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04/24/2025

Research indicates the overall positive long term effects of early advocacy, both in education and health. It is challenging and frustrating at times, but it is also rewarding and empowering for your child.

Your Content Goes Here Mental health awareness is growing in our community, however there remains a need for advocates to maintain this momentum. Advocacy (literally: to add a voice) can be grouped into three broad categories: self, individual, and system. Self

04/17/2025

Occupational therapy (OT) is a type of health care that helps to address challenges that are interfering with a child’s ability to do the things in their life that are most important to them!

Your Content Goes Here Occupational therapy (OT) is a type of health care that helps to address challenges that are interfering with a child’s ability to do the things in their life that are most important to them! This may include everyday activities such as:

04/14/2025

Food selectivity can be characterized by food refusal, limited repertoire of food, excessive intake of food or certain food categories. Many children often will go through mild feeding or eating problems through their development, however those diagnosed with ASD areat higher rates.

Your Content Goes Here Food selectivity can be characterized by food refusal, limited repertoire of food, excessive intake of food or certain food categories. Many children often will go through mild feeding or eating problems through their development, however those diagnosed with ASD areat higher....

04/10/2025

Today we want to reshare our Navigating Autism Services report. This is a free, downloadable report on our website that we hope helps families as they navigate support for their child(ren).

To receive our report, Navigating Autism Services, fill out the form below:

04/09/2025

Many children experience sensory overload, not just those with ASD. If your child is experiencing sensory overload or emotional dysregulation, behavioural therapy can be an effective tool to utilize.

Your Content Goes Here Many children experience sensory overload, not just those with ASD. If your child is experiencing sensory overload or emotional dysregulation, behavioural therapy can be an effective tool to utilize. Your child and the behavioural therapist might work on areas such as: 1) Copi...

04/16/2024

What Is A Concussion? A concussion is a trauma to the brain as a result of direct (blow to the head) or indirect (whiplash) force to the brain. The brain sits inside of our skull, surrounded by fluid that is designed to give it space to move ever so

04/02/2024

Learn how to prevent back pain, before it strikes.

To begin this article I thought about providing you with some staggering back pain statistics. However, I think we all know how common back pain is and how debilitating it can be. Almost everyone, at some point in their life, gets back pain, and quite often it

03/26/2024

https://brantmentalhealth.com/eating-disorders-in-athletes/

What is an eating disorder? An eating disorder is defined as a mental health condition that leads a person to overeat, starve themselves, or adopt other unhealthy behaviours related to food and body weight. What Makes Eating Disorders Unique in Athletes? Athletes are under pressure to perform and co...

05/05/2023

Head on over to Pathways To Hope and Brant Mental Health Solutions for information about our new team and location and to read our new health blogs!