Category: Caregivers

Why Won’t My Child Go to Sleep? The Science Behind Bedtime Struggles (For Babies and Kids)

Written by: Liz Harden If you’ve ever found yourself sitting next to your child at 9pm, wondering why they still aren’t asleep and what…

Reflections during Autism Acceptance Month

Written by: The Emerge Pediatric Therapy Team Did you know April is Autism Acceptance Month? While we celebrate and honor autistic individuals all year long,…

20 (therapeutic) Summer Activities

20 summer fun activities for kids with and without special needs. Work on fine motor, gross motor, sensory, letters, scissors/cutting, and more with the…

Halloween Slime!

Everyone LOVES slime! Slime is great for sensory, especially the tactile or touch sense. Kids all over enjoy making and playing with slime. We…

Halloween Cupcakes

Halloween brings out the fun in us. Kids and grownups enjoy dressing up and decorating for fall. Working on life skills includes baking,…

5 Halloween Tips for Children With Sensory Difficulties

Halloween! Awesome for some….torture for others. To our children with autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, food allergies, and many more, Halloween can be frightful and…

Auditory Processing Disorder 101

Auditory processing disorders are often misdiagnosed or masked as other things. Sometimes, people think kids aren’t paying attention or are daydreaming. In fact, it…

Teaching Idioms

It’s Raining Cats and Dogs! Idioms or phrases that cannot be understood through their literal meaning can be rather confusing for students with language…

What Are Pre-Writing Skills?

What are pre-writing skills and why does my child need them? Babies are born with hands that are curled up and only reflexively grasp…

Tuesday’s TOY of the Week – Tweezers

Cool TWEEZERs are Tuesday’s TOY of the Week! Fine motor skills are important, but we cannot start to practice cutting until a child’s hand…