Tactile Toys for Sensory Defensiveness and Tactile Stimulation This article provides helpful tips for purchasing tactile toys to improve sensory defensiveness. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As a…
5 Surprising Sensory Activities to Help Picky Eaters Please welcome Alisha Grogan MOT, OTR/L from Your Kid's Table. She is a pediatric occupational therapist, mom to three, and the creator of the online picky eating program, Mealtime Works. She's going…
Is My Child Missing Important Tactile Experiences for Emotional and Social Development? This article provides information on how tactile experiences can help your child’s learning development. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and…
Are these Warning Signs and Red Flags Telling Me My Child may have a Retained Primitive Reflex Delaying their Learning Development? This article provides parents, teachers and therapists with warning signs and red flags to watch for if you suspect…
Sleep Tools: The "Right" and "Wrong" Sleep Tools for Kids: Sleep Tools that Actually Work This article provides helpful sleep tools to help children sleep better at night. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a…
Sensory Room: How to Build a Successful Sensory Room for Greater Brain Development This article provides helpful toys for your child's sensory room. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As…
Fox 13's The Place: Sight Words - How to Anchor Sight Word Retention with Movement and Sensory Activities This article provides helpful activities to help your child remember and retain their sight words. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated…
Sensory Input, Motor Output: When we put “Garbage in” our Child’s Brain, we will surely get “Garbage Out” This article helps parents, teachers and professionals understand the importance of sensory input, motor output needed to develop higher learning in a…
Retained Primitive Reflexes that Cause Sensory Sensitivities, Reading Delays, Fear and Fight or Flight This article provides helpful information about retained primitive reflexes and how they affect your child’s learning potential. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies…
Brain Gym: Simple Brain Gym® Exercises to Awaken the Brain for Learning Readiness This article provides helpful Brain Gym® activities to activate learning in the brain. This article is meant to be an overview. Future articles will more thoroughly explain Brain…
Taste Sensitivities: If My Child Avoids Certain Foods, is it More than Picky Eating? This article provides helpful information about taste sensitivities in sensory children. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and…
Classroom Modifications to Help Students with Fidgeting, Attention and Focus This article provides helpful classroom modifications for children that struggle with attention issues in the classroom. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As a reminder, ILS…
Learning Toys: The “Wrong” Toys for Holding Your Child Back and the “Right” Toys for Building Your Child’s Brain This article provides helpful information about the right learning toys and the wrong learning toys to purchase for your children. Affiliate…
Spinal Galant: What is a Retained Spinal Galant and Why Does it Make my Child Wiggle and Squirm? This article provides important information about a retained spinal Galant reflex and how it affects a child’s attention and focus in the…
Important Books and Resources for Occupational Therapists, Parents and Educators This article provides helpful books and resources for improving your child's learning development. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. Integrated Learning Strategies (ILS) is a learning and academic center. As a…