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Supporting Children’s Daily Living Skills: Building Confidence and Independence Every Day
From getting dressed to brushing teeth, daily living skills help children build confidence and independence. Explore practical ways families and OTs can support everyday participation.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Literacy: Building Strong Foundations for Reading & Writing
Literacy is much more than simply learning to read and write. It involves a range of skills that help children understand, use, and communicate through written language.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Social Skills: Supporting Children to Connect, Play & Belong
Strengthening social skills helps children build friendships, feel included, and confidently join in the fun.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Speech Sounds: Helping Children Communicate Clearly and Confidently
Speech sounds are the building blocks children use to make words. When children learn to talk, they gradually learn how to move their lips, tongue, jaw and voice together to make different sounds clearly.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Emotional Regulation: Big Feelings are Part of Growing Up
Emotional regulation is the ability to understand, manage, and respond to feelings in a way that fits the situation.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Sensory Regulation: Helping Children Thrive Through Sensory Regulation
Sensory regulation is the body’s ability to process and respond to this sensory input in a balanced way.
Read articleSupporting Children’s Fine Motor Skills: Building Strong Hands for Everyday Tasks
Fine motor skills involve the small, precise movements of the hands and fingers needed for everyday activities such as drawing, writing, cutting, doing up buttons, and manipulating small objects.
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