Achievement Pediatric Therapies, LLC

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌺

I feel this in my bones!

via Bluey Memes

05/06/2026

We’re excited for the opportunity to welcome Temple Grandin to Huntsville for an inspiring evening of insight, learning, and connection!

Join us at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, in conjunction with RAN the regional autism network at UAH, for this special event and hear directly from one of the most influential voices in autism advocacy.

Opportunities like this don’t come around often—don’t miss your chance to be part of it 💙

05/06/2026

APT will be closing today at 4:00 PM due to the potential for flooding issues affecting commutes home for both our patients and staff.

The safety of our families and team is our top priority, and we appreciate everyone’s understanding as we continue monitoring weather conditions.

If you are affected by today’s early closure, our front office will assist with any necessary scheduling adjustments. Please travel safely.

05/06/2026

When a child is melting down, our instincts can take over — and not always the helpful ones.

We might lecture, rush to fix, or tell them to calm down… but these actually block co-regulation rather than build it.

Let’s talk about what not to do — and what to try instead — so we can truly help a child borrow our calm instead of our chaos.

via The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy

05/03/2026

05/02/2026

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05/02/2026

How many letter "y's" do you see? This is a visual figure ground, visual discrimination, visual scanning task. These vision skills are used all day in various scenarios. From finding your matching socks to scanning for the car keys...

Did you find all of the y's?

Here are resources:
https://www.theottoolbox.com/visual-discrimination/
https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-is-visual-attention/
https://www.theottoolbox.com/visual-figure-ground/
https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-is-visual-processing-visual-efficiency/

05/01/2026

Step by step! 🙂

04/30/2026

Upcoming Virtual Parent Workshop: Social Security Disability 101 in partnership with the Social Security Administration

🗓 May 7, 2026
⏰ 4:00–5:30 PM
💻 Virtual (Microsoft Teams)

Learn about benefits, eligibility, and resources to support your child and family.

🔗 Join here: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/253689449977969?p=GeFjhULp99HXTJTSke

🔑 Passcode: QK3RQ7kx
📞 Dial-in option: +1 443-840-7262,,180516632 #

04/30/2026

Comment “GRIP” to get the development stages of pencil grip and signs to watch for if a child is falling behind in pencil grip development.

Millennials and upcoming generations of kids are struggling with enough hand strength to hold and grasp a pencil.

While this image serves as a guide, it also shows how hand strength can impact learning in the classroom. Kids with weaker hand strength and pencil grip may struggle in the following areas:

👋Doesn’t know how much pressure to apply when writing
👋Trouble with letter directionality
👋Difficulty spacing letters and numbers
👋Switches hands often, which results in disconnections in the brain

To find out the stages of pencil grip development (depending on the child), comment “GRIP” and we’ll send you the link with the breakdown.

04/30/2026

Some children get labelled as “attention-seeking” when their behaviour feels loud, constant or hard to manage. But most of the time, that behaviour is not about wanting attention for the sake of it. It is about needing connection, safety and reassurance.

Children do not always have the words to say “I feel left out”, “I am worried”, or “I do not feel important”. So it comes out in other ways - interrupting, clinging, acting younger, pushing boundaries, or demanding attention at the worst times. When adults only react to the behaviour, the real need underneath stays unmet.

The shift matters. When we see behaviour as communication, we respond differently. We stay curious instead of frustrated. We look for what is driving it instead of trying to shut it down. That is where trust builds, and where behaviour starts to change.

Free ATTENTION-SEEKING ICEBERG POSTER

LIKE the photo and comment "ICEBERG" and we will send you a message with a link to a free PDF of this resource.