Building Bridges Pediatric Therapy Services, LLC

11/13/2025

Need some holiday gift ideas for your kids that will also help with their therapy goals? Keep following us this holiday season, as we launch our Amazon Affiliation program with therapy tools that your kids will love!

Let's get started with one of our favorites- the body sock! https://amzn.to/4oGt9zC (Amazon affiliate link)

Why Our OT's Love Body Socks

A body sock is a powerful sensory and motor resource we often use in our OT sessions. Here are some of the key benefits:

1. Provides deep pressure input
Offers calming proprioceptive feedback to help regulate the nervous system.

2. Improves body awareness
Helps children understand where their bodies are in space, which is especially helpful for those who seek movement or have trouble judging personal space.

3. Builds motor planning and coordination
Encourages children to move, stretch, and explore different positions while figuring out how to move within the resistance of the fabric.

4. Supports self-regulation
The gentle resistance and “full-body hug” can help children calm their bodies before or after stimulating activities.

5. Encourages imaginative play
Invites creativity as children pretend to be different shapes, animals, or characters while getting important sensory input.

6. Promotes postural control and core strength
Moving and maintaining balance inside the body sock engages trunk and postural muscles in a playful way.

OT tip: Use the body sock for a few minutes before seated work, transitions, or fine motor tasks to help children feel grounded, organized, and ready to learn!

11/11/2025

Meet Miss Kateri! 👋🏻
She’s the piece of the puzzle we were missing. The support she shows to our therapists and families is nothing short of amazing!🫶

11/10/2025

11/02/2025

Can you believe this could be causing attention and focus problems…

You may not realize it, but bad or stooped posture could be causing a child to fidget, squirm or even have ADHD-like symptoms in the classroom.

How could it possibly be related?

When a child has poor core strength, they can’t hold up the torso of their body, which creates slumping and bad posture. And, if the child has one or more retained

Primitive Reflexes impacting posture and core stability, you will see the child struggling even more.

Core strength and core stability is what helps kids sit upright automatically without having to think about it. This frees the brain for learning, rather than having to focus so hard on getting their body in a position where they can focus.

Kids with poor posture and core stability may lack the following:
😣Attention and focus
😣Motivation to complete tasks
😣Coordination and fine motor skills for handwriting
😣Balance to hold themselves upright in their desk

To learn more about how core stability is impacting each one of these areas and the retained Primitive Reflexes causing trouble with posture, check out the link below or grab it in our profile.

🔗https://ilslearningcorner.com/immature-postural-control-could-be-a-sign-of-reflex-retention/?utm_source=Google%20Ads&utm_medium=Test2&utm_campaign=Test3

10/31/2025

Stay safe tonight and stay spooky! 👻

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from the BB Party Animals!🥳🎉🎉🐈‍⬛🐆🐇🐯🦓 🐭🐑🎉🎉🥳

10/30/2025

10/30/2025

Hundreds of Occupational Therapy Continuing Education Courses. AOTA and NBCOT Approved. Online Courses in Video, Live Webinar, Text and Audio Formats.

10/27/2025

Today is ! 🌍

Established in 2010 by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT), World OT Day elevates the visibility of our profession's development work and promotes WFOT's activities locally, nationally, and internationally. This year's theme is 'Occupational Therapy in Action'—celebrating how OTs worldwide help people engage in meaningful activities and participation every single day.

At AOTF, we're proud to support WFOT's commitment to representing our profession on the global stage. We're so excited to connect with OT professionals from around the world at the WFOT Congress in Bangkok, Thailand in Winter 2026!

🔗 Learn more about the Congress: https://wfotcongress2026.org/

10/22/2025

🌟 Happy Physical Therapy Month! 🌟

We’re celebrating our amazing Physical Therapists who help kids move and play every single day! 💜 Thank you for your knowledge and dedication to helping children reach their goals one step, jump, and giggle at a time. 💛

10/21/2025

Hey hey it’s another Team Member Tuesday!
The spotlight is on Miss Tara, who is the newest member of our BB team, and she fits right in! 🎉

10/15/2025

Noodle Painting! 🎃

Benefits of Messy Play🫟
-Provides rich sensory input through different textures (slippery noodles, wet paint, soft marshmallows, smooth candy corn).

-Encourages exploration and tolerance of various tactile sensations.

-Supports sensory regulation and body awareness through hands-on, messy play.

Fine Motor Benefits 🤌🏻
-Strengthens small hand and finger muscles when grasping, pinching, and placing materials.

-Promotes development of pincer grasp and hand-eye coordination.

-Encourages bilateral coordination by using one hand to hold and the other to paint or glue.

-Improves control, precision, and dexterity for pre-writing and tool use.