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Virtual PlayDates My kids have been spending much more time than I’d like online these days. Rather than give myself a perpetual guilt trip, I’m just trying to have their online time have as much value as possible. My 11-year-old will scroll Instagram all day looking at memes and NFL videos if you let him. […]
Occupational Therapy at Home I had another great Facebook Live chat again today. Today it was Jaime Bassman, MS OTR/L from nearby Lower Merion. We spent an hour discussing various OT and IEP things. Jaime is a 0-3 OT, so she offered up a zillion tips on how to do this at home, easily! She […]
When your child refuses to do Zoom classes. This came up today in our Facebook Live chat, as an OT/Sensory question. But I felt that it warranted its own post and list of solutions. Some kids are really struggling with online/zoom type learning, particularly those with attention, sensory and other related issues. There are a […]
How to Practice Social Skills/SEL during times of isolation. When you’re stuck at home with only the same few people day after day, working on social skills and SEL social-emotional learning can be a challenge. I partnered with Ashley Rose of Mission Cognition to bring you some ideas of how to practice these skills with […]
IEP Regression and Distance Learning Regression is one of our biggest fears as parents. Our kids are already behind their peers and we work so hard to help them close the gap. So it’s incredibly disheartening to witness regression. I did a Facebook Live today with Dr. Monica McHale, President of the Learning Disabilities Association […]
Distance Learning and IEPs Here is the information from the Attorney/Advocate chat that I hosted about distance learning and IEPs. The chat participants were me, and two attorneys, Laura Heneghan and Nickie Krebsbach. We took parent questions and in 90+ minutes, we covered many topics, including distance learning, related services, PWNs, retention, transitions and much […]
