Sensory Innovation Therapies

02/10/2026

🌟 Meet Beth, Our New Remote Feeding Therapist! 🌟

We’re thrilled to introduce Beth, our new remote Occupational Therapist/Feeding Therapist, with 16+ years of experience helping children and families. Her specialty is feeding therapy, and she’s ready to support kids with mealtime challenges! 🍽️

Does your child struggle with picky eating, textures, or feeding challenges? Beth provides remote support to help kids feel confident, independent, and successful at every meal! 🌈

✨ Learn more about Beth here: https://sensoryinnovationtherapies.com/our-team/
🍽️ To learn more about our remote feeding therapy services, click here: https://sensoryinnovationtherapies.com/remote-feeding-therapy-in-florida/

02/09/2026

🍽️ Struggling with picky eating or stressful mealtimes?

You’re not alone — and you don’t have to leave home to get help.
At Sensory Innovation Therapies, we offer remote feeding therapy for children across Florida through secure telehealth sessions. Our licensed pediatric therapists work directly with parents to support children who experience:

✔️ Picky eating
✔️ Feeding aversions or refusal
✔️ Sensory-based feeding challenges
✔️ Mealtime stress and anxiety

✨ Therapy happens in your child’s real mealtime environment
✨ Parent coaching included
✨ Available anywhere in Florida

📍 Whether you’re in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville — or anywhere in between — virtual feeding therapy may be a great fit for your family.
👉 Learn more or request an evaluation:
🔗 http://sensoryinnovationtherapies.com/remote-feeding.../
📱 Phone: (772) 410-3499

Providing pediatric occupational therapy, physical therapy, and special education tutoring in St. Lucie, Martin, & Palm Beach Counties.

02/06/2026

Wall Push Challenge! 🛴💪 Pushing off walls on a scooter board is a fun way to build core strength, leg power, and coordination while playing.

02/02/2026

🍼 Introducing Food Textures to Infants 🥄

Before your baby starts solid foods, it helps to understand why texture matters. 🍽️

Babies aren’t just learning how to eat, they’re also learning what they like to eat. Exposure to different flavors and textures helps shape healthy eating habits as they grow.

As babies develop, they need experience with different textures to learn how to:
• 🦷 Chew safely
• 👅 Move food in their mouth
• 🌈 Tolerate new sensory experiences

👉 Here’s a simple developmental guide to introducing food textures ⬇️
https://sensoryinnovationtherapies.com/feeding-blog/

01/30/2026

Crossing midline helps both sides of your child’s brain work together 🧠➡️⬅️
This builds coordination, balance, and skills they use for learning and play ✏️🎯

01/26/2026

🌀Why Transitions Are So Hard for Some Kids 🌀

For some children, switching from one activity to another isn’t just “hard,” it feels overwhelming.

Transitions require kids to:

🛑 Stop what their body and brain are focused on
🔄 Shift attention quickly
😤 Regulate big emotions
🌟 Adjust their sensory system

When a child struggles with transitions, it’s often not defiance, it’s their nervous system needing more support.

✨ What helps:

- 🗂 Visual schedules
- ⏰ Warnings (“5 more minutes”)
- 🤸 Movement before and after transitions
- 📅 Predictable routines

01/23/2026

Puzzles do more than build problem-solving skills 🧩 It also helps strengthen little hands and improve finger control and manipulation — skills needed for writing, dressing, and self-feeding ✏️

01/19/2026

🍽️ Self-Feeding Skills: What to Expect & When 🍽️

Learning to feed themselves is a big step toward independence! Self-feeding develops gradually and looks different for every child, but here are some general milestones to watch for!

01/16/2026

✏️🧱 Copy the letter while building it! This hands-on activity strengthens visual-motor skills, fine motor control, and early handwriting!

01/12/2026

🎵 The Power of Music Therapy for Kids! 🎵

Did you know that listening to music can be therapeutic? For children, especially those with sensory, developmental, or learning differences, listening to music can support regulation, attention, and participation in daily activities!

✨ Benefits of Listening to Music:

🎧 Sensory Regulation: Predictable rhythms and melodies help organize the nervous system and support sensory modulation.

🧠 Attention & Focus: Music can improve sustained attention and support engagement during tasks or transitions.

💙 Emotional Regulation: Listening to music helps children identify, express, and manage emotions while reducing stress.

🎧 Auditory Processing: Listening to music supports sound discrimination, rhythm awareness, and auditory organization.

💬 Communication: Songs and lyrics support language processing, vocabulary exposure, and expressive communication.

🤝 Social Participation: Shared listening experiences encourage connection, joint attention, and social engagement.

Whether during transitions, quiet time, or regulation breaks, listening to music can support the brain and body in meaningful ways. 🎶💙

01/09/2026

Did you know dribbling isn’t just a basketball skill? 🏀 It helps build brain–body coordination by challenging attention, balance, planning, and listening—skills your child uses every day in sports, on the playground, and in the classroom!

01/05/2026

📅 January Calendar Fun for Kids!

Start the year with a playful way to practice sequencing, counting, and planning skills! ❄️✨

How to do it:
1️⃣ Set up a January calendar: printable, magnetic, or homemade.
2️⃣ Sequence the days: Sing the days of the week and point to each one in order.
3️⃣ Count the days: Use stickers or markers to track each day.
4️⃣ Mark special events: Add birthdays, holidays, or family activities with fun stickers or drawings.
5️⃣ Optional challenge: Ask your child what day comes before or after a date, or predict upcoming events!

Why it helps:
Builds cognitive skills like sequencing and planning
Supports counting and number recognition
Encourages speech practice (“Today is Monday! Tomorrow is Tuesday!”)
Makes learning fun and interactive!

🌟 Pro tip: Use winter-themed stickers (snowflakes, mittens, or hats) for extra excitement!