Pediatric Therapy Associates

04/10/2025

Wow! This is an incredible resource!!

>>> https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2022/07/a-handy-chart-featuring-over-30-ipad.html

10/21/2024

Thoughts?

From

02/08/2024

12/06/2023

Autism & Food

Please don't feel upset if I don't eat the turkey today.

Or if I don't like your homemade stuffing.

I have autism. Food can be hard for me.

If I taste something with many textures and ingredients, I have to stop and sort out all the different flavors so my brain can recognize them.

That's why I don't like foods with a lot of mixed-up things, like sweet potatoes with marshmallows.

Please don't insist I try something that you love because you can't understand why I won't also love it.

Please don't insist I will eat when I am good and ready.

Watch my parents.

See how my father quietly hands me the snack we packed from home.

Notice how my mother gently offers a few small bites of food she thinks I will enjoy.

They know. On days like today, when my schedule is different and there are lots of new smells and noises, they know what's most important is that I eat something.

I don't make my best choices when I'm hungry.

Today, see me as I am.

Meet me where I stand.

Happy Thanksgiving.

11/26/2023

Best speech therapy ever!

11/20/2023

11.18.23. Sensory Santa Claus is coming to town 🎅🏻
Mark your calendar for the following dates AND be on the look-out for the registration links, which will be posted here on our page, on Monday, Nov. 20.
🎄Dec. 9, 2023 from 1p to 4p
🎄Dec. 16, 2023 from 9a to 4p
**Families must register for this free event**

03/03/2023

03/03/2023

10/11/2022

HERE ARE SOME GOOD STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ATTENTION AT HOME AND IN THE CLASSROOM

Helpful strategies for parents and teachers to increase a child's focus, concentration and attention span.

10/11/2022

Great post by

10/11/2022

How their child should be holding a fork and spoon is a question many parents have. This newly updated blog post includes everything you need to know:
🥄How to hold a spoon
🥄Inefficient grasp patterns on a spoon
🍴How to hold a fork
🍴Inefficient grasp patterns when holding a fork
🥄Prerequisite skills needed to hold and use a fork and spoon
🥄Activities to promote development of these skills

Plus get a handout with skills needed for efficient grasp patterns to use a fork and spoon: https://www.theottoolbox.com/fine-motor-tool-use-independence-with-self-care-occupational-therapy/