The History of Total Load
Total Load Theory “Total Load Theory” is a widely used engineering term that, for decades, has been applied to explain...
Total Load Theory “Total Load Theory” is a widely used engineering term that, for decades, has been applied to explain...
My friend Maria Rickert Hong and I just discovered something interesting about the CDC’s data on autism rates and...
Did you hear the news?The autism rate is now believed to be 1 in 36 children.That’s 2.8% of children.That’s 4% of...
Patricia Lemer, better known as Patty, has served the families and communities of children with educational and...
Gail Szakacs, MD and Nancy O'Hara, MD offer us a new model offering hope for autism recovery in this article. Autism...
Sonia Story of www.moveplaythrive.com explains how neurodevelopmental movement can help with symptoms of autism, ADHD,...
Sanford R. Cohen, OD, FCOVD, discusses screentime guidelines for children using video devices (computers, smartphones,...
by Jane M Healy, Ph.D (Excerpted from her book of the same name) Today's children are the subjects of a vast and...
by Warren Bruhl, DC, DICCP "Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases." -Hippocrates,...
In this blog post, Mary Rentschler MEd and Cecilia K. Freeman MEd who are certified Brain Gym consultants explain how...
Here's help about writing skills and autism, ADHD and other developmental delays. Given the right environment,...
by Serena Wieder, PhD, Co-Author with Stanley Greenspan, MD, of The Child With Special Needs The first important goal...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LN discusses the role of IgG allergies and symptoms of autism, ADHD, asthma,...
by Alberta Lindsey, Richmond Times-Dispatch Staff Writer Until he was about one year old, Wesley Sykes had a bright...
What is the Documenting Hope Project? The Documenting Hope Project is a multi-year research and media initiative to...
Anne Trecker, MS, OTR/L of Occupational Therapy Associates in Watertown, Massachusetts tells us about summer sensory...
by Margaret Wulf, MS A healthy learning environment should be every schoolchild's right. Yet, according to the...
by Tammy Wheeler, MS., OTR/L, and Diana Henry, MS., OTR/L All teachers want their students to succeed. Many teachers,...
by Nikki Rosen-Lieberman, Ms., OTR, The Abilities Center, West Bloomfield, Michigan To ensure that your child gets off...
by Lois Hickman, OTR Occupational therapy on a farm, with real jobs that must be done regularly to maintain the land...
"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean." -Arthur C. Clarke Do You Know These Water...
In this blog post, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND explains how secretin can help to correct digestive dysfunction and thus...
Ensuring that our drinking water is pure is one of the most important steps we can take for children with chronic...
Excerpted from Resistance to Thyroid Hormone: Implications for Neurodevelopmental Research on the Effects of Thyroid...
by Christine Winderlin and Dr. Keith Sehnert. Reprinted with permission from Taylor Publishing Co., Dallas. Of all the...
by Susan Snell, MA., MS., Educational Consultant, St. Columba's Nursery School, Washington, DC, and Family Therapist,...
Lorna Jean King, OTR, FAOTA, is a pioneer of sensory integration therapy. A colleague of the late A. Jean Ayres, she...
Every day, Sensory Processing Disorder receives new recognition as a common problem among children. Recognition is...
Parenting special needs children can be quite the challenge, but children will more easily reach their full potential...
Low muscle tone, or hypotonia, is one of the physical problems often associated with developmental delays; nutrition...
by Nancy B. Lewis, O.D. Visual motor skills imply much more than handwriting. Children need to be able to use their...
This piece on food as medicine is excerpted from Annemarie Colbin's book "Food and Healing". She is a Certified Health...
by Marcia F. Marks, ACSW, LCSW, Environmental Health Consultant Daily news reports alarm us about the hazards of...
Joye Newman explains why motor skills development from crawling, pulling up, walking and climbing are foundational for...
This blog is about what to do if you have a low self esteem kid. The self-esteem Willie gained all summer might be on...
Rita Whitaker-Haun and Sheldon Haun explain in this post about the connection between music and autism. As a music...
What Is the Vestibular System? Sensory integration and vestibular processing: Of all the sensory systems that we talk...
Donna Wendelburg and Kathy Nurek, vision therapists and founders of Achievers Unlimited, Fond du Lac, WI, discuss the...
The vestibular system and auditory language processing: Children with vestibular dysfunction may also have auditory...
This article was reprinted with permission from "Efficient Vision", a newsletter of the Optometric Extension Program...
What is writing? Writing is a complex process that requires the integration of touch, proprioception, kinesthesia,...
When children with neurodevelopmental disorders or other chronic health conditions are found to be allergic or...
Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, co-founder of Developmental Delay Resources, tells us how to improve liver detoxification...