Oral Motor Kits for Speech – therapy kits work on the oral skills necessary for proper speech and feeding development. Additionally, excellent ways to exercise the mouth muscles.
Organizational Skills- The ability to stay focused on different tasks, and use your time, energy, strength, mental capacity, physical space, etc. effectively and efficiently in order to achieve the desired outcome.
Creating a Safe Environment- Moving around safely and easily is not something thought about. Many areas of life may be impacted, and adaptations will need to be made to be safer. For example, the home can be safer by modifying the environment to prevent accidents as one move around the
Swallowing disorders; provide management strategies for mealtime and intake of food/drink- Dysphagia (swallowing and/or feeding strategies) means difficulty with feeding or swallowing. It is a symptom, not a disease. Oral dysphagia refers to problems with using the mouth, lips and tongue to control food or liquid.
Swallowing and/or Feeding Strategies – Developing the abilities to co-ordinate the muscles that are used for chewing, swallowing and breathing post TBI and/or Brain Injury. The sensory aspect of eating, which includes taste, temperature and texture, is also an important aspect. Some children have strong aversions to certain tastes and
Safety Awareness in the Home- Home safety is of utmost importance after TBI. You should arrange each room to enable your child to function as independently as possible
Strengthen Speech Skills– TBI can affect the individual’s communication abilities by the muscle movements of speech, or the cognitive processes that turn our thoughts into words., slow or slurred speech, difficulty swallowing and drooling.
Activities of Daily Living Skills- when an individual has difficulties in the area of dressing, feeding oneself, toileting, bathing, dressing and writing Toileting- The ability to get to and from the toilet, using it appropriately, and cleaning oneself.
Exploring the use of creativity through Visual Aids- Through visual aids within an environment is a meaningful way for individuals with Alzheimer’s / Dementia
Visual Motor Skills and Strategies- The ability to observe, recognize, and use visual information about forms, shapes, figures, and objects makes up our visual motor abilities. Visual motor skills include a coordination of visual information that is perceived and processed with motor skills, including fine motor, gross motor, and sensory
Visual/Oculomotor Strengthening- This is an eye condition in which individuals have difficulty shifting their eyes from one point to another or difficulty following a moving object effectively.
Visual/Oculomotor Strengthening- This is an eye condition in which individuals have difficulty shifting their eyes from one point to another or difficulty following a moving object effectively.
Visual Spatial Skills for Recognizing objects – Visual–spatial processing is the ability to tell where objects are in space. That includes your own body parts. It also involves being able tell how far objects are in space.
Awareness of the body in space (e.g. climbing stairs)- Spatial awareness also involves understanding the relationship of change in position as in climbing stairs.
Analyzing and remembering visual information- The ability to understand, reason and remember the spatial relations among objects or space. Visual–spatial abilities are used for everyday use from navigation, visual–spatial relationships, visual sequential memory, narrow attentional focus and visual information processing.
Drawing objects- Spatial intelligence, or spatial reasoning, is crucial in many academic and professional fields1. Despite the importance, it is rarely included in kindergarten or elementary curriculum
Visuo-spatial skills – While problems can occur with our sensory systems, visuo-spatial concerns are often more noticeable. Possible check areas of concern
Perception of the environment (e.g. following directions)- Visual-spatial thinking is the ability to perceive the visual information in the environment, to represent it internally, to integrate it with other senses and experiences, to derive meaning and understanding.
Activities of Daily Living Skills- when an individual has difficulties in the area of dressing, feeding oneself, toileting, bathing, dressing and writing. Writing- The act or art of forming visible letters or characters specifically may be hindered due to a variety of global delays and/or medical diagnoses.
