April is national occupational therapy awareness month! Ten years ago, the majority of our referrals were from parents who had concerns with their child’s handwriting. This rarely happens anymore. Most of the parents that can come to us today have concerns about the following: Frequent tantrums/meltdowns Always on the go Has difficulty playing with peers […]
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Occupational Therapy
April 2, 2017Category: Helping Hands News, Helping Hands Services
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Meet our Parent Liaison
May 3, 2016We have some exciting news to share with you! In January, we added a parent liaison to our team. Our goal was to bring someone on board who can bridge that gap between parents and therapists. Her focus is to check in with parents and see how things are going, assist families in obtaining grants […]
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St. Patrick’s Day
March 17, 2015Whether you are full blown Irish or you just like the color green, St. Patrick’s Day (and other holidays) is an excellent time to mix things up a bit. Every year at our clinic we pull out some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day books and homemade activities. We use these books and activities in […]
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Getting the most out of your child’s therapy session.
March 10, 2015Identifying that your child needs support is a huge step. Often times parents are overwhelmed. No one wants to admit that their child needs help. However, this is an important first step, and is crucial to getting your child where you want them to be and where they need to be. Once you get past […]
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Child Development: When in doubt, check it out!
September 19, 2014I wrote this blog some time ago. I’ve decided to re-post this blog for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is that over the past several weeks we have had a surge of parents/grandparents walking in off the street revealing concerns they have for their child. I’ll be honest, a few of these […]
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Group Therapy – How we do it right!
September 11, 2014For several years we moved away from group therapy in an effort to focus on our individual therapy. This past summer we reinstated our groups, as our local school districts cut back on their offerings of extended school year (summer school). Our concern was that our current kiddos would miss the consistency and routine that […]
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Sensory Seekers
June 15, 2013We have all seen them (or maybe we have a child like this), the climbers, runners, jumpers, those kiddos that take risks and don’t even consider the consequences of their actions. They are always going a million miles per minute, and by the end of the day you’re exhausted – who wouldn’t be! The picture […]
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