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This article is written for colleagues, but parents may also find it of interest: http://www.pediastaff.com/blog/ot-corner-help-for-the-anxious-child-13415

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2013/03/help-for-anxious-child.html

In my last post at Minds in Bloom,  I help teachers identify who in their classrooms would benefit from  sensory integration therapy.

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/05/who-needs-sensory-integration-therapy.html

This week on Minds in Bloom, I talk about the necessary components of the ability to pay attention in the classroom:

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-some-children-pay-better-attention.html

The series at Minds in Bloom continues.  This week  I give advice to classroom teachers on how to teach handwriting.

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/04/back-at-minds-in-bloom-again-where-i.html

Go here to find out why recess is a vital part of education!

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/04/recess-and-pe-are-crucial-to-academic.html

Go over here to see what I have to say about posture and learning...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/04/good-sitting-equals-good-learning_11.html

I'm guest blogging over here for a few weeks...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/04/helping-children-sit-still-in-class.html

Want to know how to get the best out of your relationship with your child's OT? Follow me...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/03/getting-most-out-of-sensory-integration.html

I briefly treated a little girl earlier this school year who unfortunately did not make much progress while participating in occupational therapy.  She missed many sessions because her mothe...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream.html

More ideas about playing inside when the weather does not permit. However, I urge you to brave the weather and take them outside anyway, even when it's freezing out  -- kids don't seem to mi...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/02/inside-moves-part-three.html

More ideas about staying sane while staying indoors.  {If the weather at all permits, please, take your children outside to play!}   A therapy ball is invaluable for a young c...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/01/inside-moves-part-two.html

I can't urge parents strongly enough to make sure that their children get outside to play every single day.  It's critical to their health and to their neurological development.  A body...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/01/inside-moves-part-one.html

1.  The child does not get enough exercise.  Children require huge amounts of movement, preferably outside, every single day.  Movement and exercise is as essential as food for chi...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2012/01/twenty-four-reasons-why-child-cant-sit.html

Why don't I think electronic toys are a great choice for holiday gifts?  Let me count the ways... Electronic toys are addictive, violent, and don't require or encourage creativity. Children ...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/12/thinking-outside-xbox-old-curmudgeons.html

This series is divided into four parts.  The first, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Therapist, suggests that instead of automatically shielding children from the inevitable obstacles, failures, and...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/12/battle-hymn-of-tiger-therapist-verse.html

Strategies for helping your child be independent and resourceful, and to maximize his ability to learn and to think critically. The ability to learn and to think is grounded in movement.  As...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/11/becoming-obsolete-part-ii.html

My job as a therapist  and a teacher is to make myself obsolete, and so is a parent's.  We know we have succeeded when those who have depended on us for guidance, support, and help no l...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-to-achieve-planned-obsolesence.html

In her book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua outlined her methods for raising her two daughters, and they were extreme.  She never allowed them to watch television or go on slee...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/11/battle-hymn-of-tiger-therapist.html

"Patriotism is the love of the food one ate as a child."  --  Lin Yutang. I have a little boy on my caseload whose parents come from Jamaica.  They have a large extended family her...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/11/joy-of-cooking.html

The way in which we perceive the world directly determines how we respond to it.  Here is the story of a little boy I started treating at the beginning of the school year.  He was unint...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/10/life-in-balance.html

A few weeks ago, a reader asked me how exercise could help a child who could not function at school.  Last week, I talked about how the sensory integration approach works.  This week, I...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/10/role-of-sensory-integration-therapist.html

A reader left me a great question in the comments after I described a little girl who was struggling in her daily life. She asked how exercise could solve this child's problems. A. Jean Ayres, wh...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-does-sensory-integration-therapy.html

 Here in America, we seem to have taken being sensitive to children's feelings into account to such an extreme that we have allowed them to take over.  Being kind and polite to small ch...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/10/peter-pan-was-wrong.html

I would venture to guess that virtually every child with a diagnosis of ADHD is living in a body that doesn't support learning.  Before we label and medicate, we should assess and treat the ...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/09/look-before-you-label.html

The habitual use of strollers, car seats, carriages, playpens, and strap on baby carriers forces a child into the role of  passive observer instead of allowing him to be an active participan...

http://pediatricot.blogspot.com/2011/09/hurrieder-we-go-behinder-they-get.html