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Pediatric Therapy Without a Diagnosis: Can My Child Get Help Without a Label?
Can your child start OT or speech therapy without a diagnosis? Learn how skills-based pediatric therapy works and how to begin with a free screening.
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What Is Laser Therapy for Children with Sensory Issues?
You’ve probably tried a lot of things. Sensory diets, weighted blankets, therapy brushing protocols, maybe even a different school environment. And still your child melts down, shuts down, or can’t quite get regulated the way you hoped. If that sounds familiar, you may have started hearing about laser therapy for children with sensory issues, and…
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What Is the Safe and Sound Protocol for Kids?
You’ve probably noticed it before a big outing, a crowded church service, or just an ordinary Tuesday morning. Your child stiffens. Their body goes on high alert before anything has even happened. Sounds feel too loud, transitions feel like emergencies, and the nervous system just won’t settle — no matter what you try. That pattern…
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Natural Approaches to Helping Kids With Sensory Processing Challenges
The sock seam is wrong. The blender is too loud. Someone bumps into your child at school and the rest of the afternoon falls apart. From the outside, these moments can seem completely unrelated. But for a child who processes sensory information differently, they may all be connected. Sensory processing is how the brain receives,…
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Is My Toddler a Picky Eater or Is Something Else Going On?
If your toddler would happily live on crackers, chicken nuggets, and one very specific brand of yogurt, you are far from alone. Picky eating is incredibly common during the toddler years. One day your child loves strawberries. The next day, strawberries are apparently unacceptable. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that selective eating is especially…
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What Is Infant Feeding Therapy and When Should You Consider It?
Feeding is an important part of an infant’s early development, but it doesn’t always come easily for every baby and family. Painful nursing sessions, a baby who arches and pulls away from the bottle, or weight gain that keeps missing the curve are common enough that many parents assume it is just something to push…
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OT vs. Speech Therapy: What Is the Difference and Does My Child Need Both?
Occupational therapy and speech therapy support different areas of a child’s development, but their work can overlap. If your child struggles with communication, sensory processing, feeding, coordination, or daily routines, it may be difficult to know which type of therapy to pursue or whether both would help. Understanding what each therapist addresses can help you…
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Signs Your Child May Need Speech Therapy and What to Do Next
Every child develops communication skills at their own pace, and not every speech or language delay means something is wrong,but there are certain milestones and behaviors that can indicate they may need extra support. If your child is hard to understand, gets frustrated when trying to communicate, has trouble following directions,, it may be time…
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How to Tell If Your Child Needs Occupational Therapy
You’ve noticed that some everyday tasks seem much harder for your child than they should be. Maybe toothbrushing every morning before school leads to tears before school every morning. Maybe they’re still struggling to get thoughts on paper, struggle to write fluently, frequently trip and fall, or will only eat a very limited range of…
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Why Your Homeschool Day Feels Overwhelming
Why does homeschooling feel hard and overwhelming? If your child melts down during lessons, struggles to focus, or avoids reading, the issue may not be curriculum—it may be regulation. Learn why the nervous system plays a critical role in learning and discover simple strategies that can help your homeschool day feel calmer and more successful.
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Sensory Processing Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder is a complex neurological disorder of the brain that interferes with the brain’s ability to receive messages from the body’s sensory receptors, process those sensory messages, and convert them into appropriate and functional motor, emotional, and behavioral responses.
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Navigating Food Allergies this Halloween
Halloween should be fun—not frightening—for families managing food allergies. Learn how to help your child stay safe, included, and confident this Halloween with 3 easy tips from the experts at Sense Able Brain.