Sensory overload, communication delays, pressure to perform, understaffed classrooms are only a few of the reasons why children with autism struggle in regular classrooms. Sensory Enrichment Therapy can help re-wire the brain functions involved.
Developmental milestones of writing and the pencil grip. Why it’s worth getting it right. Review of existing techniques. Sensory enrichment activities that can help.
“Yeah, just off these small things, there was a massive difference, just of the first night” This is the whole story… A few weeks ago
8 early stages of natural speech for children, including autism: Eye contact, Spitting, Mouthing, Biting, Vocalizing, Imitating sounds, Mama, First word.
There are 8 early stages of speech development in children: Eye contact, Spitting, Mouthing, Biting, Vocalizing, Imitating your sounds, Mama, dada, First word. All children, including those with autism, need to work through each of these milestones to develop natural speech.
An inspirational journey of a mother who helped her child with autism achieve his best potential. It covers various therapies and interventions that worked for them, including Mendability’s Sensory Enrichment Therapy
In Part 1 we reviewed early stages of speech development. Part 2 is for individuals who have shown that can either put sounds together, say individual words, put words together, formulate sentences (whether echolalic or spontaneous)
This checklist was created to help you understand the first phases of speech development. Behaviors you see today may actually be signs of developing speech.
Fish colored pom-poms or marbles. Besides fine motor improvement, this game is also a great speech development booster because it uses vision, fine motor, touch and posture skills simultaneously, which are all part of speech development.
Match colored dot stickers with colored X’s on objects around your yard. Works on memory, patterns, instructions, visual processing, fine motor and speech.