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33 sensory diet activities for kids with autism and/or sensory processing disorder | With occupational therapy tools and ideas, this collection of fun activities is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and school-aged kids, and can be practiced both in the home and in the classroom at school. Perfect for parents and teachers alike, we’ve included proprioceptive, vestibular, tactile, auditory, visual, olfactory, and oral motor activities to address all your child's needs!

Sensory diet activities: 33 fun ideas for kids who need sensory input

Self Esteem Activities for Kids: 11 Fun Ways to Develop Self-Respect | If you’re on the hunt for games, crafts, teaching tools, and therapy ideas for girls and boys to help develop self-esteem and self-confidence, you’ve come to the right place! Perfect for parents, teachers, and even elementary school counsellors, this collection of self-esteem activities for kids is perfect for children in preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and beyond.

Self Esteem Activities for Kids: 11 Fun Ways to Develop Self-Respect

Anxiety in Children: 12 meaningful ways to calm an anxious child | Raising an anxious child? Looking for anxiety relief for kids? Perfect for parenting and school, these anxiety truths will give you ideas to help understand your child’s feelings and come up with effective stress management tips to help her cope with life. We’ve also included 13 relaxing activities for kids!

Anxiety in Children: 12 meaningful ways to help your anxious child

Looking for the best GAPS recipes for kids? Look no further! From simple breakfast and lunch ideas to fruit snacks, desserts, and creative ways to get kids to consume bone broth, we’ve rounded up 50+ GAPS recipes that are perfect for children and families alike. Using ingredients like coconut oil, almond flour, honey, and maple syrup, these recipes might be dairy free, sugar free, and low carb, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t delicious!

GAPS Recipes for Kids: 50+ Delicious Ideas the Whole Family Will Love

Therapeutic Listening for Autism & Sensory Processing Disorder | If you’re looking for autism and sensory processing therapy ideas, the Therapeutic Listening Program might be for you. Used in occupational therapy, this is an at-home treatment parents can perform to help improve a child’s attention, self-regulation, communication and social skills, posture, and fine and gross motor skills. Click for our personal experience - the pros, cons, and gains we've enjoyed!

Therapeutic Listening for Autism & Sensory Processing: Does it Work?

Learn how to teach children self-control with this collection of self-regulation strategies and activities for kids! Whether your child struggles with impulse control as a result of ADHD, autism, or another developmental challenge or delay, or just needs some coping skills and tools to help calm down in the classroom, we have 7+ ideas to help teach your kids about self-regulation, as well as 30 self-control activities to develop and encourage appropriate self-regulatory behavior.

How to Teach Children Self-Control: 7+ Self-Discipline Strategies for Kids

Whether you’re looking for sensory activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, or school-aged kids, we’ve got you covered. Perfect for at home or in the classroom, we’ve collected 101 sensory activities for kids with autism and special needs to help them calm down, stimulate their senses, develop their social skills, language skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and self-control skills, as well as increase their attention span and help them learn!

Sensory Play! 101 Sensory Activities for Kids With Autism

Looking for fun empathy activities for kids to teach children about kindness and compassion, and help them understand the feelings of others? We’ve rounded up 19 empathy activities for children to help teachers with their lessons plans in the classroom and parents and caregivers at home. We’ve even included 100 random acts of kindness, which includes some pretty fun and impressive ideas!

Empathy Activities For Kids: 19 Fun Ways To Teach Kids About Kindness

How to Prevent Bullying of Kids | Looking for ways to stop bullying? Whether you’re the parent or teacher of special needs kids, elementary school kids, teens in middle school, or high school students, we’re sharing 9 tips to teach you how to prevent bullying of kids with autism and other developmental disorders as well as 15 inclusive, team building anti-bullying activities to help educate, protect, and empower our youth!

How to Prevent Bullying of Kids with Autism: 9 Ways to Stop Bullying

20 Super Fun Core Exercises for Kids | Whether you’re looking for classroom activities for students who struggle to sit still and focus, or need occupational therapy activities for kids to help strengthen weak core muscles and develop fine and gross motor skills, we’ve got 20 ideas that will make learning feel like fun! Ideal for kindergarteners, first graders, and beyond, these activities are perfect for kids with autism, ADHD, and SPD!

