Learn what heavy work is, why occupational therapists recommend it to help calm and regulate children and how you can incorporate it into your day. If you’ve heard the term “heavy work” thrown around before, it might have conjured up an image of a pickaxe and a sweaty brow under a hardhat. But what does […]
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After months of distance learning, your child now has the green light to go back to school for in-person learning. Maybe you’re thrilled, nervous, or both — and maybe your child is feeling a little bit of everything too. No matter where you’re located, it’s likely that things at school are going to look
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Here at AVCTC we LOVE products that allow kids to be creative and also meet their diverse and rich sensory needs! That is why when we heard about this new product called FORT, I signed up to buy them immediately! They are magnetic pillow forts. Often in the OT world the products we buy
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Welcome to our clinic tour! Here are some photos of our space. Our hope is that it feels like a welcoming, calm, and happy space for you and your child!
Four Reasons Why Your Child Can’t Sit Still by Brittney Weinerth MS, OTR/L Back in 2014, an Occupational Therapist named Angela Hanscom wrote an article for The Washington Post that described why so many kids can’t sit still nowadays and the post went viral. It seems that pediatric occupational therapists aren’t the only one noticing
How To Help Children With Sensory Sensitivities Tolerate Wearing A Mask by Thao Pham BS, COTA/L & Brittney Weinerth MS, OTR/L Note: The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal consultation, as appropriate, with a qualified healthcare professional and/or occupational therapist. Recently the Centers for
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Understanding Sensory Processing Disorder by Brittney Weinerth MS, OTR/L At AVCTC we are passionate about supporting children with Sensory Processing Disorder as well as providing education to support their loved ones in better understanding them. As such we created a free e-book that helps you learn more about SPD. While this book is helpful for
Written by Windy Chou MS, OTR/L Many of the thoughts that race through parents’ heads when choosing a preschool involve wondering what kind of discipline system they have, what teaching philosophy the school provides academically or socially, what are the facilities like, how accommodating or communicative will the staff be about their children’s progress,
Tone of voice can convey so much to the people you are communicating with. Tone of voice is not referring to what is being said, but is rather how something is being said. Tone conveys the emotion behind the statement. Many people know and talk about how our thoughts can often be “lost in translation”
