So what’s the deal with messy play? You may hear your child’s Occupational Therapist talk about the importance of messy play, but why? Messy play is crucial to your child’s cognitive and creative development, helping their learning process and promoting engagement with the senses! Messy play helps develop the following skills: Physical Development: Development […]
Back to School Vocabulary Welcome back to school students and teachers of all ages! Today we have created an easy to use back-to-school vocabulary activity for your students! Vocabulary acquisition is the process in which we learn new words. It is important for building expressive language for young children, which impacts the ability for them […]
What is “shaping behavior”? In ABA, shaping refers to the process of reinforcing approximations of behavior until the individual can demonstrate the desired behavior. In other words, rewarding the small changes or gradual steps of the behavior, in the right direction. Shaping can be used for both skill acquisition and targeting more challenging behaviors. For […]
Does your child say W instead of L or even leave L out of words completely? If your child is still working on the tricky L sound, here are five fun ways to practice this skill at home! Train little ears to hear the L sound. Draw pictures of word pairs that highlight L […]
Going to the Zoo Language Activity In speech and language therapy, labeling is an important precursor to literacy development, and helps to increase the length of word phrases a child uses. One way children often practice this is through labeling animals, sounds they make, and what they are doing. This is also a good time […]
Have a rockin’ summer break by making your very own homemade guitar! Click HERE to watch a video of our music therapist showing you how to make a guitar out of common household items. To make your guitar, you will need: An empty tissue box (or other cardboard box with a hole cut […]
Project Play is so excited about our new service! Dr. Lyn McRainey and Vanessa Adams have joined Project Play Therapy’s clinic team to provide comprehensive psychoeducational and psychological assessments for children, adolescents, and young adults. About Psych Assessments: All assessment plans are individualized to the client/child; however, a comprehensive evaluation typically includes assessment in […]
Playground Play Summer is a great time for getting out to your neighborhood park! Playgrounds are an amazing resource for kids to build their gross motor skills as they explore their environment with family and friends. Check out this video to hear from one of our physical therapists all about playground play. The […]
Core Vocabulary Core vocabulary is a small set of words that are often used in day-to-day communication. The same 400 or so core words make up around 80% of what people say in a typical day. Core words are usually pronouns (I, we, she), verbs (is, go, see) or modifiers (all, some, more). These small […]
Let’s talk about the ABCs. The ABCs of behavior that is. The ABCs of behavior stand for Antecedent, Behavior, and Consequence. Antecedent What occurred right before the behavior What was the setting event? Behavior The behavior What did it look like? Consequence What occurred right after the behavior A consequence can increase the likelihood of […]