many students, there are several important habits to establish at home to promote success. By following these simple tips, students will maximize their chance to succeed both in school and during non-school-related activities. Nutrition Breakfast: Don’t let your kids skip breakfast in …
In the early intervention world, occupational therapists serve children by providing the services they need to support educational skills like handwriting, self-care activities like putting on and taking off their backpacks, and emotional regulation skills like learning to remain calm. Occupational therapists are truly like Swiss Army Knives in that we have a diverse range …
“So you help people get jobs?” The dreaded question that occupational therapists (OTs) hear all too often about their role as a practitioner. To us, the word ‘occupation’ is our pride and joy, and it is often misunderstood. In occupational therapy, “occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families, and …
One near and dear part of being a social worker is being able to facilitate social work groups with our students. Our social work groups across all of our programs focus on meeting the social-emotional needs of our students and beyond. These groups focus on different topics that provide our students an opportunity to share. …
ACES, or Adverse Childhood Experiences, come in many forms, from physical and mental abuse to neglect and household dysfunction. In 1998, CDC-Kaiser Permanente published a groundbreaking study that investigated the impact of ACEs on physical and mental health problems in over 17,000 adults. Now that we understand how toxic stress affects the minds and bodies …
After many years of struggling with literacy in school settings, many students become reluctant readers by the time they are in high school. Two of the most important factors in choosing a novel for these students are: Will the student be able to read the subject matter? How does the student learn best? Visual learners …
Summer break is right around the corner and although it is good for students to get a break from school, it is important to keep them active in their learning. Keeping kids’ heads in books can help them continue to grow and retain knowledge they learned in school. One way to keep your child engaged …
Exercise is an important component to maintaining a healthy lifestyle for all children. In the United States, over 16% of children between the ages of 2 and 19 years of age are considered overweight or obese. For children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), this percentage is even higher with 19% of children with ASD classified …
