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22 Expert Pool Play Tips for Building Children’s Strength & Motor Skills

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|Date: July 13, 2021
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22 Expert Pool Play Tips for Building Children’s Strength & Motor Skills

by Megan Lesh, OTR/L, MOT, Occupational Therapist, Valley Medical Center Children’s Therapy Summer’s sunn ...

by Megan Lesh, OTR/L, MOT, Occupational Therapist, Valley Medical Center Children’s Therapy Summer’s sunny days are here so it’s a perfect time for a pool day! These fun activity ideas using toys and ...

July 13, 2021
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Recommended Pride Books for Kids from Children’s Therapy

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|Date: June 15, 2021
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Recommended Pride Books for Kids from Children’s Therapy

Submitted by Barbara Bryant, SLP, Children’s Therapy Books are an amazing resource we can share with the ...

Submitted by Barbara Bryant, SLP, Children’s Therapy Books are an amazing resource we can share with the children (and adults!) in our lives. A good book can give you a peek into a place you have neve ...

June 15, 2021
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Reading with Your Child: Tips for Active Conversation While Looking at a Book

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|Date: May 04, 2021
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Reading with Your Child: Tips for Active Conversation While Looking at a Book

Content derived from speech-language pathologists Barbara Bryant, CCC-SLP and Natalie Carroll, CCC-SLP in ...

Content derived from speech-language pathologists Barbara Bryant, CCC-SLP and Natalie Carroll, CCC-SLP in Children’s Therapy Reading books with children is important because it increases language deve ...

May 04, 2021
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Core Workout for Kids

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|Date: March 23, 2021
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Core Workout for Kids

By occupational therapists Loren Burnett, OTR/L & Madeleine McBroom, OTR/L, Children’s Therapy at Val ...

By occupational therapists Loren Burnett, OTR/L & Madeleine McBroom, OTR/L, Children’s Therapy at Valley Medical Center Performing these exercises will help your child build core muscles, supporti ...

March 23, 2021
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Emotional Regulation and Your Child

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|Date: November 11, 2020
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Emotional Regulation and Your Child

by Loren Burnett, Occupational Therapist, Children’s Therapy Major changes in routine due to COVID-19, in ...

by Loren Burnett, Occupational Therapist, Children’s Therapy Major changes in routine due to COVID-19, including virtual schooling, decreased social and play opportunities, and limited access to commu ...

November 11, 2020
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Re-Thinking Halloween in Pandemic Times: Frightfully Fun Tips for Celebrating Safely

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|Date: October 13, 2020
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Re-Thinking Halloween in Pandemic Times: Frightfully Fun Tips for Celebrating Safely

by Kari Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Rehab Manager, Children’s Therapy If you are like me and have read head ...

by Kari Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Rehab Manager, Children’s Therapy If you are like me and have read headlines such as “CDC says no trick-or-treating” or “Halloween is cancelled,” your heart likely su ...

October 13, 2020
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Adaptive Toys for Children with Disabilities—Toys to Adapt, Toys to Borrow, Toys to Keep!

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|Date: October 12, 2020
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Adaptive Toys for Children with Disabilities—Toys to Adapt, Toys to Borrow, Toys to Keep!

by Megan Lesh, OT, Children’s Therapy, Valley Medical Center The HuskyADAPT toy adaptation project is an ...

by Megan Lesh, OT, Children’s Therapy, Valley Medical Center The HuskyADAPT toy adaptation project is an organization through the University of Washington that teaches students, engineers, clinicians, ...

October 12, 2020
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Has Your Child Been Diagnosed with Obesity? Get Help Making Fitness Fun for the Whole Family!

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|Date: October 12, 2020
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Has Your Child Been Diagnosed with Obesity? Get Help Making Fitness Fun for the Whole Family!

by Natalie Frei, PT, DPT, Children’s Therapy, Valley Medical Center Childhood obesity has increased signi ...

by Natalie Frei, PT, DPT, Children’s Therapy, Valley Medical Center Childhood obesity has increased significantly (two to threefold, depending on the age group) in the past few decades in the United S ...

October 12, 2020
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Suicide Prevention: Help for Kids and Teens

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Suicide Prevention: Help for Kids and Teens

by Kari J. Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Children’s TherapySeptember is suicide prevention month. Though a ye ...

by Kari J. Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Children’s TherapySeptember is suicide prevention month. Though a yearly event, suicide prevention month 2020 highlights a heightened need for all of us to take ti ...

September 21, 2020
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Access to Low-Cost Internet, Computers and Smart Phones

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|Date: September 21, 2020
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Access to Low-Cost Internet, Computers and Smart Phones

by Betsy De La Rosa, MA, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, Children's Therapy Now more than ever, it’ ...

by Betsy De La Rosa, MA, CCC-SLP, Speech Language Pathologist, Children's Therapy Now more than ever, it’s important for everyone to have access to Internet and technology. Please see below for a summ ...

September 21, 2020
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