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Signs Your Child May Be Struggling With Sensory Processing

Sensory processing is how your nervous system receives, organizes, interprets, and responds to the information your 8 senses take in from the environment. We all do this daily; however, when the brain struggles to receive, organize, and interpret these signals, difficulties can arise and show up as processing challenges. It…

ADHD & Executive Functioning: How Coaching Can Help Children & Teens

If you’ve ever found yourself saying “But I KNOW you know how to do this!” While staring at an unfinished homework assignment, an overflowing backpack or a forgotten project sitting on the kitchen counter, you know how frustrating these moments can be.  Maybe your child can explain exactly how to…

New School Year, Same Kid: 8 Signs Your Child May Benefit From Executive Functioning Coaching

Back to school is here! You bought the supplies, you labeled the folders, you sharpened all of the pencils in the pack, and you’ve perfected the morning routine. You’re ready, your child is ready… right? Then comes the first week of school. Where’s my homework? I forgot my water bottle!…

When Should Your Child See A Therapist? 4 Signs to Look Out For

Things at home have been different lately. You start noticing behaviors and attitudes you have never seen from your child before, but you aren’t sure if you understand why. Sometimes inquiring about their mental health can be difficult, either getting an “I’m fine” or no response. You feel lost, worried,…

My child is a mess.

Do you feel your blood pressure rising every time you go into your child’s bedroom? Are there more clothes on the floor than there are in the dresser drawers? What about his backpack? Is it jammed with crumbled papers and missing homework assignments? Have you taken a look in her…

Top 5 Signs Your Child Needs OT

What exactly is OT? It’s short for Occupational Therapy…you may have heard that term over the years but aren’t quite sure exactly what it entails. Simply put, OT can help kids successfully play, improve their school performance, and aid them in their daily activities. It also boosts their self-esteem and gives them…

Another call from the teacher?

As parents, we all worry. We worry about how our child will do in school, sports, activities, friendships…but sometime we do more than occasionally worry. Some of us fear what the future will be like for our kid because every day seems like a roller coaster of emotion and chaos.…

Is your child NOT getting what they need at school?

We love our children’s schools and teachers, but sometimes we need assistance when it comes to navigating our child’s needs and the special education/504 plan process. It is so overwhelming, and you do NOT have to face this alone! Every child learns differently. There is no “one size fits all”…

Is your child difficult?

Parenting is a roller coaster. Some days are easy and fun and we can just throw our hands up in the air and enjoy the ride. Other days we are holding on for dear life with a feeling of anxiety and dread, not sure where this ride will take us next.…

Does your child need therapy?

Anxiety, depression, trauma, school avoidance, difficulties with emotion regulation, low self-esteem, social anxiety, anger management…kids and teens are dealing with so much today, especially as they begin to navigate how to find a return to normalcy as we emerge from a worldwide pandemic and the effects that “new normal” had…

Where words fail, music speaks” -Hans Christian Andersen

Music is a language we can all communicate in, even before we have the ability to speak! When I think about all of the music that we surround our infants and toddlers with, I realize it’s literally everywhere! Whether it’s a mom humming a lullaby  before bedtime or a dad…

Forgetful…Disorganized…Unfocused…

Does this sound like your child? Now that it’s the middle of September, life is in full swing! The kids are back to school and there is so much to keep track of- classwork, homework, supplies, activities schedule, sports equipment…is your child able to handle it all or do you…

Are you losing hope?

As an expecting mom, you had all sorts of hopes and dreams for your child. The first time you held your baby, his life flashed before your eyes. You imagined a wall filled with his scholastic awards, shelves overflowing with tournament trophies, and even his first date with his very…

Art and Mental Health for Children

When I was a child in school, I was so excited to go to art class. Art class allowed me to rest my mind because I had the chance to play with paper-Mache and paint.

The Benefits of Yoga for Children and Teens

Yoga is beneficial not only for adults but has proven to be just as helpful to children and teens. It can make a positive impact on children mentally and physically. Through yoga, children can develop essential skills that are needed for everyday life. Here are seven impactful benefits that yoga…

Tips For Getting and Keeping Your Kids Organized

Teaching a disorganized child to organize takes a village. If you are a parent and have no issues in this area, it can be very frustrating to understand that your child is not doing this on purpose and doesn’t possess the skills to change. If you do also struggle with…

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and How Light Therapy Helps

If you are like me, the end of fall/beginning of winter marks the time when the skies get a little darker and the temps a little colder, and the desire to jump out of bed, change out of my comfortable athleisurewear and leave my warm home to do anything diminishes.…

What Is Speed, Quickness & Agility (SQA) Training?

Whether you or your child is in the process of training for strength or endurance, for a recreation league team, a competitive travel team, high school, or college, the benefit of adding a speed, agility, and quickness program or specific drills to a fitness routine can take a person’s game…

Anxiety and Your Child

The list can go on and on….. Clinging to you wherever you go Crying for no reason Tantrums when you separate Excessive shyness even with family members Avoiding social situations Constantly worrying about everything Avoiding situations or places because of fears Complaining of frequent stomachaches or headaches Experiencing sudden and…

What Are Visual Processing Issues?

It can feel like groundhog day almost all the time trying to get your child to do their schoolwork and homework. It is a struggle to get them to go online and check-in or do assignments and forget about them doing any of it on their own! They seem to…

What Is Light Therapy and How Can It Help?

There is a lot of buzz and talk lately about light therapy and the effects that it can have one a person. It is also a frequent topic of questioning that I get when people walk by our therapy rooms and look in inquisitively. They see our syntonic lights and…

Ways to Help Limit Screen Time Use The Summer After COVID

If you have been immersed in all things screens since COVID-19 began, and it has not only crept into your life but feels like it has taken over in ways that don’t necessarily feel good, you are not alone! With the rate of technology at our fingertips and the need…

Summer – A Good Time to Unplug! How Much Screen Time Your Child Has Really Can Affect Their Brains

Have you ever seen in others or felt for yourself an extraordinary amount of moodiness? Restlessness? A more significant inability (than average) to focus on tasks that require concentration? Overly emotional feelings or outbursts? Impulsive and fidgety? Yes, these symptoms describe those of us during a period of stress. They…

9 Time-Management Tips for Frazzled Parents Working from Home

For the most part, your day has very little spare time in it. But when we begin to add your job and parenting and now housework or cleaning, food shopping, and ‘distance’ teaching your kids their academic lessons, it can be overwhelming and make the most organized, put-together person lose…

How to Tell If What Your Child is Experiencing is Trauma Related Stress

Did you know that when we go through a traumatic event, like our current pandemic of COVID -19, it can cause some to have behaviors and show symptoms that mimic attention problems/ADHD, especially in our children?

What Can I Do to Help My Child Get Through the Stress of The Pandemic?

As a parent, it can be hard to see your child struggle for any reason. It is even harder to look at their struggles and attempt to help them through it when we are going through the same experience they are. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit us all hard. It…

So What Is This Thing Called Sensory Processing?

Sensory Processing has become a common phrase that parents, teachers, and some professionals are using a lot today. It merely refers to how we receive, analyze, and respond to the signals and information in our environment. How our brains process this information serves as the foundation for all of our…