Milestones

On this Episode, I will discuss factors to help you determine what your frequency of therapy should be for Early Intervention treatments. Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat50% off Autism Parenting MagazineNew Arrivals At Melissa … Continue reading → The post Frequency of Early Intervention Therapy – Episode 84 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I explain what sensory sensitivities and sensory decreased awareness can look like with newborns and infants. I also provide strategies and explanation for ways to support the babies and their caregivers with feeding difficulties from a sensory … Continue reading → The post Infant Sensory Feeding Therapy – Episode 83 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I discuss ways we can work with kids who have lower cognitive abilities on grasp development and self help skills. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat50% off Autism Parenting … Continue reading → The post Low Cognition – Episode 82 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I talk about Auditory Sensory Processing Delays and Sensitivities.  I will explain what this looks like, how it works, and provide examples of home and school situations. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get … Continue reading → The post Auditory Sensory Processing at Home and School – Episode 81 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode of the Milestones Podcast, I discuss the roles of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs) in Occupational Therapy settings.  I also explain the differences between COTA and OTR and what their roles are in the workplace. CLICK “ADD … Continue reading → The post COTA and OTR Work Relationship – Episode 80 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I discuss the top 5 Fine Motor Skills that I look for in typical 3 year old development! Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% off Autism Parenting Magazine … Continue reading → The post Fine Motor Skills for 3 Year Olds Episode 79 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I discuss the potential long term benefits of crawling, as well as, the potential long-term issues kids might have in school if they skip the crawling phase as infants. ** THERAPISTS ** USE “ADD TO CART” LINK … Continue reading → The post Crawling Episode 78 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I discuss what Early Intervention services look like, or should look like, for kids with Autism. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% off Autism Parenting Magazine New Arrivals … Continue reading → The post Autism and Early Intervention Services Episode 77 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I discuss current research on the health effects of eating and drinking out of BPA and BPA-Free products. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% off Autism Parenting Magazine … Continue reading → The post Are BPA Free Products Safe Episode 76 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I discuss what Oral Sensory Processing with Low Awareness is and how it can affect children’s eating and drinking skills. ** THERAPISTS ** USE “ADD TO CART” LINK BELOW TO PURCHASE CEU’S / PDU’S! Community Resource Directory … Continue reading → The post Sensory Processing Oral Low Awareness with Eating Episode 75 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode I discuss Oral Sensory Sensitivities and how they can affect kids and their eating skills. ** THERAPISTS ** USE “ADD TO CART” LINK BELOW TO PURCHASE CEU’S / PDU’S! Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How … Continue reading → The post Oral Sensitivities and Eating Episode 74 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I discuss issues that come up with kids who are non-verbal including things like tantrums and frustrations due to language difficulties. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% off … Continue reading → The post Tantrums and Children Who are Nonverbal – Episode 73 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I talk about some of the fine motor skills I look for as an Occupational Therapist when playing with a child between the ages of 24-36 months or 2-3 years. ** THERAPISTS ** USE “ADD TO CART” … Continue reading → The post Fine Motor Skills for 2 Year Olds Episode 72 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I talk about how infant development can be affected by drug exposure in-utero. Use “ADD TO CART” button below to purchase the test for CEU’s / PDU’s Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get … Continue reading → The post Drug Exposure and Infant Development Episode 71 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I talk about the transition from school to summer time, how that can affect kids, and suggestions for helping them have a more consistent routine over the summer break. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How … Continue reading → The post Transition from School to Summer Episode 70 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I talk about some of the common concerns with newborn and infant feedings, and what some strategies are for trying to help the feedings improve. Occupational Therapists: Use “ADD TO CART” Link to Purchase Test for CEU’s … Continue reading → The post Infant Feeding Issues Episode 69 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I talk about the Parent Coaching or Teaming Model with Early Intervention for ages 0-3 years. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% off Autism Parenting Magazine New Arrivals … Continue reading → The post Parent Coaching in Early Intervention Episode 68 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

This is an Anniversary show where we flashback to Episode 1 from April 5th, 2017!! Thank you for listening this past year, and for all of your support! Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler … Continue reading → The post Flashback to Episode 1 Sensory Processing Episode 67 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this episode, I discuss the topic of Feeding Evaluations and Feeding Therapy with infants, toddlers, and young children.  The main discussion revolves around questions to ask parents as a therapist to start gathering information about how the child does … Continue reading → The post Pediatric Feeding Therapy Feeding Evaluations Episode 66 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.

On this Episode, I discuss what repetitive behaviors are. I discuss why people do these self-stimulatory behaviors, and what we should do to help them. Community Resource Directory Play With Your Food: How to Get Your Toddler to Eat 50% … Continue reading → The post Repetitive Behaviors Self Stimming Episode 65 appeared first on Midwest Therapy Associates.