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Occupational Therapy

Exploring Sensory Play Opportunities in Nature!

Welcome back Headstart readers! It’s been a while since we publish an entry. So, what better way to start anew than talk about nature! Since the pandemic early this year, the world is beginning

4 years ago by 2 minutes

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Therapeutic Play

Keeping Sane During COVID-19

The COVID-19 stormed into our lives and changed the way we live completely. While some of us are still under certain restrictions or even lockdown, some are starting to return to some kind of new-norm

4 years ago by 2 minutes

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Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy

Introversion or Social Deficit: Where to draw the line?

In my journey of seeing children for social skills intervention, I have come to meet wonderful parents who has genuine concern with their children. And more often, they would have comments and descrip

5 years ago by 2 minutes

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Occupational Therapy,School Readiness Programme,Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy,Therapeutic Play

Beyond Therapy: The Greatest Hits

Hello readers! Thanks for joining us for another edition of HeadStart for Life’s blog, Beyond Therapy. It’s getting close to the time of year when we stop to take a moment to reflect on ou

5 years ago by 1 minute

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School Readiness Programme

Want to work better with your child? Read these books.

Hello! Welcome back to HeadStart for Life’s blog, Beyond Therapy! I hope it has been a good week so far. Today, let’s discuss an important source of information for parents who want to l

5 years ago by 2 minutes

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Therapeutic Play

The Importance of Parent Involvement in the Therapy Process

Welcome back to Headstart For Life’s Blog, Beyond Therapy! In today’s post, we are going to discuss how parents are an integral part of the therapy process. Parents are the natural partners of

5 years ago by 1 minute

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Occupational Therapy,School Readiness Programme,Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy,Therapeutic Play

Go Green Zone!

When young people don’t know how to control or release what they are feeling in a healthy way, it’s easier for them to make emotion-based decisions. How does a child who lacks socio-emotio

5 years ago by 1 minute

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Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy

The Social Play: All You Need to Know

Welcome back to Headstart For Life’s Blog, Beyond Therapy! In today’s blog post, we are going to explore how a child’s level of play changes over time, as well as how adults can support

5 years ago by 3 minutes

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Speech Therapy

5 Common Mistakes Parents Make When Talking to their Preschoolers

Welcome back HeadStart Beyond Therapy readers! Communication is hard for every one – for adults, kids, and sometimes even for pets. And for most parents, especially parents who have children wit

5 years ago by 3 minutes

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Speech Therapy

Talking with Your Eyes

Welcome back to Beyond Therapy, HeadStart For Life’s blog! This week, we will be discussing joint attention, or how we learn to talk with our eyes, and why it is a topic that is important enough to

5 years ago by 2 minutes

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School Readiness Programme

The Child Who Doesn’t Like Art

Hello! Welcome back to HeadStart for Life’s blog, Beyond Therapy. Art can be a good bonding activity between parent and child. Working together on an artwork facilitates interaction and creates

5 years ago by 4 minutes

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Speech Therapy

Promoting Language through Conversation: Asking the right questions

“In life, it is more important to ask the right questions than to find the right answers.” Welcome back to Headstart For Life’s Blog, Beyond Therapy! An important mentor in my life share

5 years ago by 2 minutes

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Occupational Therapy,School Readiness Programme,Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy,Therapeutic Play

Connect With Me

Welcome back to HeadStart for Life’s Beyond Therapy blog! As a speech-language therapist, I help children reach their developmental communication milestones. I know if a child makes progress by obse

6 years ago by 1 minute

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