Blog The importance of childhood play! December 6, 2023 Why focus on helping your child develop play skills? Children begin to engage in play activities from early infancy. This might look like playing peekaboo with mum and dad, being … Read more Top tips to support your child’s regulation and how OT can help. June 19, 2023 As an Occupational Therapist (It’s Anna here) I am often asked by parents how to best support a child when they are having ‘big feelings’ or experiencing difficulties with … Read more Supporting toddlers to develop two or three word sentences May 15, 2023 “My child says lots of single words, why aren’t they put two words together?” As a speechie, I have worked with many children who come into the clinic and … Read more The Importance of Developing a Pincer Grasp in Children April 26, 2023 What is a pincer grasp? A pincer grasp is when you are able to isolate your pointer finger and thumb to hold an item, rather than using your whole … Read more Creating a “Language Bubble” Around Your Child. April 12, 2023 Hello, Tess here! Sharing a few thoughts on how to create a ‘language bubble’ at home with your child. While doing some recent clinical research, I came across the term … Read more How does Language Develop? February 15, 2023 How do we develop language? How do we go from babbling to having conversations? All typical language development starts with units of language, but those units look different depending on … Read more Fine motor skills in the first 2 years of life September 14, 2022 As an occupational therapist I am often asked what exactly are fine motor skills, and how do I know if my child needs more support in their development of these … Read more Postural Control And Why It Is Important June 15, 2022 So you have heard your therapist talk about Postural Control in your sessions… but what does that actually mean and how can it affect your child’s performance in their daily … Read more Having Fun With Books June 1, 2022 You’ll hear a lot of early childhood educators/teachers and other parents talk about the benefits of shared book reading. In this blog post, one of our Speech Pathologists, Libby, talks … Read more Play Therapy – Using play as a language to support your child to develop skills February 8, 2022 To Celebrate National Play Therapy Week (6-12th Feb 2022) today’s blog will be all about play therapy! What is Child Centred Play Therapy? Play Therapy is founded on theoretical … Read more Previous 1 2 3 4 5 Next
The importance of childhood play! December 6, 2023 Why focus on helping your child develop play skills? Children begin to engage in play activities from early infancy. This might look like playing peekaboo with mum and dad, being … Read more
Top tips to support your child’s regulation and how OT can help. June 19, 2023 As an Occupational Therapist (It’s Anna here) I am often asked by parents how to best support a child when they are having ‘big feelings’ or experiencing difficulties with … Read more
Supporting toddlers to develop two or three word sentences May 15, 2023 “My child says lots of single words, why aren’t they put two words together?” As a speechie, I have worked with many children who come into the clinic and … Read more
The Importance of Developing a Pincer Grasp in Children April 26, 2023 What is a pincer grasp? A pincer grasp is when you are able to isolate your pointer finger and thumb to hold an item, rather than using your whole … Read more
Creating a “Language Bubble” Around Your Child. April 12, 2023 Hello, Tess here! Sharing a few thoughts on how to create a ‘language bubble’ at home with your child. While doing some recent clinical research, I came across the term … Read more
How does Language Develop? February 15, 2023 How do we develop language? How do we go from babbling to having conversations? All typical language development starts with units of language, but those units look different depending on … Read more
Fine motor skills in the first 2 years of life September 14, 2022 As an occupational therapist I am often asked what exactly are fine motor skills, and how do I know if my child needs more support in their development of these … Read more
Postural Control And Why It Is Important June 15, 2022 So you have heard your therapist talk about Postural Control in your sessions… but what does that actually mean and how can it affect your child’s performance in their daily … Read more
Having Fun With Books June 1, 2022 You’ll hear a lot of early childhood educators/teachers and other parents talk about the benefits of shared book reading. In this blog post, one of our Speech Pathologists, Libby, talks … Read more
Play Therapy – Using play as a language to support your child to develop skills February 8, 2022 To Celebrate National Play Therapy Week (6-12th Feb 2022) today’s blog will be all about play therapy! What is Child Centred Play Therapy? Play Therapy is founded on theoretical … Read more
