Your classroom sensory environment – why bother about it? Okay, before we get into the nitty gritty, let’s take a minute to think about our favourite relaxation place. Is it On the beach? At your favourite restaurant? Curled up in bed or on the couch reading a book? What sensory environment is perfect for work
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Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist How To Reduce School Anxiety in Children When Transitioning Back To School The summer holidays can be a carefree, fun-packed time of adventure and shared experiences which neither kids nor parents want to end. It can be very tempting (and rightly so!) to make the most of every day
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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 centre!), and in the weeks leading up to Christmas, it seems as if everyone
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Many students are struggling with behaviour and ‘sensory-driven’ behaviour in class. It might look like difficulties with concentration and poor attention, or it might look like a child rushing through his work. It might look like a child who always needs to have her desk perfectly tidy and aligned. It might look like the child
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Overwhelmed: A Child’s Safe Space Written by Deb Hopper Published in Navigating through the day as a child can be an exhilarating, yet daunting process. There is the fun and joy of play, friends and family. There is also the challenge of meeting new people, the social challenges of interaction with play, the environmental
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Here are some ideas for creating a sensory corner at home using easily sourced and low cost products. ____________________________________________________ I have this room – it’s not private enough for a fourth bedroom, not secure enough for an office or study, and calling it a ‘play room’ is frankly annoying because all I ever see is
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Improving Fine Motor Skills Written by Deb Hopper Published in Great Health Guide articles available in Audio: CLICK HERE FOR THE AUDIO VERSION: Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make the biggest difference and sometimes the little things in life can be the most difficult. Many children struggle with fine motor skills, or
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New Year’s Eve starts with a bang and it should. The fireworks fascinates almost everybody. The light, colour and sound adds to their brilliance. It’s definitely intense, complex, unexpected with fast pace movement, and that is why it’s alerting and exciting for us. But for many children, the fireworks can be scary, overwhelming or even
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By Deb Hopper Published in The Great Health Guide GreatHealthGuide.com.au Ouch! Don’t Touch Me! Many children struggle to cope with the sensory bombardments that come with hair care. Some children as toddlers and pre-schoolers find this difficult. Some children continue to find these daily self-care tasks unbearable even into primary school age. So why is
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Keeping you sane during long trips!! School holidays often equate to travelling long distances and often carry high expectations for family fun, bonding and memories. But, often as we turn the key in the car and the kilometres tick by, so too do our precious children turn on their keys of sibling rivalry and the
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