Month: September 2017

Why Get Help Now For Sensory Concerns?

 

 

Sensory Integration is our ability to take in information from our senses and organize it so we can function in our world. Sensory Integration Skills develop throughout our growing years and involve our ability to touch, taste, smell, feel movement, hear, and have an awareness of our body. Proper development of sensory integration skills requires children to experience senses in the world around them.

Sensory Integration skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning, behavior, and self-esteem. Developing sensory integration skills at an early age impacts a child’s behavior, social skills, and play skills. The human body follows a step by step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function. Sensory integration develops with fine and gross motor skills – they are all dependent on one another.

 

Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it. To be able to swing and climb on the playground, we must first learn to tolerate movement through space. We need to learn how to cope with busy, quiet, and changing environments in order to concentrate in school. We need to use our body senses together in order to function in our natural environments.

If your child is showing signs of challenges with their sensory Integration skills, it is important to seek out help right away before behaviors become more severe. The earlier intervention is provided, the more effective it can be. You want you and your child to experience less stress as quickly as possible.

 

 

If you have concerns about your child’s sensory processing please go to https://www.abcpediatrictherapy.com for more information.

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Why Get Help Now For Gross Motor Concerns?

Gross Motor Skills are the large movement skills our body develops throughout our growing years. These include rolling, sitting, crawling, walking, jumping, riding bikes, and climbing. Proper development of gross motor skills requires strength, balance, postural control, and coordination. It also requires appropriate function of our joints and muscles.

Humans were meant to be upright! Gross motor skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning experiences, and self-esteem. Being able to keep up with peers on the playground encourages social and emotional development. Performing gross motor skills facilitates overall body health because it allows children to be physically active. This leads to a healthier heart, lungs, bones, and gastrointestinal system. The developmental process of gross motor skills affects other skill areas. The human body follows a step by step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function.

 

 

 

Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it. To get into the sitting position, we must first learn to roll. We need to learn how to stand before we learn how to walk. We need to walk before we run and jump. The body goes through a complicated movement process. If a child is not achieving a milestone within a reasonable time frame, it is important to ask questions and seek out guidance right away because the next set of skills is coming up fast. The longer you wait, the further behind the child will fall. The earlier an intervention is provided, the more effective it can be.

Go to https://www.abcpediatrictherapy.com  for more information and to reach out to ABC staff to answer your questions.  We are here to help!

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Why Get Help Now For Fine Motor Concerns?

Fine Motor Skills are the small movement skills of our hands, fingers, and wrists that develop throughout our growing years.   These include writing, cutting, keyboarding, eating, holding small items, buttoning, and turning pages.   Proper development of fine motor skills requires strength, postural control, and coordination.  It also requires appropriate function of our eyes. 

 

Fine motor skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning experiences, and self-esteem.    Developing independence with fine motor skills at an early age is crucial to school performance and self-care skills (such as dressing).   The human body follows a step by step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function. 

  

Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it.   To be able to cut and write, we must first learn to grasp.   We need to learn how to hold small objects in order to feed ourselves.  We need to use our eyes and hands together before we button and zip.  The body goes through a complicated movement process.   If a child is not achieving a milestone within a reasonable time frame, it is important to ask questions and seek out guidance right away because the next set of skills is coming up fast.   The longer you wait, the further behind the child will fall.  The earlier an intervention is provided, the more effective it can be.     

Go to https://www.abcpediatrictherapy.com  for more information and to reach out to ABC staff to answer your questions.  We are here to help!

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Why Get Help Now For Speech and Language Concerns?

Speech Skills involve our ability to communicate our wants and needs to others.  In order to communicate, we need to say the correct words, with the correct sounds, as well as understand what others are saying to us.  Our speech skills are very closely related to our feeding skills because the same muscles are used for both.  These skills develop quickly throughout our growing years.   Proper development of speech skills requires strength, coordination, postural control, attention, and cognition.  It also requires appropriate function of our sensory system. 

 

Speech skills are very important to a child’s overall development, health, learning experiences, and self-esteem.    Developing independence with speech skills at an early age is crucial to school performance and social interaction.   Speech skills allow a child to express their basic wants and needs.   Skills necessary for eating are important for nutrition and overall health.   The human body follows a step by step process, where one area often relies on another to achieve full function. 

 

Each milestone that is achieved throughout the first years of life is dependent on the one that came before it.   To be able have a conversation, we must first learn to put two words together.   We need to learn how to produce a sound before we form full sentences.  We need strong muscles in our mouths to eat healthy fruits and vegetables.  The body goes through a complicated movement process.   If a child is not achieving a milestone within a reasonable time frame, it is important to ask questions and seek out guidance right away because the next set of skills is coming up fast.   The longer you wait, the further behind the child will fall.  The earlier an intervention is provided, the more effective it can be.  

Go to https://www.abcpediatrictherapy.com  for more information and to reach out to ABC staff to answer your questions.  We are here to help!

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