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KID KEF Therapy Services

KID KEF Therapy, is an occupational therapy private practice run by Shana Zakai M.A.

OTR, that provides in person and virtual therapy in addition to parental guidance for children from birth until 21 years.

19/07/2023

If this is your teen during the school year, it may be time for an executive functioning evaluation to help them plan, organize and prioritize📒📅

01/08/2022

I Spy....a hammer, a penguin and crayons. Can your child?

Figure-ground perception is the ability to focus on one specific piece of information in a busy background.
Age appropriate visual figure-ground skills can help to...
-find your shoes in your closet
-find a specific toy in the toy-box
-find the right notebook inside your book bag
Call for an OT evaluation, if your child seems to be struggling with visual perception.

26/07/2022

Emotional regulation is an executive function that gives us the ability to regulate emotional responses appropriately. Every day, our kids are continually exposed to a wide variety of situlations that they may find upsetting or frustrating. Inappropriate, extreme or unchecked emotional reactions to such stimuli could impede functional fit within society; Cog -Fun is an incredible intervention that provides strategies for kids who are struggling with executive functioning skills including emotional regulation. Reach out if you have any quesitons!

18/07/2022

Puzzles build several aspects of visual perception such as:

Visual memory – the ability to remember what is seen
Visual discrimination – seeing similarities and differences in things
Visual comprehension – making sense of what you see
Perception of shapes
Visual analysis and synthesis – seeing patterns and putting them together
Visual closure – the ability to identify what an object is by seeing part of it (e.g. a piece of an eye on a puzzle piece)

11/07/2022

If the Primitive Reflexes are retained past the first year of life, they can interfere with social, academic, and motor learning.
Signs of Retained Reflexes include:
• Poor impulse control
• Decreased attention and focus
• Poor dexterity
• Decreased strength and balance
• Toe walking
• Poor isolation of individual body movements
• Poor posture

05/07/2022

If your child struggles to color inside the lines, write between two lines in their notebook, copy off the board or hold their pencil correctly, an OT evaluation can determine what their difficulty is and how to remediate it.

06/12/2021

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT THIS PICTURE IS?
What is visual closure? It is a visual perceptual skill that allows us to recognize a familiar picture/ item or word, when only given partial information. This skill is necessary for example when reading, finding the correct paper or book in a backpack or completing puzzles.

29/07/2021

Coming soon! Developmental TIP of the week!

13/06/2021

It's Almost Summer time!😎
Horray! Your children have finally returned to school after being on zoom for more than a year, and it is now time to address any motor concerns you may have before the next school year. Children are more relaxed and open to working on tasks during the summer when there is no school pressures. Reach out with any questions you may have and to schedule an Occupational Therapy Evaluation if you or your child's teacher are concerned that your child struggles with copying off of the board in school; writing (staying) between two lines in their מחברת; complains of hand pain during written work, seems clumsy or uncoordinated, struggles with executive functioning. over or under reacts to sensory information or struggles with other motor or sensory issues at school or home
Help your child remediate their small issues before they grow to become larger ones.

30/06/2020

It's Summer time!😎

Summer is the best time to address any motor concerns you may have regarding your child. Children are more relaxed and open to working on tasks during the summer when there is no school pressures. Schedule an OT Evaluation now, if you or your child's teacher is concerned that your child struggles with copying off of the board in school; writing (staying) between two lines in their machberet; complains of hand pain during written work, , seems clumsy or uncoordinated, over or under reacts to sensory information or struggles with other motor or sensory issues at school or home, a comprehensive OT evaluation will pinpoint the underlying issues behind such symptoms. Help your child remediate their small issues before they grow to become larger ones. Message me with any questions you may have and to schedule an appointment.

27/10/2019

It is אחרי החגים!

If your child has been diagnosed with ADHD and struggles with executive functioning, I highly recommend therapy using the COG- FUN method. I have been offering therapy using this intervention for a few years and have seen incredible results! It is an amazing strategy that really yields results in children diagnosed with ADHD and struggling with executive functioning.

Here is a short description from the Hebrew University website:

The primary objective of the Cog–Fun intervention is to promote the acquisition of executive strategies (methods for planning and controlling behavior) and to develop self-efficacy in occupational performance and life roles (self-care, play, school, social participation). For a child to internalize these strategies, they must be acquired through positive, pleasant and empowering experiences, making the child’s efforts worthwhile. Strategy acquisition and transfer to daily life is a time consuming process that requires neuro-cognitive maturity and self-awareness, and therefore cannot be the sole mechanism of change. In order to enable immediate functional goal achievement during the effortful process of strategy acquisition, Cog-Fun intervention also incorporates the use of environmental supports and procedural functional learning methods.

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06/08/2019

Summer time😎 is the best time to address any motor concerns you may have regarding your child. They are more relaxed and open to working on tasks they may find difficult. Schedule an OT Evaluation now, if you or your child's teacher is concerned that your child struggles with copying off of the board in school; writing (staying) between two lines in their machberet; complains of hand pain during written work, , seems clumsy or uncoordinated, over or under reacts to sensory information or struggles with other motor or sensory issues at school or home, a comprehensive OT evaluation will pinpoint the underlying issues behind such symptoms. Help your child remediate their small issues before they grow to become larger ones. Message me with any questions you may have and to schedule an appointment.

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