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Video: Ocupational Therapy - Waking up the arms and legs
Emmett just started with his new Occupational Therapist the other day. His schedule changed because of school and his original OT will be on maturity leave so we have moved to a new therapist. -
Video: What is Occupational Therapy?
What is Occupational Therapy? I wanted to share another video from one of Emmett’s Occupational Therapy sessions. This is the Hammock Swing and this is actually the first time Emmett has tolerated this exercise.… -
Intensive OT Time
We are doing a weeks worth of intensive OT with Heidi after school for an hour each day. It took Heidi about an hour of intensive OT to calm down after a very wound up day. Certainly seems like she has hit sensory overl… -
Receiving A Diagnosis
Receiving a diagnosis for your child of Autism Spectrum Disorder can be scary. What is the first thing you do when you get home from the doctor’s office after receiving the diagnosis? You either freak out, and h… -
Creative Hand Strength
One of the things our OT suggested to help build up the girls hand strength* was playing with pegs. Helping Mummy hang out the clothes only goes so far, especially in winter when it is too damp to hang stuff up on the… -
Occupational Therapists
I am considering going into occupational therapy. I would like to have autistic children as my main focus. I have a very general idea of what that would entail from some prior discussions with occupational therapists… -
Dare I Hope?
Today happened in extremes. The lows included Big Brother's bad mood from the get go. He didn't sleep well last night, which made him uber grumpy this morning, which in turn meant he was too overwhelmed to eat. He l…
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