Occupational Therapy Helping Children’s Founder and Senior Clinician, Lisa Hughes, shares how to help your picky eater develop their feeding skills. Often as Occupational Therapists we help children who are ‘picky eaters’ or ‘fussy with food’. What many families don’t realise until we help them, is that their child’s picky eating is a sign they […]
READ MOREThe Vestibular System
The vestibular system is a structure that is housed in the inner ear, very close to the auditory system. It is the sensory system that provides our brains with information about which way is up and which way we are moving. The vestibular system consists of the utricle and saccule, which process linear movements of […]
READ MOREThe Adaptable Brain
Child Neuroplasticity – An Overview We are always evolving, learning and changing, as children and as adults. Our brains, especially, are always adapting by what we learn and experience in our environment. Just like we need healthy food for our body, our brains also need positive stimuli to nurture and grow. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s […]
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