Articles by: Therapy & Wellness Connection
Outside OT: Why Our Brecksville Occupational Therapists Love Outdoor Sessions for Kids
The weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer here in Northeast Ohio. Our Brecksville occupational therapists seize every opportunity we can to incorporate outdoor experiences in our 1:1 sessions and OT groups. Kids in general benefit from…
Why School Speech Therapy Alone Often Isn’t Enough
There’s no question school-based speech therapy programs play a crucial role in supporting kids with speech & language disorders. However, as our Cleveland speech therapists can explain, schools don’t always provide the most comprehensive and individualized intervention that some kids…
Brecksville Therapeutic Day School: A Lifeline for Kids Who Learn Differently
Kids aren’t carbon copies of each other. All have their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as unique ways of thinking and learning. So why would we teach them all the same way and expect them all to thrive equally…
Childhood Obesity and How Pediatric Occupational Therapists Can Help
Kids with disabilities are at increased risk for a number of health hazards – including childhood obesity. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reports nearly 23% of kids with disabilities are obese compared to 16% of kids without disabilities.…
Cleveland ABA Therapist Summer Safety Tips for Kids With Special Needs
Spring has sprung! The weather is getting warmer. Here in Northeast Ohio, everyone is eager to squeeze every last drop of sunshine from each day. But it’s not time to relax safety standards – especially if you’re a parent of…
New to Speech Therapy? 6 Questions for Your Child’s Akron Speech Therapist
Is your child brand new to speech therapy? Everyone starts somewhere. Here, we offer 6 questions to ask your child’s Akron speech therapist to give you a better understanding of what’s next and how you can best support your child’s…
Tips for Finding High-Quality Cleveland ABA Therapy Providers
Parenting a child with autism means constantly being on the lookout for ways to best support your child’s needs, improve their ability to communicate and be independent, and ensure they get as much out of life as everyone else. For…
Why Self-Regulation is a Top Goal in Akron Occupational Therapy for Kids
If your child is recommended for Akron occupational therapy services, you may at some point hear the phrase “self-regulation.” It’s often a pivotal goal for many of the children with whom we work on a daily basis. It’s a skill…
Ohio Study Links Chemicals to Kids’ Expressive and Receptive Language Delay
Despite how they may act sometimes, your child probably isn’t allergic to cleaning. However, there is evidence that exposure to some kinds of household cleaning chemicals when they’re very young may be linked to expressive and receptive language delay. A…
Brecksville SLP Urges Parents to Proactively Protect Kids’ Hearing
As a Brecksville SLP (speech-language pathologist), I recognize it can be easy to disregard the possibility of hearing loss as a sad fact of getting older. However, what we’re seeing is that hearing loss – in particular noise-induced hearing loss…