PediaSpeech Blog
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Helping Children with Challenges Thrive
Check out our recent article featured in Decatur Living Magazine!Click this link: “Helping Children with Challenges Thrive” For more information on occupation therapy and speech therapy in the Atlanta area visit https://www.pediaspeech.com/ or call us at 770-209-9826!
Read MoreSimple Speech and Language Stimulation Techniques for Children 1-3 Years
Not Anticipating: Do not anticipate your child’s every need or desire before he/she has a chance to make them known to you. If your child gets what he/she wants without communicating for it, he/she will not even bother to point, gesture, or possibly talk. Delaying Responses: Delay your responses to your child’s pointing, gestures, or…
Read MoreFoto Friday!
For more information on speech and occupational therapy visit https://www.pediaspeech.com/ or call us at 770-209-9826!
Read MoreWhy OT?
“An occupational therapist? So what, you do like, physical therapy?”“Oh, you help people get jobs.”These are just a couple typical responses to what the OT profession actually does. Within the profession occupation is defined as anything that provides meaning in a person’s life. Occupations relating to children include participating in school, play, and self-care activities.…
Read MorePhoto Friday!
For more information on speech and occupational therapy in the Atlanta area visit https://www.pediaspeech.com/ or call us at 770-209-9826!
Read MoreHandwriting tips from Kris
How much do you think about handwriting? Unless you share a similar profession as myself, you likely answered, “very little, if at all.” Where did we learn how to write? Or how to hold a pencil? These skills didn’t just develop naturally; we had to be taught at some point. Unfortunately, the increasing pressure on…
Read MoreHaving fun at PediaSpeech!
Click here to check out some great photos recently taken at our Decatur location! For more information on speech therapy and occupational therpay services in the Atlanta area visit https://www.pediaspeech.com/ or call us at 770-209-9826!
Read MoreOccupational Therapy’s Role with Autism
Occupational therapy services focus on enhancing participation in the performance of activities of daily living (e.g., feeding, dressing), instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., community mobility, safety procedures), education, work, leisure, play, and social participation. Occupational therapy services can focus on personal development, quality of life, and the needs of the family for children with…
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