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Question:  I am looking for chews to help my almost 10 year old son stop chewing up and swallowing erasers (both large pink pearl type erasers and erasers on pencils).  I did get him a Brick Stick necklace already, but now I'm not sure if was the right one.  I know they come in different 'toughness levels'.  I figured that standard would be too soft since he's chewing …

Question:  Hi Debbie - I work at a school for children who have special needs.  I serve a lot of students (many tube-fed) who really crave oral stimulation to the point that it is difficult to get them to do anything else with their hands.  We have awesome SLPs, but their main focus is more on communication.  I'm not so much looking for feeding preparation and support bec …

Chewelry is jewelry that's chewable (chew + jewelry = “chewelry”).  If you crave chewing on non-food items for any reason, chewable necklaces and bracelets are a way to safely satisfy that need (instead of chewing on other potentially harmful items like pencils, pens, shirts, toys, etc.). Why is chewelry needed?  Chewing can be a very effective way to calm and self- …

Halloween is definitely a FUN holiday for most people!  But sometimes it can also be stressful.  On Halloween, it can seem like the world flips upside down.  Monsters come alive, goblins run amuck, there's fake blood and strange costumes.  There are lots of new experiences and potentially over-stimulating situations that can cause stress/anxiety/sensory overload. Having a …