Posts Tagged ‘Sensory overload’
Developing your child’s skills
At Tree Tops, our OTs and OTAs love to use an obstacle course as it supports engagement and develops lots of different skills, including motor planning, sequencing, balance, and problem solving. For those reluctant to engage in fine motor tasks, these can be incorporated too, such as maintaining a tight grip with tongs to develop…
Read MoreHelping poor working memory
Signs of poor working memory in our children can be seen in many ways from giving a task and forgetting it a few seconds later to just becoming overwhelmed with something within the environment. You can help a child with poor working memory by using the following tips: 🤔 simplifying instructions by giving one at…
Read MoreSizzling Summer Sensory Hacks – a day at the beach
Sizzling summer sensory hacks for at the beach. Our sensory children can find the sand not very welcoming but here are some tips for you.
Read MoreSnippet – Sensory Overload Christmas Tips
Christmas carol singing, decorating the good old Christmas tree, visiting Santa, lots of different foods, colourful lights, visiting friends and relatives, opening parcels – sounds fabulous doesn’t it? Not for every one though! The Christmas period can be fun and exciting for others but for our SPD children, it can also bring added stress, anxiety,…
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