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      <image:caption>If more than 4 of these items are not checked off (not yet achieved) by your child reach out to discuss strategies to try at home or an occupational therapy screen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Scooper tongs: scooper tongs are a great tool to work on the motor pattern required for cutting skills.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Loop scissors: these scissors “spring open” meaning they are a great building block for scissor skills. The spring open feature reduces fatigue. They allow children to focus on guiding the paper rather than struggling with the mechanics of opening and closing the blades. Spring open Scissors: these offer a similar benefit to the loop scissors but facilitate efficient finger positioning, with thumb in the small hole and fingers in the larger hole. The scissors require that the child squeeze to close, but the spring will automatically re-open it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>One of our kiddos practicing his static bear crawl- making a bridge for the cone to pass under.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The ATNR is nicknamed “the fencers reflex.” Notice the eyes are turned toward the extended side.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sensory processing refers to the process of taking information from our senses and turning it into a response which allows us to interact with our environment. It is a neurological process (it happens in the brain!). We have 8 sensory systems: auditory, visual, olfactory (smell), gustatory (taste), tactile (touch), vestibular, proprioceptive, and interoceptive. Individuals with sensory processing difficulties are often receiving jumbled information from their environment. If your nervous system were a highway, sensory processing difficulties would be rush hour traffic or grid lock near times square on New Years Eve.</image:caption>
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