by Julia Eggles | Dec 10, 2017 | Attention, Calming & Organization, Executive Function
Does the sound and look of chewing gum irritate you? I have to admit, it’s not the prettiest of actions – but for those struggling against fatigue, inattention and anxiety, it can be very helpful and worth overlooking the irritation it can cause the...
by Julia Eggles | Sep 11, 2017 | Attention, blog, Executive Function, Following Directions, Memory, Reading, videos
If you have a child or adolescent who struggles with: reading and re-reading text – they’re really having a hard with absorbing and comprehending it struggling with mental mathematics following complex directions you’re getting reports of them being...
by Lisa Hudson | Jun 3, 2017 | Attention, blog, Calming & Organization, Executive Function, Speech & Language, videos
In this month’s video blog, I’m sharing a simple strategy that we find very helpful to help children find their indoor voices – even when they’re excited or upset. When children are getting noisy for one reason or another, it’s very easy...
by Julia Eggles | Apr 20, 2017 | blog, Executive Function, Fine Motor & Writing, Mathematics, Speech & Language
Who ever said that learning science had to be solemn and serious never talked to Albert Einstein – he is quoted as saying “Play is the highest form of research.” That being the case then, the playground is the child’s laboratory where they routinely ask...
by Julia Eggles | Mar 20, 2017 | blog, Executive Function, General
All types of therapy and education for that matter rely on a characteristic of the human brain that has only recently emerged as a lifelong ability or process – neural plasticity. Although there is still some resistance in some quarters to the idea that the brain can...
by Julia Eggles | Feb 22, 2017 | blog, Calming & Organization, Executive Function, videos
In this month’s video blog I share some of my favourite hints, tips and strategies for helping children handle transitioning from home to school . Do you have any children in your household that struggle with making the transition from home to school? It’s...