by Debbie Hopper | Mar 18, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog
Once upon a time, health professionals considered the hair-pulling habit of trichotillomania to be a rare disorder. A person’s urge to pull out their own hair was thought to be a psychiatric condition that affected a miniscule portion of the population. As a result of...
by Debbie Hopper | Jan 25, 2019 | Anxiety, Autism, autism spectrum disorder, Back to School, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Planning for Back to School Success Summer holidays are ending here in Australia in the next few days. As parents’ ideas for how to fill in time start to dwindle, and we finish off the back to school shopping,...
by Debbie Hopper | Jan 22, 2019 | Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing, Training and Education
Written by Nicky Ellis – www.horsesandfoals.com Horses have shared a bond with man for many thousand years. Horses have been used extensively to transport goods as well as people. Horses have also lent help in the fields of construction and agriculture. They...
by Debbie Hopper | Aug 12, 2018 | Blog, Sensory Processing, Sensory Processing Workshops and Training
All kids develop at different rates and all have unique traits – it’s what makes us all human! As you watch your babies grow up, how can you tell if your kid has sensory issues? We all make sense of the world through our five senses. The information that...
by Debbie Hopper | Jul 5, 2018 | Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Great Health Guide, Training and Education
Screen Time for Children By Deb Hopper This article was published in the Great Health Guide digital magazine – GreatHealthGuide.com.au Screen time for children… It’s one of those tricky topics to deal with from day to day. There are such mixed messages in the...
