Top 10 Simple Brain Break Activities to Help Your Child Focus at Home
Understanding Brain Breaks: A Parent’s Guide What Are Brain Breaks and Why They’re Essential for Children Brain breaks are short, purposeful activities that provide a mental pause from cognitive tasks. These breaks are essential for children because they help prevent mental fatigue, enhance mood, and improve overall performance. By allowing the brain to rest and […]
The Connection between Autism, ADHD, and Sleep
By Christine Hemelians, MS, OTR/L Quality sleep is important and beneficial for everyone; however, it’s especially important for babies and toddlers. Sleep plays a crucial role in the development of mental and physical health for children. It impacts alertness and attention, cognitive performance, language and vocabulary acquisition, and learning and memory (Pacheco & Vyas, 2023). […]
ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, or both?
By Deborah Lee MS, OTR/L When children appear to have poor sustained attention to task, they typically attend to an activity for only several seconds before transitioning onto the next activity, and parents often worry that their child may have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However, what most parents do not realize is that some of the […]