How to Stop Chewing on Toys, Shirts, Pencils, Remotes, Etc.
7th Jul 2020
Do chewed up barbie hands or toy car tires sound familiar? Stretched out shirt collars? Is it hard to find a pencil or straw or bottle cap without bite marks on it?
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You're not alone! Chewing on non-food items is actually quite common at all ages from kids through adults. For kids, the most common things we hear are (not in any order): fingernails, fingers, hands, ha
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The Benefits of Vibration
Posted by Guest Blogger Katie Zelinski, MS, OTR/L on 2nd Mar 2020
This informative guest blog comes to us occupational therapist Katie Zelinski from The Well Balanced OT.
Prior to Occupational Therapy school I had no idea how powerful, and useful, vibration was. I knew when I held a drill, my hands felt all tingly after. I knew that brushing with a vibrating toothbrush was great for oral-health (and made my teeth feel super clean). The hand-tingl
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The Sensory Project Show Reviews ARK Products
Posted by Guest Blogger Rachel and Jessica from The Sensory Project Show on 11th Oct 2019
This guest post is the transcription from a podcast with Rachel and Jessica at The Sensory Project Show.
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Rachel: Welcome back to The Sensory Project Show! So this is episode 63 and we’re talking about ARK Therapeutic today.
Jessica: Woohoo!
Rachel: If you follow us on Instagram, you saw our unboxing of a giant box of products from them that they
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Embrace the Mess: How Messy Mealtimes Support Normal Feeding Development
Posted by Guest Blogger Ashley Thurn, MS, OTR/L on 5th Aug 2019
This wonderful guest post comes to us from Ashley Thurn, MS, OTR/L.
As a mom of two kids under the age of five, I know first-hand how mess making during mealtime can really drive a type-A mama like myself to the brink of insanity. (Over and over again, every day.) But as a pediatric occupational therapist, who specializes in sensory related feeding issues and picky eating,
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