by Debbie Hopper | Apr 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development
Does your child have sensory issues that impact on their home life? Helping your child who has anxiety for sensory reasons can be a challenge. As a parent, it can be really hard to cope with watching your young person struggle with sensory challenges when you...
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 | 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 | Nov 9, 2017 | Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Sensory Processing
Whether we are seeing children in our classroom or clinic, there are many sensory processing behaviours, clues and responses that we need to filter as we try to work out: Why are they showing this behaviour? Are they tired? Are they missing a parent who’s away for...
by Debbie Hopper | Nov 1, 2017 | Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Blog, Child Behaviour, Meltdowns and Tantrums, Sensory Processing
In some toddlers, or even older children, parents may notice an unusual dislike to noise or light, or a clumsy attitude or distressful reaction during basic self-care tasks like tying their shoe laces or brushing teeth. However, it can be more disturbing in situations...
