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Easter Bunny Handprint Craft

I LOVE this Easter Bunny Handprint Craft and I hope you do too! Hippety-Hoppety, Easter is here!  This weekend is always a great opportunity…
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Life Skills Series: Fire Safety

Life skills training helps our children with independence. This week, I’d like to talk about fire safety. When thinking about functional skills, knowing when…
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Cookie Cutter Popsicle Stick Puzzle

Spring break is great for vacations and relaxing, but it can also be a good recipe for cabin-fever!  Here’s another colorful activity to keep…
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Get Colorful This Spring With Unicorn Play Dough!

  Spring Time is finally here!  The weather may not be ready for all the outdoor fun that summer brings, but there are plenty…
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Easter Peeps Sensory Play Dough Activity

I love spring and eating Peeps candy. The best thing about today’s sensory activity is that you can play with this fun dough that…
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Handwriting Tips and FREE download

Handwriting is so important to each of us. Our signature marks our unique impression of agreement or approval on a document. There have been…
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Self Care in Healthcare: Taboo Topic or Priceless Prerequisite?

I’m SO excited to welcome this month’s guest blogger. She’s Katie Tietz, a pediatric occupational therapist, international best selling author, speaker and certified mindset coach….
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5 Ways to Tell if it’s Sensory or Behavior

    Identifying whether it is sensory or behavior is much more complicated than you might think. A few years ago, we were trying…
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5 Fun President’s Day Fine Motor Activities

It’s President’s Day and this year, I’ve found some really fun activities that will fit goals for fine motor, executive function (specifically planning, following…
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Play With Your FOOD – A Valentine’s Day Treat

Many children with special needs experience co-morbid conditions involving eating. Co-morbid means they ‘come along with’ other disorders. For example, many children with autism…
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