PIF Categories: CYP Occupational therapy
Focus, attention and concentration
Some children find it difficult to sustain their attention particularly to a given task. This can be due to frustration, and/or sensory sensitivities or underlying anxiety. Monitoring their behaviour can often be helpful to […]
Fidgeting is OK
Just as our eyes and ears send information about what we see and hear to the brain, parts of our muscles, tendons, joints and ligaments sense the position of our […]
Drawing skills – drawing a person
Drawing a person What is it? Your child draws a person with head, facial features, body, arms, legs, feet and hands. All body parts are positioned correctly in relation to […]
Calming ideas
Please keep in mind that these strategies are not specific to every child, not all children respond in the same way to sensory input. It is worth trialling some of […]
Alerting ideas
Please keep in mind that these strategies are not specific to every child, not all children respond in the same way to sensory input. It is worth trialling some of […]
Activities to support development of using a pencil
Learning how to hold a pencil will take practice. It is important to let children have experience of mark-making. Give them crayons, pens, pencils, paint and chalk, and let them […]