Biting also can be a way for toddlers to get attention or express how they're feeling. Frustration, anger, and fear are strong emotions and toddlers lack the language skills to communicate how they are feeling. So if they can't find the words they need quickly enough or can't say how they're feeling,..
How can I tell if my child’s speech and language development is on track?
Early on, babies like to make sounds of their own. As they get older, they learn to mimic sounds that they hear. If you are concerned about your child’s language development, you should talk to your pediatrician...
What causes speech and language problems?
Children who are nonverbal, or not communicating well enough due to hearing loss, autism, apraxia, or similar problems, can use other methods. These include sign language, the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), and Augmentative and...
ADHD: Signs and parenting tips
Children with ADHD want to keep quiet, sit still in class, and clean their room. They want to do what parents and teachers ask them to do. They just don’t know how to make it happen...
Understanding Behavior Therapy for Children and Adults
Behavioral peer interventions involve one or more of a student’s peers providing assistance to the child with behavioral problems. A teacher will train a child’s peers to reinforce the child’s positive behaviors and academic performance with social and academic support strategies...
Postpartum OCD: diagnosis and symptoms
An important component of therapy is challenging the intrusive thoughts part, by looking for evidence for and against the ideas that come up and practice exposure and response prevention (ERP)...
What is a Shadow Teacher?
Shadowing a child with special needs and determining strategies for success, requires the understanding of how a child’s age, development, grade level, background, and social-emotional development influence that child’s academic abilities and learning styles...
Understanding Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for Children and Adults
Cognitive behavioral therapy that includes parents in the treatment process has been shown through research to be effective in treating children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. Specifically, CBT that teaches parents techniques to help care for anxious youth, including psychoeducation, individual therapy,...
Why early intervention makes a difference in children with autism
Occupational therapy at Little Wonders Pediatric Therapy helps improve your child’s fine and gross motor skills, coping skills when frustrated and angry or when making transitions, social-emotional skills in recognizing others’ feelings and being able to communicate in a reciprocal manner, better adaptation to sensory challenges, and more...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children
Cognitive behavioral therapy has two main parts. The cognitive component helps children change how they think about a situation, whereas the behavioral component helps children change how they react to a situation...
