by Debbie Hopper | Jul 12, 2018 | Anxiety, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Fine Motor
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist As a parent, recognising anxiety in children at home is the first important step in being able to help them. How can I recognise anxiety in my child? Do any of these sound like your child? Clinging, crying and/or tantrums...
by Debbie Hopper | Jul 12, 2018 | autism spectrum disorder, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing, Sensory Toys
What are fidget toys? How do the different shapes of fidget toys help kids learn and manage anxiety? Are fidget toys effective tools or classroom distractions? There are a lot of claims that fidgets toys have been very useful tools in improving concentration and focus...
by Debbie Hopper | Jul 2, 2018 | Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor
This post has been republished with permission from kidspot.com.au Kidspot and PediaSure know that your kids are awesome in what they do, what they say, and how they grow. When young kids grow and begin learning about the world, their brains light-up with new skills,...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 26, 2018 | Back to School, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing in the Classroom, Training and Education
This is the second part in the self regulation in classroom management program that I was discussing in June, see part one here. As I mentioned in part one, I’ve been asked to implement a whole class and whole school approach to teaching self regulation. The...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
At LifeSkills4Kids, we are passionate about helping young people with their social anxiety challenges. As parents, we want our kids to be happy, content and enjoying the adventure of growing into adults. In an ideal world, this would be easy for us and our kids to...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 1, 2018 | Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Fine Motor, Fine Motor Sensory Solutions, Sensory Processing in the Classroom
Steps to using a self regulation program as a ‘whole class’ classroom management strategy Teaching children about their emotions and how to manage them in a school environment is a complex and long range task. All children need to learn these skills, but often in a...
