Articles related to "Tactile Defensiveness"



Dental Care for Kids with Tactile Defensiveness
February is National Children's Dental Health Month. Children with sensory defensiveness require systematic education and routine to establish good dental habits.
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Tactile Defensiveness
A child who displays tactile defensiveness might miss out on special holiday foods such as Aunt Susie's red Jello salad. Here are ideas to overcome the Jello jitters.
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Sensory Fun: Messy Play
One of the best ways to help a child with sensory processing disorder cope with tactile defensiveness is through the use of messy play.
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Costumes for Kids With Tactile Defensiveness
The challenge to find the right Halloween costume for a child on the autism spectrum who has tactile defensiveness is not hopeless.
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Building Handwriting Muscles
Memories of Playdoh: cookies, flowers, dinosaurs, and whatever you could dream up. Playdoh offers more for a child with cerebral palsy or muscular dystrophy.
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How to Make Sensory Integration Christmas Cards
The holidays provide an opportunity to create keepsake cards for family and friends while addressing the child's reluctance to touch uncommon textures.
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What Exactly Is Sensory Integration Dysfunction?
The theory of sensory integration dysfunction was formulated by A. J. Ayres to describe a variety of neurological disorders. At present it still remains a theory and has no much recognition from the fields outside occupational therapy. There is still much scepticism and criticism of SID. The article tries to answer the 'why is it so' question.
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Disabled Kids and Cooking
November 17 is Recipe Day! These family-friendly ideas will help parents teach cooking to the child with a disability.
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Building Cognitive Skills
Children with fragile medical conditions such as hydrocephalus and cytomeglia virus may not tolerate outside activities in the heat. Here is a way to celebrate indoors.
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Sensory Integration Products
Sensory integration is difficult for many autistic children. Swings offer help with sensory integration
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Toys for Special Tots and Tweens
Parents and grandparents of children with special needs have extra considerations when purchasing gifts. Will the child like it? Is it developmentally appropriate?
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Fourth of July Learning Fun for Kids with LD
Children who have a learning disability often have difficulty with reading skills. These Fourth of July activities are sure ways to practice those skills.
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Garden Fun for Kids with Special Needs
Spring is a great time to teach the child with special needs about the basics of plant care and growth. His self esteem grows as he learns responsibility and science.
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Occupational Therapy for Autism
Occupational therapists help individuals with an autism spectrum disorder improve both fine and gross motor skills plus address sensory processing concerns.
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Christmas Is Coming!!
Here is an article to help you make decisions on appropriate toys for special needs children.
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