Recently I wrote a post giving 10 Tips for dressing a sensory sensitive child. After this post was written we asked the special needs community on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn if they had any additional tips for dressing a sensory child. Sensitive adults and parents of sensitive children responded with their experience and recommendations. Some adults reported [...]
Mealtime for families without special needs kids can be difficult, but for those with kids with sensory processing difficulties it can really be an adventure. While there isn’t an easy way around these challenges, there are a few helpful hints that may keep a child’s feeding issues from turning into significant problems. Here are the [...]
My 5 year old son just informed me that he will no longer wear his Thomas the Train sweater, because it is too itchy. He takes after me. When I was a kid, clothing tags were my enemies. I used to get my mother’s sewing scissors and cut the tags out as soon as I [...]
What is Handle? H.A.N.D.L.E is an acronym for Holistic Approach to NeuroDevelopment and Learning Efficiency. It was created by Dr. Judith Bluestone, who developed it based on her own experiences with autism. Why I Like It H.A.N.D.L.E is a sensory integration therapy and it’s changed the way I look at everything. It’s taught me to read [...]
This year, when I am planning my Passover seder, I have been thinking of ways to make it more child and sensory friendly. As you may know, Part of the Seder includes a lengthy amount of time spent on reading the Hagadah and retelling the story of the Jewish people’s exodus from slavery and the [...]
From the day we first started the Friendship Circle Blog last April we have taken an interest in what people write about in their own blogs. We were blown away with the amount of quality articles written on a regular basis. Once a month we highlight blog posts from other bloggers that we thought were great reads. Below are [...]
As a pediatric occupational therapist specializing in sensory integration, I spend a lot of time answering parents’ questions. The following are a few I hear most often: 1. How do you use sensory strategies to help a child attend at the table? The vestibular (our sense of movement derived from receptors in the inner ear), [...]
This article was written by Alysia Butler and was originally posted on the blog: Hartley’s Life With 3 Boys Happy Hanukkah! It’s my kids’ favorite holiday, and we’re getting ourselves ready for eight nights full of celebration. This year, Hanukkah starts at sundown on December 1st, so we’re quickly changing gears from eating Thanksgiving turkey [...]
