INSPOKIDS Learning and Development Center

17/09/2025

13/09/2025

𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝗕𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻

I often see therapy ideas and activities shared on social media. Some of them look fun and creative. But not all of them are safe or effective for autistic children.

As a licensed occupational therapist, I always make sure that every activity I do has a clear purpose. Therapy is not just play. It supports development in thinking, movement, emotions, and daily life. When parents follow therapy trends without guidance, children may miss the right support they truly need.

Not all activities you see online are therapy. Real therapy is planned and guided by professionals who understand the child’s strengths and challenges. For me, safety and effectiveness always come first.

When therapy comes from the right professionals, children gain real skills that last. If we depend only on trends, we risk delays and even harm. I believe we must protect every child’s future by choosing therapy that is real, safe, and evidence based.

11/09/2025

09/09/2025

When a child struggles with emotional outbursts, shuts down during transitions, or can't focus in class, it’s not always about behavior.

It’s often a sign of challenges in one or more core areas:
✔️ Sensory processing: how the brain receives and interprets sensory input
✔️ Executive functioning: the brain’s ability to plan, focus, and self-manage
✔️ Emotional regulation: how a child understands and responds to big feelings

As pediatric OTs, we support all three to build strong self-regulation skills that help kids succeed at home, in school, and in the community.

⛰Imagine your child’s brain like a mountain range. At the base, their sensory system is taking in everything, like how dark and bumpy the forest is.
⛰Then come the rolling hills of emotions, shifting with every sound or change.
⛰Only after those are in sync can we reach the highest peaks of thinking, focusing, and planning. When one layer gets stormy, the whole range feels it.

🟠 Share this with a parent, caregiver, or fellow OT who would benefit from seeing this connection.

🧩 Want more tools? Start here: https://www.theottoolbox.com/how-sensory-processing-executive-function-and-emotions-are-connected-in-child-development/

21/08/2025

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15/07/2025

Occupational therapy uses daily functional tasks to enhance physical, sensory-motor, and cognitive skills by embedding therapeutic techniques directly into meaningful, everyday activities. Here’s how: https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy/

🍃Physical Skills: OT practitioners use tasks like dressing, cooking, or cleaning to build physical abilities, including strength, coordination, and balance. For example, folding laundry works on bilateral coordination and hand strength, while washing dishes encourages fine motor control, grip strength, and upper body endurance. By incorporating physical movements into real-life tasks, OTs help clients build strength and functional range of motion in ways that directly translate to daily independence.

🌿Sensory-Motor Skills: Functional tasks often incorporate sensory input that aids in regulating the sensory system and improving sensory processing. Activities like wiping tables, vacuuming, or carrying grocery bags provide proprioceptive input (deep pressure) and vestibular input (balance and movement) that can help individuals develop a stronger sense of body awareness and improve self-regulation. OTs may also use activities like cooking, which offers tactile and olfactory input, to enhance sensory discrimination and tolerance.

🌱Cognitive Skills: OT tasks are designed to stimulate cognitive functions such as memory, attention, problem-solving, and executive functioning. For example, cooking a recipe or following multi-step instructions in a grooming routine can enhance sequencing and organizational skills. Tasks requiring decision-making, like choosing appropriate clothing for the weather, engage critical thinking and planning skills, helping clients become more adept at organizing, remembering, and making safe, effective choices in real-world scenarios.

And that's just the start of it! https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy/

30/06/2025

The building blocks of visual perception! Learn about all 8 here: https://ilslearningcorner.com/2016-06-visual-system-lack-visual-development-creates-poor-visual-perception-skills/

28/06/2025

📚 Academic Tutorials – Slots Still Ongoing! ⭐️

Need help with schoolwork? Our academic tutorials are here to support learners! 👦🏻👧🏻

✅ Subjects: Math, English, Social Studies, Filipino & more
✅ Face-to-face sessions
✅ Flexible weekday schedules

📩 Slots are still open! Message us to reserve your schedule today. ⭐️

27/06/2025

PLAY 🪁🪀🚂🧩

As your child ages, they’ll participate in many different types of play. Here’s how each type stage and type contributes to their growth and development. Link in the first comment to learn more.

23/06/2025

🥋✨ Looking for a fun and focused activity that builds confidence, discipline, and strength? Got a high-energy kid at home?
Channel it into something awesome with Taekwondo for Kids!
Fun classes, great coach, and powerful life lessons.

✅ First TRIAL class is FREE!
✅ Engaging group classes for teamwork & fun
✅ Personalized 1-on-1 sessions for focused progress
🏅 Special “Level-Up” Tests to upgrade belt color and track achievements
👧👦 Ages 3 to 12 years old | All skill levels welcome!
📍 Unit C 2F, H. Building, Soldier's Hills Village, Putatan, Muntinlupa City
📅 9:00am-11:00am Weekdays-Weekends

🎯 Give your child the power to kick higher, focus better, and grow stronger — one belt at a time!
🖱 Message us for more details!

06/06/2025

Play supports emotional expression, problem solving, behavioral regulation, and motor skills. Play supports development...
..but it’s so much more.
It’s where kids explore, imagine, take risks, and discover who they are, not just what they can do.

Let’s protect the joy of play, not just the outcomes. Because through play, children aren’t practicing for life. They’re living it. 💛This is PLAY in occupational therapy! https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy-play/

04/06/2025

🚨 JOB ALERT: We’re looking for an Occupational Therapist who knows their way around a sensory bin and can outplay a toddler at ring toss 🎯💪

If you’re licensed, love working with kids, and can handle a little glitter chaos (okay, a lot), then you might be our next OT superstar! 🌈🧩✨

📍 Putatan, Muntinlupa City
📩 Slide into our inbox: inspokids2022@gmail.com
📞 Call us maybe? 0992-770-9982 | (02) 8516-8578
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Tag your OT BFF or apply now — the playroom is calling! 💛👶🎉