ABLE UK

30/05/2026

“Sensory seeking” isn’t bad behaviour - it’s the nervous system looking for input.

If your child constantly crashes, jumps, spins, rolls, climbs, or seeks movement, their body may be trying to get more vestibular and proprioceptive feedback to feel organised and regulated.

Instead of constantly saying “stop”, we try to provide safe, structured sensory input 👇

✨ Rolling into crash pads
✨ Jumping and climbing activities
✨ Heavy work and pushing/pulling tasks
✨ Swinging and movement-based play
✨ Deep pressure activities

These activities can help improve:
✨ Regulation and attention
✨ Body awareness and coordination
✨ Motor planning and postural control
✨ The child’s ability to feel calmer and more organised

Do you think your child is a sensory seeker? DM us for a consultation ✨

29/05/2026

In this activity, the child is shown a set of cards, the cards are then removed, and after a delay of 25 seconds, the child is asked to recall what they saw.

This targets several important cognitive skills:
✨ Short-term and working memory
✨ Attention and visual processing
✨ Delayed recall
✨ Information retention and retrieval
✨ Listening and responding skills

By gradually increasing the delay before recall, we challenge the brain to hold and organise information for longer periods of time which is an important skill for classroom learning, following instructions, and everyday problem-solving.

Activities like this help strengthen the child’s ability to take in information, retain it, and access it when needed 👏

To find out more DM us! ✨

28/05/2026

Every time a child swallows, breathes, speaks, or rests their mouth, the muscles of the face and oral cavity are creating patterns the brain repeats automatically thousands of times a day.

Activities like this are helping the nervous system refine those patterns through resistance, sensory feedback, and repetition.
As well as strengthening muscles, we are also working on:

✨ The timing and coordination between breathing, lip seal, and tongue movement
✨ How the mouth stabilises during speech and swallowing
✨ Endurance of the oral musculature over time
✨ The brain’s ability to automate more efficient oral patterns

oral habits aren’t usually about weakness alone -they’re often about coordination, sensory feedback, and learned motor patterns.

The goal is functional change that carries over into everyday life!

27/05/2026

Research continues to show that parents of children with sensory processing and sensory integration (SP-SI) challenges need more targeted support, education, and involvement within therapy intervention.

One important finding?
The occupational therapy literature ✨ rarely ✨ focuses on the parent’s own learning needs, despite parents being the people carrying strategies into everyday life the most.

This reinforces something we strongly believe:
✨ Therapy doesn’t stop at ABLE
✨ Parent understanding directly impacts carryover and consistency
✨ Families need support that is practical, individualised, and sustainable

When parents are empowered with the right knowledge and strategies, intervention becomes more meaningful across the child’s real-world environments!!

26/05/2026

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that affects a child’s ability to plan and coordinate the movements needed for speech.

Children with apraxia often know exactly what they want to say but the messages between the brain and mouth are not carried out consistently, making speech difficult and effortful.

✨ Speech may sound inconsistent
✨ Words can be hard to imitate or sequence
✨ Longer words are often more challenging
✨ Communication frustration is common

With early intervention, motor-based speech therapy, and the right support, children can continue to build communication skills and confidence over time.

DM us for a consultation!

25/05/2026

Children with touch sensory issues also known as tactile hypersensitivity or tactile defensiveness, involve being tactile or perceptible to our sense of touch.
Defensiveness is a symptom that is often found in children with autism and sensory processing disorders. Common signs include frequent mouthing of non-food objects, strong preference or aversion to food with specific textures and these children may prefer to touch others rather than being touched. For our kiddo here, he doesn’t like touching wet surfaces textures as seen in the video.
Therapy shown as play here is working to register him for this issue. He is slowly tolerating the texture and wants to play with his cars. Messy play water play are all used to increase his tolerance in the form of play.
One does not grow out of it. Intervention is required for this

24/05/2026

Over time, we at ABLE UK have seen something important that real progress in children doesn’t start on the surface, it starts from within.
When we focus on nervous system regulation and integrating primitive reflexes, the changes go far beyond what’s immediately visible.
Sensory Integration begin in the brain and shapes how a child experiences and responds to the world.
With in-depth assessments, clinical reasoning and treatment therapy children who suddenly improve in so many different areas of their development, including speech behavior, sleeping, and habits, just know that someone is working on their nervous system!

22/05/2026

At ABLE UK we also apply the Dynamic Flex Casting, CME and other techniques, the most innovative approach’s that enhance children’s motor development! All our therapists are specialized in the techniques!!! Our treatments are covered through insurances.
Because every child deserves the most modern and effective treatments!!!
Go Lorna!!! She has been most resilient and most patient!

21/05/2026

21/05/2026

Today we are starting Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) using a toothette. Why do we do this? It gently increases oral awareness and prepares the muscles for speech and safe feeding. Small tools, big impact! 💙 Have you ever used a toothette for sensory prep? Let us know below! 👇


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