Summer – Hot. Humid. Bright. Insect’s itchy. Windy. Sandy. Sticky. OMG…Summertime – the exact time of the year that once finished, I always go down to my cave to collect and review basics. Every year. Why? Because it’s so variable and mutable that each year brings something new and surprising! Always!I am going through and… Read More SPD On Holidays. My Very Best TIPS – Checklist 2020.
Do your kids love Play-Doh? Well, I bet yes! Kids on the spectrum often spend hours with their hand immersed in the colorful stuff for modeling. Squeezing and rolling and touching with their small fingers. For kids with neurodevelopmental disorders those kid of stimulation activity brings calm and focus. But there is not only the… Read More Sensory play level up: clay, foam and sand
Lately I’m very interested in sensory topics involving individuals on the spectrum. It seems to be quite frequent issue in people with autism and other neurological conditions, to suffer from different kind of discomfort caused by lightening. Some types of lightening might provide a calming effect but for others it could act as a stimuli.… Read More Light sensitivity as a sensory integration issue
Sensory overload is more common than you think. Every human being is exposed daily to environmental stimulation that can play a negative role in our lives and affect our well-being. From the very moment of birth, a baby is exposed to excessive noise, dirty air, all causes of urbanization. It can be sensitiveness to some… Read More Halloween vs sensory issues
Sensory issues could be transformed in a sensory therapy. What? Is it possible? – you ask. Well yes. If you carefully choose materials to use pre-during-after bath time thats doable! In our case bath problems was a real ‘what the heck?!’ thing because it came after a long time our son was fully enjoying… Read More Bath time? Not a nightmare anymore!
If you use Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) you probably try to teach also out of your place, during a walk in the park, while traveling or food shopping in the market. I was always fighting with all the stuff my son was carrying around with him in his hands, pieces of some game, an enormous toy… Read More Pocket size reinforcers