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“I wanted to show you these shoe laces I’ve been using. I think that D1 would really benefit from having a pair of these, with his fine motor struggles.” His occupational therapist pointed to her shoelaces, called Yankz!, and explained how they work.
“You just lace them in,
Continue reading Help for Kids with Dyspraxia: Yankz! Review
It has officially begun. Not summer, yet, but our break from therapies. I felt like they were handing us the Golden Ticket when D1’s OT said, “You guys need to have a break. Enjoy the summer together as a family and don’t worry about therapies. You deserve it.”
Ten years. 10 years of
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“When was the last time you guys took a break from therapies?” His OT asked me this question, and I hadn’t really thought about it before.
“Never,” I replied, “we’ve been at this 2-3 times a week for 10 years.”
Wow. The realization hit me pretty hard after I said
Continue reading Life After OT
D1 is 9 now. “Nine and a HALF”, as he would correct me. He had his annual OT Evaluation last Monday, and we got good news! His OT has discharged him from individual OT again, for a while.
Continue reading Update: Dyspraxia at 9
All of you notebookers out there, I’m looking for suggestions. I have tons of notebooking supplies, pages, pens, glue, and the kids each have a notebook. I love how notebooks turn out, even by the youngest kids, because they are invested in the end result. They remember what they learn when they produce
Continue reading Notebooking with Writing Delays?
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