Willow Occupational Therapy

06/30/2022

Check out these fun summer sessions!!!

02/04/2021

https://willowot.com/blog/2021/2/4/movement-breaks-for-kids-getting-through-your-virtual-school-day

If you have a child, you know that sometimes they can have TONS of energy that needs to be burned throughout the day. This is not a new thing, but with more kids in virtual school again this year due to the second (or third) wave of the pandemic, managing your child’s energy is more important than...

12/09/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/12/8/ot-holiday-gifts

OT recommendations for gifts for your children that can help with their development!

11/17/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/11/17/benefits-of-colouring

If you've stepped into a dollar store, craft store, book store, etc in the last couple years, you must have seen the HUGE variety of colouring books lining the shelves. From Frozen, to Power Rangers and Paw Patrol, to more specifically created colouring books to focus on mindfulness, there is litera

11/03/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/11/3/the-preschool-podcast-how-to-help-kids-adjust-to-covid-19-safety-measures

Episode 226 – Adapting to new COVID-19 procedures is especially challenging when working with young children. In this episode, Rebecca Reid, head therapist at Willow Occupational Therapy, shares practical tips that parents and educators can use to help children with things like wearing masks, incr

10/13/2020

Do your kids W sit ?

What’s the deal with w-sitting?

10/11/2020

10/09/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/10/9/october-is-occupational-therapy-month

The month of October represents a lot of different things for different people. Halloween decorating begins, the leaves start to change, fall activities are engaged in, it's season, and different organizations and issues are brought to awareness. All of these parts of October are more or less s

09/20/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/9/20/preparing-for-online-learning

With daycares, preschools and schools returning to providing programing for children across the country families are faced with the choice how their children will be attending school. With COVID-19 precautions still a consideration, some families are choosing to keep their children home and attempt

08/27/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/8/27/helping-your-child-become-comfortable-wearing-a-mask

As an occupational therapist, I work with children and families to help them find success in their meaningful occupations (which is what people want and need to do). Occupational therapists work with children to help build a variety of skills needed for their meaningful activities. Some of these thi

08/18/2020

Check out the first article of our new Back to School Series - a series focused on helping you navigate through this "not-so-normal" school season!

In this article we touch on some key tips and ideas for getting your kids prepared for returning to school.

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/8/18/return-to-school-be-kind

08/18/2020

https://willowot.com/blog/2020/8/18/return-to-school-be-kind

As September is around the corner, the discussion of school starting again is most likely on everyone’s minds. After finishing the last school year virtually, will you be sending your child to school come September or keeping them home to attempt virtual learning once more? There is no right or wr...