by Debbie Hopper | Aug 5, 2018 | Anxiety, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Sensory Processing
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Does your child (or the children you work with) have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)? Does your child (or the children you work with) have anxiety? How do you know where a child’s SPD and anxiety begin and end?...
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...
by Debbie Hopper | Apr 4, 2018 | Back to School, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing in the Classroom, Training and Education
With Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Amy McGarry is an inspirational teacher at one of our local schools – the Forster Holy Name Catholic School, who has recently won an award for her amazing and innovative classroom environment. I’m also very passionate (if you...
by Debbie Hopper | Mar 15, 2018 | Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Blog, Child Behaviour, Just Right Kids, Meltdowns and Tantrums
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Do you struggle in supporting emotional well being at home for your ASD child? As parents, we all want our kids to be happy, well adjusted and enjoying life. Kids with ASD respond to using visuals to understand routines,...
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...
