Posts by Tree Tops
OT Life Hack – Felicity
What does Felicity do to chill and relax whilst at home?
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Find out what our Sensior OT, Ellen gets up to when she wants to relax whilst at home.
Read MoreOT Week 2022!
This year we are looking at “Lift up your everyday”. Watch out this week for our team’s messages to you all about how they chill when at home.
Read MoreCongratulations Olivia!
Our own Tree Tops baby! The team are all overcome with love and emotion for our lovely Olivia. Fantastic news!
Read MoreMeeting Notes from 16 September 2022
Thank you for coming along. Here are the notes from tonight’s get together!
Read MoreSOS – how to blow your nose!
SOS – how to blow your nose! This is definitely a very challenging task for our SPD children and there are some very good reasons why they cannot blow their nose. The steps to blowing a nose: The sensation of acknowledging the nose is full or stuffy Holding the tissue Instead of sniffing, the feeling…
Read MoreWhat is autonomic response?
What is autonomic response? You may or may not have heard this term before. Here are some of the signs: However, you can do take action to reduce the above: Deep breathing exercises – this can slow down the heart rate, blood pressure and even meltdowns. Self-regulation – sensory integration (SI) treatment can teach a…
Read MoreSensory Parent Support Group Online Zoom Meeting
Online Zoom meeting for all those Tree Topper families out there, our SPD Parent Support Group are having an online meeting a week on Sunday (see flyer for more details). If you are interested in joining, either message/post on this link or email the group directly for more details: spdpsgnee@gmail.com Meetings are usually only 40-60…
Read MoreBalance Activities
Balance activities – we need good balance to enable us to take part in daily living skills, sports, games and playing with others safely without causing injury (using the protective responses). Balance skills include: core strength gross motor skills visual motor skills proprioceptive input vestibular input What is static and dynamic balance Both static and…
Read MoreGreat North Run – Sunday 11 September 2022
The Tree Tops Team would like to congratulate our very own Tree Topper, Dawn Dunn, on completing The Great North Run today Read her story by clicking on the link below: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Dawn-Dunn2?experiments=donate_now_track_click&successType=StickyDonateButtonClick?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=socpledgemobile&utm_content=Dawn-Dunn2?experiments=donate_now_track_click&successType=StickyDonateButtonClick&utm_campaign=post-pledge-mobile&utm_term=E5VRbryY4
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