What is autonomic response?

What is autonomic response? You may or may not have heard this term before. Here are some of the signs: However, you can do take action to reduce the above: Deep breathing exercises – this can slow down the heart rate, blood pressure and even meltdowns. Self-regulation – sensory integration (SI) treatment can teach a…

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Sensory Parent Support Group Online Zoom Meeting

Online Zoom meeting for all those Tree Topper families out there, our SPD Parent Support Group are having an online meeting a week on Sunday (see flyer for more details). If you are interested in joining, either message/post on this link or email the group directly for more details: spdpsgnee@gmail.com Meetings are usually only 40-60…

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Balance Activities

Balance activities – we need good balance to enable us to take part in daily living skills, sports, games and playing with others safely without causing injury (using the protective responses). Balance skills include: core strength gross motor skills visual motor skills proprioceptive input vestibular input What is static and dynamic balance Both static and…

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Great North Run – Sunday 11 September 2022

The Tree Tops Team would like to congratulate our very own Tree Topper, Dawn Dunn, on completing The Great North Run today Read her story by clicking on the link below: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Dawn-Dunn2?experiments=donate_now_track_click&successType=StickyDonateButtonClick?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=socpledgemobile&utm_content=Dawn-Dunn2?experiments=donate_now_track_click&successType=StickyDonateButtonClick&utm_campaign=post-pledge-mobile&utm_term=E5VRbryY4

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Autumn Newsletter – Coming Soon!

Our Autumn Newsletter will be coming out soon and there are lots of good ideas on the horizon to help our families and schools so keep an eye out for it in your in-box. Don’t forget to add yourself to our mailing list if you have not done so already. https://www.treetopsoccupationaltherapy.co.uk/join-mailing-list/ Also keep an eye…

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Newcastle United Football Stadium Tour!

What a fantastic morning we had at the Newcastle United Stadium Tour (Saturday 27 August 2022). We learned there’s more to football than we could ever have imagined. Carol, our tour guide, was amazing and we’ve sent a thank you email to her and Tom who helped with our booking. The club have a sensory…

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A very happy little girl

We can also see the improvements your daughter has made. She is really blossoming! It is also great to hear how much she is becoming more tolerant of the calming activities and especially asking for hand/leg squeezies. Brilliant!

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Letter and number reversals

Letter and number reversals – it is not unusual for young children to reverse their letters and numbers when they learn to read and write. However, reversals and poor handwriting could be due to the child being unable to: recall the way to record a letter or number what the letter or number looks like…

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