Educational & Social

Tammy Wheeler, MS OTR/L, and Diana Henry, MS OTR/L have ideas for easy-to-implement occupational therapy strategies for teachers. All teachers want their students to succeed. Many teachers, however, are overwhelmed with the huge responsibility of providing quality education for students ... Read More

Occupational therapist Nikki Rosen-Lieberman of The Abilities Center in West Bloomfield, Michigan gives school strategies for ADHD. To ensure that your child gets off to a good start in the first days back at school, now is a great time ... Read More

In this blog post, originally titled "Say Hi to Patty", Patricia S. Lemer focuses on autism, ADHD, developmental delays, Sensory Processing Disorder and appropriate social skills. The emergence of appropriate social skills is the final step on the path to ... Read More

Should your child go to special needs summer camps or to an Extended School Year (ESY) program? Patty Lemer discusses your options. Parents frequently ask me to make recommendations about summer programming for their children with special needs. They are ... Read More

In this blog post, Cindy Rinaldi tells her story of homeschooling special needs children. When we withdrew our children from the local Catholic school for homeschooling special needs children, people figured we were crazy. Many folks know the struggle we ... Read More

Sensitivity to Light Common in Neurodevelopmental Disorders Light sensitivity in kids with autism, ADHD, SPD and developmental delays is common. This hypersensitivity is complicated by visual stress-­producing factors that overload their visual environment and confuse their eyes and brains. To ... Read More

In this blog post, Patricia S. Lemer explores educational alternatives such as homeschooling and charter schools for children with autism, SPD, LD and ADHD. Imagine -- a ten year old boy attending his fifth school in six years! His mother ... Read More

In this blog post, courtesy of Achievers Unlimited, Inc., we're taught how closely linked spelling and movement are. Movement Is Necessary for Spelling Learning to spell, a child visualizes the movements necessary to reproduce the letters that combine to form ... Read More