Sensory stories can be a great way to support children with special educational needs. We all learn from our senses everyday. A child with sensory impairments or physical disabilities may face practical barriers to this learning: they can’t see the picture; they can’t reach the toy. Children who experience sensory processing difficulties as part of [...]
When it comes to play, most parents’ first reaction is to keep it as tidy as possible. With children in the house, we have no choice but to surrender to a certain amount of mess, but the last thing we want to do is clean “gak” out of our carpets. However, allowing a child to [...]
Children with autism and sensory challenges have many enemies when it comes to clothing. Clothing tags, exposed elastic bands and itchy socks are just some of the challenges facing children with special needs. As more parents start requesting sensory friendly clothing more stores will start to carry these products. To get you started in the [...]
Does your child play with toys? If so, this article isn’t for you. You should probably Google “hottest toys of 2012.” Is your child scared of blinking, beeping toys? Is your child unable to understand the rules of most games? Does your child lack interest in typical toys? Is your child delayed when it comes to basic [...]
“Falling” Into Sensory Strategies Fall is a great time of year to provide your child with sensory input. With a month of school under their belt, most children start to feel the effects of an increased work load and longer periods of sitting in school. Taking advantage of the weather and fall activities can help [...]
Summer is finally here! Warm days stretch out ahead and your children will soon be looking to you to fill that time with fun activities. Here are nine creative ideas that are great for children of all abilities, but are also fantastic for development of sensory processing and gross/fine motor skills. 1. Frozen Fun Freeze [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Amy Hengstebeck, OTRL The holidays are a difficult time for children with sensory processing issues. The usual structured schedule at school and home is disrupted with holiday parties, shortened days and many changes in routine. Many children need a regular diet of sensory input to help them to adapt to these changes. With the [...]
Most little girls like dressing up, picking out pretty clothes, brightly colored beads and wearing dress up shoes. In fact I have pictures of some of my daughters in my dresses wearing my clothes and high heeled shoes. Sensory issues are not uncommon in children with Autism. I actually believe most people have some sensitivity [...]
