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Occupational therapy

A health professional who helps people improve daily activities, including play, motor skills, and sensory adaptations.

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Dysgraphia in children: signs and classroom challenges

Dysgraphia in children: signs and classroom challenges

What dysgraphia is Dysgraphia is a specific learning-related difficulty that interferes with written expression. In practice, it can show up as poor handwriting, inconsistent letter formation, slow transcription, spelling errors, or trouble turning ideas into coherent sentences and paragraphs. Some children mainly struggle with the motor act of writing; others have a broader written-language problem […]

Loose parts play: using everyday objects for creative play

Loose parts play: using everyday objects for creative play

What loose parts play means Loose parts play means giving children everyday objects that can be moved, combined, stacked, sorted, carried, torn apart, and rebuilt. The key feature is not what the object is, but what the child can do with it. A cardboard tube may become a telescope, a bridge, a megaphone, or part […]