by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Shoulder stability provides an important foundation for fine motor skills! It’s really the first thing I look at as an OT when a teacher asks me to “screen” a child for OT difficulties. Shoulder stability should be established by the time a child starts kindergarten....
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Sensory Processing
Do Motor Skills and Positioning impact Table Manners? Absolutely! Many children have a little difficulty with “table etiquette.” Every family is different, and different cultures have different expectations of how a child should behave at the table. But,...
by Miss Jaime | DIY, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
What to do when a child is still mouthing everything… So, I am addressing this issue this week because it is only the first week of school and already a bunch of teachers and some friends have asked for advice about their student or their own child...
by Miss Jaime | Ask an OT, Babys and Toddlers, Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Long Island, School Services: OT, Special Educ
You noticed that your baby isn’t able to do some of the things that other children his age can do. What do you do now? Who do you call? Where do you go? There are a lot of feelings and worries attached to getting services for your child. But, I can’t...
