Liezel Gunter Occupational Therapy

04/05/2025

The World Health Organization and UNICEF have launched a campaign called 'Babies before Bottom Lines'.

22/07/2024

These 4 executive functioning skills are so connected and work together in all of the tasks that we do throughout our days.
🧠Working memory- https://www.theottoolbox.com/how-to-improve-working-memory/
🧠Sequencing- https://www.theottoolbox.com/product/4-step-life-skills-sequencing-puzzles/
🧠Regulation- https://www.theottoolbox.com/zones-of-regulation-activities-2/
🧠Initiation- https://www.theottoolbox.com/task-initiation-executive-functioning-strategies/

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22/07/2024

Social and emotional learning by lori.desautels

22/07/2024

Automaticity is one of the pillars of functional handwriting. Who is going to give this one the thumbs up?

28/05/2024

Do you think teachers had more time for teaching handwriting back then, or do you think they spent more time because it was mandated in the curriculum?

03/11/2022

There are three types of touch; light touch, deep pressure, and discriminative touch.

🪶Light touch is alerting. It may alert you to danger such as something touching the skin, or brushing against a spider web. For those with sensory sensitivity, light touch can be bothersome, painful, and elicit negative emotions.

🏋️‍♀️Deep pressure tends to be calming. Hugs, weighted blankets, and compression clothing, offer external deep pressure sensory touch. Deep pressure can also alert the body about how tight something is, if there is too much pressure, or not enough.

📌Discriminative touch alerts the body/brain to the type of sensory touch. It helps describe the incoming information. Was it sticky, wet, dry, rough, bumpy, hot/cold, or smooth?

How does this affect people with sensory touch difficulties? Read here for more info, research: https://www.theottoolbox.com/sensory-touch/

https://www.theottoolbox.com/sensory-touch/

26/10/2022