Posts Tagged ‘dyspraxia’
OT Life Hack – Felicity
What does Felicity do to chill and relax whilst at home?
Read MoreOT Life Hack – Ellen
Find out what our Sensior OT, Ellen gets up to when she wants to relax whilst at home.
Read MoreOT Week 2022!
This year we are looking at “Lift up your everyday”. Watch out this week for our team’s messages to you all about how they chill when at home.
Read MoreMeeting Notes from 16 September 2022
Thank you for coming along. Here are the notes from tonight’s get together!
Read MoreSOS – how to blow your nose!
SOS – how to blow your nose! This is definitely a very challenging task for our SPD children and there are some very good reasons why they cannot blow their nose. The steps to blowing a nose: The sensation of acknowledging the nose is full or stuffy Holding the tissue Instead of sniffing, the feeling…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreSensory 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…
Read MoreBalance 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…
Read MoreAutumn 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…
Read MoreNewcastle 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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