PESI Book Club: October 2019

This month's suggested reads include four products to help improve the well-being of the children in your life.

Food Refusal? Try Food Exploring!

Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP, BCS-S, offers helpful tips for feeding therapists and their clients.

Leslie’s “Go-To” Granola Recipe

Dr. Leslie Korn shares a brainpower-promoting recipe from her book, Eat Right, Feel Right.

Why We Must Think of Children—and our Nervous System—as Trees

Join Varleisha Gibbs, PhD, OTD, OTR/L, as she shares several transformative exercises for children and families challenged by sensory processing disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and various other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Five lifestyle factors that can help clients make progress faster

Are you missing the big picture? Learn how five simple lifestyle changes can help treat trauma, anxiety, and depression.

Self-Regulation Strategies & Techniques for Children with Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Disorder

Join Teresa Garland, occupational therapist, international speaker, and author, as she shares over 35 of her most effective interventions.

How to Teach a Child with Autism About Personal Space

In this brief video clip, Tara Delaney, MS, OTR/L, describes her easy-to-use method that helps children with autism understand and apply the concept of "personal space," which in turn helps them adapt more easily into social situations.

Literacy into Therapy Plan

Karen Thatcher – Children with learning disabilities require more exposure to a literacy rich environment and opportunities in order to begin developing a foundation for literacy.

As providers, we not only affect a child’s current development, we also have the ability to shape a child’s future academic…