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Is your child difficult?

October 12, 2022Parenting, Sensory Processing

Parenting is a roller coaster. Some days are easy and fun and we can just throw our hands up in the air and enjoy the ride. Other days we are holding on for dear life with a feeling of anxiety and dread, not sure where this ride will take us next. This is totally normal- life is a series of up and downs!

But if you are experiencing way more difficult days than successful ones, it is very possible that your child may have an undiagnosed processing or sensory issue.

Does your child…

Have difficulty focusing on a task/is easily distracted
Acts without thinking
Has trouble being still
Experiences difficulty getting along with peers
Is impatient, impulsive and/or lacking in self control
Not hear what people say
“Tune out” others frequently
Act overly or under-reactive to touch, movement, sights and/or sound
Possess an activity level that is unusually high or unusually low
Demonstrate physical clumsiness or apparent carelessness
Have difficulty making transitions from one situation to another
Not have the ability to unwind or calm self

If this sounds like your child or someone you know, let’s connect. We are experts on how to help YOUR child. Give us a call to set up a free consultation either in person or on Zoom today and we will get you on the path to enjoying this beautiful ride through life with your child, rather than living in fear of what tomorrow may bring. We can’t wait to chat!

Are you losing hope?

September 23, 2022Parenting, Sensory Processing

As an expecting mom, you had all sorts of hopes and dreams for your child. The first time you held your baby, his life flashed before your eyes. You imagined a wall filled with his scholastic awards, shelves overflowing with tournament trophies, and even his first date with his very first girlfriend.

You promised yourself that you would do everything in your power to make each of these dreams come true and you even went so far as to save four years’ worth of Harvard tuition before his 10th birthday.

But here you are, just a few short days after that birthday and you’re starting to wonder if any of these plans will ever become a reality. Your everyday life with your growing child seems more like a bad dream than the fantasy you had envisioned.

School is a struggle and you know there aren’t any achievement awards coming home this year. Sports trophies are a distant memory since the coach has suggested that your child not return next season. It feels like everything you ever wanted for your newborn baby is slipping further and further away.

That’s not to say you want your child to be perfect. In fact, you want the opposite. A normal child who has her ups and downs like every other kid. You know there are things that will come more easily than others or things she will find difficult. You believe that all children are unique and have strengths and weaknesses that shape them into individuals. You want to help your child capitalize on her exceptionality and thrive.

But what you didn’t expect was how difficult some of the most basic tasks might be. You never predicted your child would have massive meltdowns over schedule changes or fidget so much he distracts his entire class from concentrating on their standardized tests. You had no idea you’d become so sensitive to sleep patterns and clumsiness. And you certainly didn’t expect to have to face outright defiance when you made a simple request.

We understand your child and the stress you are feeling every single day. We work with parents and kids daily to create solutions to these issues that are impacting every aspect of your family’s life.

It is our mission to enhance your child’s mental, emotional, physical, and functional performance so he or she experiences greater self-awareness, understanding, and growth. Our clinic insists upon creating an atmosphere that encourages your child to learn, discover, mature, and develop positive self-esteem.

You’ll be able to send your child to school knowing that higher grades and harder assignments will not intimidate him and that she will get invited to friends’ birthday parties. Ultimately, you’ll find relief knowing that your child will find ways to be successful no matter what challenges they face in life.

We would love to chat with you and help you to learn more about Sensory Stepping Stones. To schedule a free Zoom or in-person consultation with Sensory Stepping Stones, click here

Anxiety and Your Child

November 25, 2020Parenting, Sensory Processing, Trauma and Stress

The list can go on and on…..

Clinging to you wherever you go
Crying for no reason
Tantrums when you separate
Excessive shyness even with family members
Avoiding social situations
Constantly worrying about everything
Avoiding situations or places because of fears
Complaining of frequent stomachaches or headaches
Experiencing sudden and frequent panic attacks

Have you seen these behaviors in your child or teen? If you have, you are not ALONE! These behaviors that you are seeing can all be stemming from anxiety in your child.
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What Are Visual Processing Issues?

August 18, 2020Sensory Processing, Visual Processing

It can feel like groundhog day almost all the time trying to get your child to do their schoolwork and homework. It is a struggle to get them to go online and check-in or do assignments and forget about them doing any of it on their own! They seem to continually have a difficult time reading, copying work from the smartboard, and remembering what they just read. Their self-confidence has been slowly diminishing, and they miss the most obvious social cues from other children their age. You know that they can see as you just went and had their eyes checked, and they were given a 20/20, clean bill of health. It feels like they are just not seeing what is right in front of their noses!
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So What Is This Thing Called Sensory Processing?

August 15, 2020Sensory Processing

Sensory Processing has become a common phrase that parents, teachers, and some professionals are using a lot today. It merely refers to how we receive, analyze, and respond to the signals and information in our environment. How our brains process this information serves as the foundation for all of our other developmental skills, whether that be behavioral, social, or emotional. Issues that arise in one of our systems functioning, in either taking in the information, organizing it, or even responding to it, can impact all the other processing areas in our brains and, ultimately, affect how we are acting every day.

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