Maria Rickert Hong, Author at Documenting Hope

How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?

Jan 22, 2025 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Conditions, Dyspraxia and Apraxia, Neurodevelopmental Therapies, Speech and Language Issues, Therapies & Supports, Total Communication

Communication and motor skills might seem like different developmental areas, but they are actually deeply intertwined. In fact, motor skills can have a profound impact on communication, especially for children with developmental challenges such as autism, dyspraxia,...

Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Jan 21, 2025 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Choline, Conditions, Dyspraxia and Apraxia, Functional Nutrition, Healing Fats, Speech and Language Issues, Therapies & Supports, Vitamin E

Whole-Body Apraxia and Speech-Related Apraxia As parents, we anticipate that our children will meet all their developmental milestones without any significant challenges. For instance, simple daily tasks and normal everyday intentional motor planning movements we may...

Intuitive Healing

Dec 10, 2024 | Intuition, Mind, Body & Spirit Therapies, Therapies & Supports

How much credence do you give to intuitive healing? Are you the type of person who must have scientific evidence and proof otherwise you are not convinced? Or do you have an inner sense about your healing needs because you experience gut feelings? The question is...

Learning to Trust Your Intuition

Dec 9, 2024 | Intuition, Mind, Body & Spirit Therapies, Therapies & Supports

Learning to trust your intuition can play an important role for you when you’re navigating a variety of health interventions for your child. If you’re feeling overwhelmed and are receiving conflicting information from practitioners about which direction to...

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Nov 22, 2024 | Healing Modalities, Therapies & Supports, Traditional Chinese Medicine

What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is an ancient holistic health system that has been practiced for thousands of years. Rooted in Taoist philosophy and observations of nature, TCM encompasses a variety of practices designed to...

Neuralli, the Psychobiotic

Nov 12, 2024 | Conditions, Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms, Gut Health & Microbiome, Reference Library

In this blog post, Teresa Badillo explains why psychobiotics, which have the potential to regulate many of the neurotransmitters that affect emotions and mental-health functioning, may be helpful for those with mood disorders. How often do we hear parents express...

Exploring the Link Between Prevotella, Mold and Autism

Nov 9, 2024 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Conditions, Gut Health & Microbiome, Mold, Mold, Mycotoxin and Biotoxin Illness, Reference Library, Root Causes & Stressors

The gut microbiome plays a significant role in our overall health and well-being. Emerging research (see Sources & References, below) has begun to uncover profound connections between gut dysbiosis—an imbalance in our gut flora—and various health conditions,...

Metabolic Psychiatry

Oct 16, 2024 | Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD & ADHD), Blood-Sugar Dysregulation, Conditions, Developmental Delays, Diabetes and Obesity, Emotional, Behavioral and Mood Symptoms, Food & Mood, Functional Nutrition, Learning Disabilities, Lyme Disease, PANS PANDAS, Root Causes & Stressors, Seizures, Sensory Processing Disorder, Sugar, Therapies & Supports

What Is Metabolic Psychiatry? Metabolic psychiatry is an emerging field that explores the connection between blood-sugar dysregulation and mood disorders, behavioral challenges, mental health challenges and neurodevelopmental challenges. Research shows (see Sources...

Healthy Halloween Alternatives

Oct 12, 2024 | Functional Nutrition, Nutrition Basics, Sugar, Therapies & Supports

“Healthy Halloween alternatives” seems like an oxymoron given that Halloween is the greatest yearly candy night for children of all ages. No child wants to be different than any other child. So, the question is “how do we make Halloween healthy or at least...

How to Use Breathwork for Calming

Oct 7, 2024 | Breathwork, Healing Basics, Mind, Body & Spirit Therapies, Reducing Stress, Therapies & Supports

Using breathwork for calming the body into a state of rest and digest is a free and easy method that can be done anywhere, anytime. Breathwork is a powerful technique that can help both parents and children reach a state of calm and overall well-being. This article...

How a Child’s Brain Develops

Sep 22, 2024 | Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD & ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder, Brain Development, Conditions, Developmental Delays, Learning Disabilities, Reference Library, Retained Reflexes, Sensory Processing Disorder, Speech and Language Issues

Understanding how a child’s brain develops is important for creating effective educational and therapeutic interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as: Autism ADHD Dyslexia Cerebral palsy Sensory Processing Disorder Learning disabilities...

Cell Salts

Sep 21, 2024 | Healing Modalities, Homeopathy, Therapies & Supports

What Are Cell Salts? Cell salts, also known as tissue salts or biochemical salts, are homeopathic remedies formulated to complement the mineral needs of the body’s cells. Introduced by Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schüssler in the 19th century, cell salts are based on...