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CROSSING THE MIDLINE
What is “Crossing Midline”? Imagine a line dividing your body into right and left sides. Crossing Midline includes any activity that requires one side to cross into the other side. Imagine using...
Take it Outside!
Summertime Fun with PT It’s summertime and one of the best times for kids to go outside and do some activities to build important gross motor skills, strengthen muscles, increase balance and...
Weight issues in children
Because being overweight can often be a lifelong condition that may affect the entire family, it is critical that families consider taking action towards becoming a healthier family with the child....
Eating Is Easy, Right?
Eating is easy! You just sit down and eat, right? WRONG. Believe it or not, eating is more difficult than walking or talking. It involves 31 muscles and 6 cranial nerves to produce a single...
In-toeing
Commonly referred to as being “pigeon toed,” in-toeing is when a child walks with his or her feet turned inward. In-toeing can cause a child to seem more clumsy, demonstrate poor balance, and to...
Keep Learning with Summer OT Fun!
It’s summer time and time to play, but why not continue the learning as well with some OT fun. As kids play in the summer and focus on all the fun activities, there are ways to incorporate and...
Maintaining Articulation Skills over Summer Break
Parents, are you afraid that your child will forget everything they’ve learned over the summer break? Including what they’ve learned in speech-language therapy? It’s pretty common for students to...
High Tech Therapy!
You might (or might not) think that technology is great. Over the past few years, we've noticed that many of the kids here at TherapyWorks definitely think technology is great! They enjoy playing...
Talking Without Words
Many parents bring their children to speech therapy with the simple request, “Please just make my child talk”. However, before a child starts effectively using words he must master non-verbal...
Summer Speech And Language Fun!
When your children are off school for the summer they may tell you they are bored a time or two. Try one or of the ideas below that are low cost/no cost and may help your child learn vocabulary,...
Visual Tracking & Perception
Visual tracking and perception are important for many daily activities such as reading, gross motor skills such as playing catch, writing, board games and more. Poor visual skills also impact...
What Is Occupational Therapy?
At TherapyWorks, we "work wonders in children's lives" with physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy, along with diet and nutrition therapy. And while most people know about...