Tag: Pediatric Feeding Therapy

  • Understanding Primitive Reflexes in Child Development

    Understanding Primitive Reflexes in Child Development

    Primitive reflexes are the hidden one-lane country roads in your child’s nervous system. When they don’t mature into the superhighways of higher brain function, kids can struggle with things like attention, handwriting, emotional regulation, reading, or even simple self-care tasks. These immature reflexes don’t just make learning harder — they can also cause a child…

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  • Sensory Processing and the Sub-Types

    Have you noticed that mainstream retailers have been stocking more and more items that are labeled “sensory” lately? Having this much selection so readily available is definitely a blessing to many! Parents are buying sensory items with the hope that it will help their child regulate better or eat better or learn better or… The

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  • Introducing Our Newest Team Member!

    We are so excited to introduce our newest Occupational Therapist: Danielle Hicken, MS, OTR/L! Danielle Hicken is a pediatric occupational therapist with a Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy from Florida Gulf Coast University. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida (Go Gators!) where she graduated with a Bachelors of Science in

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