When you are looking for support to help your child with social skills, what exactly do you think they need? The reality is that “social skills” can encompass a lot. Here are a few things that may come up when you think about social skills: How are your social skills? I like to encourage adults […]
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Hi friends, in case this looks familiar I posted this on a previous site a couple of years ago. Since that site is no longer active I thought I’d share it again. This was an interesting study and probably worth exploring more. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published a study that showed that children with
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by Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/L Did you know that research that shows that 10-20 minutes (depending on the study) of cardiovascular exercise has positive effects on a child’s ability to focus throughout the day if the child has ADHD? Yes! The studies have been with children who are diagnosed, but it likely has a positive
You may have heard of the term executive functioning and wondered what it means. In a nutshell, the executive functions are a set of mental skills that help us focus, plan, and manage tasks. Children with ADHD typically have issues in one or more of these areas, but executive functioning delays may be present without an ADHD
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