Strength and Balance: 20 Super Fun Core Exercises for Kids

How to help a speech delayed child | Whether you’re the parent of a child with nonverbal autism, a teacher looking for speech therapy ideas to help with letter sounds & articulation, in need of PECS communication resources, or need help developing your little one’s WH questions, we’ve rounded up 32 tips & activities to get you started. From speech therapy activities to free PECS communication boards for kids with autism to other fun activities for nonverbal children, this is a great resource!

Will my autistic child ever talk? How to help a speech delayed child

Autism and Behavioral Problems: 6 Anger Managements Tips for Kids | Autism and anger can be all-consuming. From explosive meltdowns to self-injurious behavior, it’s essential for parents to equip their children with the coping skills they need in the classroom and beyond. We’re sharing our best self-discipline and self-control activities as well as other tips and tools you can use to calm an angry child.

Autism and Behavioral Problems: 8 Tips to Cope with Aggression in Kids

Vestibular System Exercises for Kids | If you’re looking for fun and easy sensory integration activities for autism, we’ve got you covered. We have 16 occupational therapy approved ideas to help improve your little one’s motor skills both at home and in the classroom. Perfect for kids of any age, these core strengthening activities offer a fun way to help develop your child’s vestibular system!

Sensory Integration Activities For Autism: Vestibular System Exercises

How to Potty Train a Child with Special Needs | Potty training a child with autism and other special needs like sensory processing disorder and speech delay can be extremely challenging. From visual schedules and sticker charts to sensory safe products and ideas, we’ve got 11 tips to help parents and special needs kids overcome the challenge of toilet training.

How To Potty Train a Child with Special Needs: 11 Tips That Help

Autism and parenting: 8 Tips to Cope with Caregiver Fatigue | If you’re the parent of a special needs child and you want to find ways to cope with mom burnout, we’re sharing 8 simple tips you can start implementing today to teach you how to be happier and how to be a good mom to your child with ASD. Whether you’re a stay-at-home or working mom, these ideas will help you deal with parental fatigue so you can find the joy in motherhood, even on your toughest days.

Autism and Parenting: 8 Tips to Cope with Caregiver Fatigue

16 Visual Schedules for Kids with Autism! If you have a visual learner and you’re looking for the perfect visual routine chart for kids with autism, we’ve found 16 ideas you’ll love. From free printable morning routines for home to more complex daily schedules with pictures to use at school in the classroom, these portable visual schedules are perfect for preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, and beyond.

Visual Routine Chart For Kids With Autism: 16 Ideas for Visual Learners

Need tips to get a picky eater with autism, sensory issues and/or other special needs to try new foods? Autism and eating can be extremely challenging and frustrating for parents, and we’ve got 8 helpful ideas for mom (and dad!) to try to help their kids overcome their rigid autism eating habits and embrace a healthier diet. Whether your child has gastrointestinal discomfort, food texture issues, or other eating challenges as a result of autism and sensory processing disorder, these tips are for you!

Autism and Eating: 8 Tips to Help a Picky Eater with Autism

How to Get a Child with Autism to Sleep | Autism and sleep is a hot topic in the special needs community. From abnormalities in melatonin levels, anxiety, ADHD, and sensory issues, finding ways to get a child with ASD to sleep through the night can feel impossible, but these sleep tips will help. From essential oils to weighted blankets to other ideas and products, check out 9 sleep strategies to make falling asleep – and staying asleep – easier for kids with autism.

9 Tips About Autism and Sleep: How to Get a Child with Autism to Sleep

Fidget toys – more specifically, fidget spinners – are all the rage these days, inspiring kids and adults everywhere to figure out how to make a fidget toy themselves. Whether you’re looking for DIY ideas for kids or for teens, big hands or small hands, to help with stress, ADHD, anxiety, autism, or sensory processing disorder, or just to get creative juices flowing with students in the classroom, this collection of DIY fidget toys will NOT disappoint!

How to make a fidget toy: 17 DIY fidget toys for kids

Best Apps For Autism: 9 Apps For Special Needs Kids to Download Today

Looking for the best books about autism for kids with ASD and/or to help explain autism to parents, siblings, teachers, students, and caregivers? We’ve got you covered! We’ve pulled together 31 fabulous recommendations to help explain the world of autism to people of all ages. From fiction books and social stories to fun learning activities and in-depth guides geared towards helping your child with autism spectrum disorder, these books are a must-read for anyone who has been touched by special needs kids.

Helping Your Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder: 31 Books About Autism