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Seven Ways to Nurture Fine Motor Skills

The coordination and control of the small muscles in our hands and fingers that enable precise movements are called fine motor skills. These skills are crucial for tasks like holding a pencil, buttoning a shirt and other activities that require accuracy and dexterity.


What is Interoception?

Interoception is a fascinating and often overlooked aspect of our sensory experience that plays a crucial role in how we understand and respond to our bodies.


What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is an effective treatment approach for a range of mental and emotional health issues, including anxiety and depression.


Common Signs of Autism in Young Children

The early signs of autism can vary, and, in many cases, differences are first observed in the pre-school or early primary school years.


What are the signs of Sensory Processing Disorder?

Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) occurs when the brain has difficulty receiving and responding to information from the senses.


How Can Speech Pathology Help Teenagers?

Speech pathologists work with individuals across their lifespan and this includes the often complex teenage years.


10 Tips to Support Your Teenager's Mental Health

Most adults would agree that the teenage years are tough. It’s hard to be a teenager and just as hard to be a parent while they go through this period of extreme change.


Sensory Rooms Explained

A sensory room is a specially designed space that caters to individuals with sensory processing issues, such as autistic people, those with ADHD, dementia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or other sensory challenges.


Understanding Autistic Burnout

Autistic burnout is a phenomenon that many autistic individuals experience at some point in their lives.


What Are Fidget Toys and How Do They Work?

Fidget toys are small, handheld objects or gadgets designed to provide sensory stimulation and help individuals manage restlessness, anxiety, or attention-related issues.


What You Need to Know About Fussy Eaters

If your child only eats a very small range of foods or drinks, only consumes specific brands or textures, or won’t eat entire food groups for longer than a few weeks, there may be deeper reasons.


Seven Ways You Can Help Your Child’s Communication Skills Right Now!

There are many ways parents can help their child’s communication skills every single day at little or no cost.


All About Sensory Chews

Sensory chews are small, chewable, tactile sensory aids that allow children and adults to chew an object safely.


Why Do People Stutter?

Stuttering is a neurological condition that affects the production of speech, whereby someone typically repeats, extends, or is unable to produce a sound.


How to Raise a Bilingual Child

There is no single way to raise a bilingual child. Sometimes in the past, parents were advised to separate the two languages when talking to their children.


Autism In Girls

At one time it was thought was that the incidence of autism in girls as a ratio to autism in boys was something like 1:7.


Is Anxiety Taking Over?

It's normal for everyone to experience some degree of anxiety in their lives. There are times when we'd all expect our heart to race and to feel edgy or tense.

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