by Debbie Hopper | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor
This post has been republished with permission from kidspot.com.au Kidspot and PediaSure know that your kids are awesome in what they do, what they say, and how they grow. When young kids grow and begin learning about the world, their brains light-up with new skills,...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 26, 2018 | Back to School, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing in the Classroom, Training and Education
This is the second part in the self regulation in classroom management program that I was discussing in June, see part one here. As I mentioned in part one, I’ve been asked to implement a whole class and whole school approach to teaching self regulation. The...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
At LifeSkills4Kids, we are passionate about helping young people with their social anxiety challenges. As parents, we want our kids to be happy, content and enjoying the adventure of growing into adults. In an ideal world, this would be easy for us and our kids to...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 6, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement
As parents, we worry if our young people are nervous or anxious about things that happen in every day life. To begin with, it is a good idea to ask several questions: 1. How can we go about helping kids with social anxiety? 2. How can we use the benefit of our...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 1, 2018 | Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Fine Motor, Fine Motor Sensory Solutions, Sensory Processing in the Classroom
Steps to using a self regulation program as a ‘whole class’ classroom management strategy Teaching children about their emotions and how to manage them in a school environment is a complex and long range task. All children need to learn these skills, but often in a...
by Debbie Hopper | May 24, 2018 | Blog, Occupational Therapy, Sensory Processing
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1aHtyfwSM[/embedyt] By Simone Ryan – Occupational Therapist – talking about regulation. One of the most common requests I’ve had when working with families and educators of children (with or without a disability...
