I love to cook and bake with my clients. A therapy session that ends with something delicious? Perfect! A session that ends in hand pain or major spills? Not part of MY plan! Almost all of my clients find opening containers challenging. Cans and jars are big problems for them. Fortunately, there are 2…… Continue reading Hand Pain or Weakness? These Two Kitchen Tools Make Life Easier!
Month: July 2026
Strategies to Manage Your Special Needs Kid’s Exposure to Wildfire Smoke
Wide swaths of Canada and the North/Northeast U.S. are being swathed in wildfire smoke. Exposure to pollutants like smoke isn’t good for anyone, but it is really not good for kids with special needs. This includes the entire rainbow of special needs children, not only the kids with respiratory or cardiac conditions. WHY is this…… Continue reading Strategies to Manage Your Special Needs Kid’s Exposure to Wildfire Smoke
Want Better Focus? Clear Your Desk and Walls Off!
For those of us without attentional issues, decorations and signs inspire us. We love to put up treasured pictures and mount shelves filled with trinkets. We make our space, well, ours. If you have problems focusing, your tchotchkes can harm you. They won’t attack you. Your stuff doesn’t bite. But they can harm you…… Continue reading Want Better Focus? Clear Your Desk and Walls Off!
Special Needs Kids in Extreme Heat: What You Need to Know
We just endured a massive heatwave here in New York. It was tough on everyone. Local and national papers encouraged people to care for their pets, the elderly, and the unhoused. There were a lot of articles on how to stay cool. They never mentioned special needs kids. They should have. The guidance parents and…… Continue reading Special Needs Kids in Extreme Heat: What You Need to Know