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17
May
2015
Don’t eat that! Tips and Tricks to help mouthing.

Don’t eat that! Tips and Tricks to help mouthing.

By dinamk on May 17, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Don’t eat that! Tips and Tricks to help mouthing Written by Aimee York, OT, director of KinderCloud online allied health services for children. KinderCloud provides OT, Dietetics and Counselling for children and families via Skype. As babies, it is essential that we explore our environment with every possible sense we have. Touch things, look at […]

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11
May
2015
Practical Tips to Help your Fussy Eater

Practical Tips to Help your Fussy Eater

By dinamk on May 11, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Fussy Eaters Practical Tips to Help your Fussy Eater Written by Aimee York, OT, director of KinderCloud online allied health services for children. KinderCloud provides OT, Dietetics and Counselling for children and families via Skype. Children who have food sensitivities may be defensive towards the taste, texture, smell, colour or even shape of the food. […]

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3
May
2015
Sensory Spelling Ideas – Kinder Cloud

Sensory Spelling Ideas – Kinder Cloud

By dinamk on May 3, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Sensory Spelling Ideas By Aimee York, OT For your school-aged child, learning spelling words can be a drag at the best of times. Often the traditional way to learn spelling words is to Read – Write – Cover – Say (or something similar). The old pencil and paper method has me yawning just thinking about […]

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29
Apr
2015
Interview of Emmy Chen about her 10 Year-Old Son’s App!

Interview of Emmy Chen about her 10 Year-Old Son’s App!

By Angie Gorz on April 29, 2015 in Informative Blogs Uncategorized with No Comments

After learning to make apps at a very young age, Andy Bruce has become a child prodigy. Emmy, the mother and app developer from Silicon Valley, in the United States, helped make it a reality. Andy Bruce is a 10-year old boy, who developed and published a very creative app that is offered on the […]

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22
Apr
2015
Take a seat – how your chair affects handwriting.

Take a seat – how your chair affects handwriting.

By dinamk on April 22, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Take a seat – how your chair affects handwriting. By Aimee York, OT. For any skill in child development to be supported, it needs to be supported from the bottom up. All skills need a good foundation and handwriting is no exception. Like most skills, all is not what it seems, and a lot more […]

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19
Apr
2015
Defining Dyspraxia by KinderCloud

Defining Dyspraxia by KinderCloud

By dinamk on April 19, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Defining Dyspraxia By Aimee York, B.OccThy Dyspraxia affects many children and can be devastating to parents and families to see throughout a child’s development. It holds children back, especially in an academic setting, and without intervention, can lean to lowered self esteem, poor academic grades, poor social skills and some mood disorders such as depression and […]

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19
Apr
2015
How to understand if your child is ready to start School.

How to understand if your child is ready to start School.

By dinamk on April 19, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

School Readiness How to understand if your child is ready to start School By Aimee York, OT. Starting school can be daunting (for both child and parent!) at the best of times. Of course, as parents, you want to set your child up for success and independence as they start their educational journey. But how […]

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19
Apr
2015
Fun Idea’s from Speech Teach 365

Fun Idea’s from Speech Teach 365

By dinamk on April 19, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

If you’re looking for some fun therapy ideas, check out my Pinterest! I have several different boards: months (with activities I plan to use for that month), different speech/language areas, freebies, sensory activities, and more. It’s a great jumping off point if you want to get some ideas. I follow a bunch of SLP bloggers […]

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19
Apr
2015
Quick Organizational Tips from Speech Teach 365

Quick Organizational Tips from Speech Teach 365

By dinamk on April 19, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

I’m popping in share a few of my tips on staying organized during the busy times of the school year. We all know that organization can fall by the wayside when life gets crazy. For me, even just having some semblance of order helps my stress levels. 1. Clean off your desk at the end […]

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19
Apr
2015
Slamwich Speech Therapy – Speech Teach Therapy 365

Slamwich Speech Therapy – Speech Teach Therapy 365

By dinamk on April 19, 2015 in Informative Blogs with No Comments

Recently I did a blog post about how to use a commercially available game in therapy. While some games are easy to just open and throw into therapy, others require more adaptations to get it to “work” during therapy without distracting from the skills you are trying to target. Head over to my blog to […]

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