by Debbie Hopper | Feb 14, 2018 | Anxiety, Blog, Boundaries, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
As adults, we all imagine that kids are carefree and have nothing to worry about. Helping kids with anxiety is a really important tool to have in your parenting toolbox. Some kids have a constant level of anxiety and others experience situational...
by Debbie Hopper | Feb 6, 2018 | Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing in the Classroom, Training and Education
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Sensory issues that impact learning Teaching in classrooms can be challenging, but also can be extremely rewarding. There is such a mix of students these days with learning disabilities, diagnoses including autism, ADHD,...
by Debbie Hopper | Jan 24, 2018 | Autism, Back to School, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Classroom management strategies are in class strategies that are developed over time by teacher. Teacher training, mentoring, trial and error and hours clocked in the classroom help teachers to fine tune these strategies...
by Debbie Hopper | Dec 21, 2017 | Active Movement Breaks, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Development, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
Written by Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Top 3 tips for super charging your break with sensory boosts for relaxing and recharging The holiday season is almost here! Maybe you have escaped for an early holiday break? Those of us still at work are just a little...
by Debbie Hopper | Dec 14, 2017 | Active Movement Breaks, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor
Written by Deb Hopper, Paediatric Occupational Therapist What is a sensory safe Christmas and the key tips for surviving Christmas Holidays? Not long now until Christmas. Santa’s can be found everywhere (I almost bowled one over yesterday at our local shopping...
by Debbie Hopper | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Fine Motor, Great Health Guide, Gross Motor
Learning with Games at Home Written by Deb Hopper Published in Great Health Guide articles available in Audio: Children naturally love to play games. Play is the ‘occupation’ of children and is how they learn the best. Even though this comes naturally for children, in...
