Playworks Learning and Development Center

24/12/2025

From our Playworks fam to yours entry 2025 💜💚 Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday, Jesus! 🩸🐑

17/12/2025

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲?
These age-appropriate activities target midline crossing and are great for motor planning, visual motor skills, and brain breaks for the preschool age. https://www.theottoolbox.com/crossing-midline-activities-for-preschoolers/

There are some early warning signs we might see in the preschooler who struggles with crossing their midline. When we see a difficulty with the integrated motor patterns, this can be an indicator for various challenges.

🚩Some of the ways that difficulties with preschool crossing midline will present as:

>>Not developing a dominant hand. Students use the left hand for left sided tasks and the right side for right sided tasks.
>>Showing delays in crawling, or an atypical crawling pattern.
>>Rotating or turning their entire body to retrieve objects on the other side of their body instead of reaching across the body to the other side
>>Having difficulty with age-appropriate self-care tasks like dressing or grooming activities
>>Skipping or doing jumping jacks in an uncoordinated manner.
>>Difficulty making a horizontal line across a piece of paper (may stop in the middle and switch hands, or pause visually) or forming letters
>>Visual perceptual difficulties
>>Challenges with age-appropriate literacy skills (identifying letters, following pictures in a story- due to difficulty with visual tracking across the midline.

If you see these things in the preschool years, it's ok! Kids develop at different rates. Try adding some play ideas that target these gross motor movements. Here are more ideas: https://www.theottoolbox.com/crossing-midline-activities-for-preschoolers/

16/12/2025

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08/12/2025

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02/12/2025

Congratulations to our new colleagues🙏🏻🥳💜💚

𝑶𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑺 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑶𝑼𝑻!
✔︎ Passers: 374 out of 507 (73.77%)
➔ Full list: https://www.prcboard.com/otle-results-december-2025-occupational-therapist-licensure-exam-list-of-passers
✔︎ Topnotcher: Eliza Audrey Charlize Mauricio Castillo from University of the Philippines - Manila, 88.50%
✔︎ Top School: UST, UP-Manila, and Velez College 100.00% 
Congratulations to all passers of the December 2025 Occupational Therapists Licensure Exam!
~Source: PRC Official

26/11/2025

We are looking for Licensed Speech-Language Pathologists!!!

Join a team that values Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Empowerment —
I CARE, our core foundation in Creating Breakthroughs for every child.

📩 Send your CV to playworksland@gmail.com

26/11/2025

We are looking for Licensed Speech-Language Pathologists!!!

Join a team that values Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Empowerment —
I CARE, our core foundation in Creating Breakthroughs for every child.

📩 Send your CV to playworksland@gmail.com

24/11/2025

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We read this article - and here is our AHP’s reply…

When a child’s or adults sensory needs are properly assessed and their sensory pattern is understood in depth, we are no longer guessing. This is exactly where specialist assessment comes in, and it draws on the expertise of the whole therapy team.

Occupational therapists bring detailed knowledge of sensory integration and participation. They help identify the sensory patterns that influence a child’s attention, movement and emotional regulation. Physiotherapists contribute an understanding of posture, motor control and how the body manages movement and stability. Speech and language therapists add vital insight into the child’s communication demands, social understanding and the subtle language load that can tip a child into overwhelm.

Together, these specialist skills create a rounded picture of what the child needs in order to stay settled, organised and ready for learning. This means any sensory tool, including a fidget to focus, is not chosen because it is popular or convenient but because it genuinely meets the child’s needs within their daily routines.

This shared professional understanding gives teachers and families confidence. It supports a clear, co produced plan with practical strategies that fit the child’s body, their communication strengths and their learning environment. Most importantly, it helps the child participate in a way that feels manageable, meaningful and supportive

22/11/2025

18/11/2025

We provide evidence to support the contention that many aspects of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are related to interregional brain functional disconnectivity associated with maturational delays in the development of brain networks. We think a ...