Moving with Maddie: Developmental Play Milestones, 10-12 Months
Helping your child learn and grow starts at a young age by interacting and playing with them.
Signs of Tactile Defensiveness in Your Child
What is Tactile Defensiveness? Tactile defensiveness refers to the reactions or aversive responses that may occur for those sensitive to touch. Someone may experience a lack of tolerance for light or deep pressure as well as various textures including wet, dry, or messy. Children may exhibit tactile defensive behaviors when engaging in various sensory play […]
Moving with Maddie: Developmental Play Milestones, 7-9 Months
Helping your child learn and grow starts at a young age by interacting and playing with them.
Moving with Maddie: Developmental Play Milestones, 4-6 Months
Helping your child learn and grow starts at a young age by interacting and playing with them.
Moving with Maddie: Developmental Play Milestones, Birth – 3 Months
Helping your child learn and grow starts at a young age by interacting and playing with them.
Visual Processing Skills and How they Impact Children Functionally
SIGHT VS. VISION It is important to understand the difference between sight and vision. Sight is the ability to see or how clearly one sees. Vision is the ability to process and interpret information from the eyes. Someone who has 20/20 eyesight can have visual processing difficulties which can affect a variety of functional skills. […]
5 Home Water Play Activities That Can Improve Your Toddler’s Fine Motor Skills
Summer is a great time to use household items to explore water. These activities provide a fun way to work on upper extremity strengthening, fine motor strengthening, gross motor strengthening, bilateral integration, cognitive functioning, self-regulation, sensory processing, and much more. Below are some activity ideas to ensure your child has a fun and engaging summer. […]
12 Bathtub Play Ideas
Does your child love the water and bath time? Continue reading for ways to make bath time fun and therapeutic! PRONE (Belly) OVER KICKBOARD Allows arms to splash in the water to help with pre-swimming skills Allows feet to splash in this water to help with pre-swimming skills If arms are placed on the kickboard […]
Aquatic Exercises to Perform With Children at Home
Aquatic Exercises to Perform at Home Aquatic therapy is an integral part of pediatric therapy. It allows for pediatric physical and occupational therapists to work on skills in the aquatic environment that are more challenging during land-based therapy. Aquatic therapy uses the properties of the water to achieve therapeutic gains and work on skills that […]
Summer Camp
Summer Camp Our goal is to provide a fun and safe environment with the staff at CFZ Pediatric Therapy. Our camp will engage in play-based activities for children of all abilities while incorporating gross and fine motor skills with an emphasis on having fun and being with peers! WHERE: CFZ Pediatric Therapy382 South Main StreetCheshire, […]