by Emerge Marketing | May 24, 2022 | Behavioral regulation, General information, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Social Skills
Have you ever heard of the term co-regulation? Co-regulation is defined as warm and responsive interactions that provide the support, coaching, and modeling children need to understand, express, and modulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In order to...
by Emerge Marketing | Mar 17, 2022 | Community, General information, Parenting
Does this sound like you? “We’re late!” “Where the heck is the…?” “I’m losing my patience.” “Where do I start?” “I just can’t.” “I got going, then I hit a...
by Emerge Marketing | Mar 8, 2022 | Behavioral regulation, Floortime/DIR, General information, Parenting, Sensory Processing/Integration
Being able to “play chess” is an important skill needed to not only target therapy goals at home, but also crucial for knowing when your child is ready to take on challenges. Using the principles of the DIR/Floortime approach, you can make observations about your...
by Emerge Marketing | Feb 23, 2022 | AAC, General information, Speech & Language, Uncategorized
If your speech therapist or your child’s speech therapist recommends a speech generating device (SGD), the speech therapist will guide you through the entire process. Here is what that process generally looks like: Trial First, the therapist will trial devices with...
by Emerge Marketing | Feb 23, 2022 | Adult Services, General information, Uncategorized
Sometimes difficulty with memory can actually be related to attention. You can think of attention and memory as stairs building up as shown below. You need to be attending to an event or information to create a short-term memory and those short-term memories will help...
by Emerge Marketing | Feb 9, 2022 | General information, Parenting, Reading, School, Speech & Language, Uncategorized
Supporting your children in literacy work can feel like an impossible task. Beyond sounding things out, where do we begin if our kids are having trouble learning how to read? Before racing to the library, there are a few important phonological awareness skills that...
