Empower Tomorrow Therapy Services, LLC

12/15/2025

Last week of OT before break! 🥳
Wear your pajamas and other festive holiday wear to session if you’d like! You’ll be in good company! 😉

12/12/2025

Peppermint Bark! 🍫

A crowd favorite from last season, this recipe targets following directions, functional application of math skills, and time management!

The kitchen smells peppermint-y and delicious!

12/12/2025

We were just doing this yesterday!

There are many therapuetic benefits to cup stacking. How do you use cup stacking in your OT sessions?

Curious to know how cup stacking can help your child? Read the full article on my blog. --www.missjaimeot.com/cup-stacking

12/12/2025

Congratulations Mylie! 🥳

Mylie has been shadowing our team since September! She is now done completing her bachelors degree and just started a program to become a COTA.

This week Mikayla accidentally got tiny snack-sized bags instead of sandwich, so Mylie saved the day, bringing us sandwich bags and Coke Zero (since we always run out) in addition to many other surprises on her last day. It gave us all a good laugh! 😂

Best wishes on your future endeavors!

12/10/2025

Great to see some research showing the value of sensory integration therapy in clients with ADHD! Movement and integrating proprioceptive and vestibular input is so important for improving body brain connection and regulation skills!

This new randomised controlled trial consisting of 94 participants aged 6-8 years evaluated the effects of OT–ASI on sensorimotor performance, executive functioning, emotional regulation, and functional participation in children with ADHD. Findings demonstrated that OT–ASI produced significant improvements in sensorimotor and executive function domains, as well as enhanced emotional regulation. Moreover, children receiving OT–ASI exhibited increased participation across home, school, and community contexts, underscoring the intervention’s broad functional impact.

https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2025.051083

Follow us to keep up to date on the latest research in Sensory Integration and Neurodiversity.

To learn more about supporting individuals with sensory differences across the lifespan see the link below:
https://loom.ly/aZ6S86c

12/10/2025

Children remember family activities and traditions more because experiences create stronger, multi-sensory memories linked to emotions, identity, and belonging, unlike fleeting material gifts that offer temporary excitement but less lasting impact on well-being, as studies show shared moments build deeper neural connections and a stronger sense of self.

🗂️Why experiences stick:

📑Emotional & Cognitive Power: Shared moments activate deeper emotional and cognitive centers in the brain, forging stronger, more vivid memories than the short-lived thrill of a new toy.

📑Sensory Depth: Activities like baking, playing, or trips involve touch, sound, movement, and laughter, creating rich sensory details that strengthen neural pathways.

📑Identity & Belonging: Traditions teach children who they are, where they come from, and connect them to their family’s values, fostering security, confidence, and self-esteem.

📑Predictability & Stability: Repeating joyful rituals offers stability and a sense of continuity, crucial for a child’s emotional development.

📑Long-Term Joy: Psychologist Thomas Gilovich found people look back on experiences with more satisfaction than material purchases, making those memories more valuable over time.

12/10/2025

A huge “thank you!” to our anonymous donor for helping us stock up our free lobby pantry just in time for schools getting out for Holiday Break.

Clients can fill a bag for themselves or for a family they know, no questions asked!

12/10/2025

Some children become so skilled at masking in school that their struggles are almost invisible.
They may appear calm, compliant and engaged — while inside they are working incredibly hard to hold it all together.

It’s often only once they step through the door at home, where they feel safe, that the emotional cost of the day is revealed.

Recognising this hidden effort is the first step to understanding and supporting children who experience after-school restraint collapse.

In the Resource Store:
After School Restraint Collapse Toolkit for Parents & Educator
Masking: The Toolkit
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12/10/2025

12/08/2025

We will be closing in a few weeks for the holidays! Please check your calendars and let us know if you need to cancel any sessions on or before December 19th or for the early new year! Thank you!

12/06/2025

Autism can look many different ways - and when it presents in non-stereotypical ways (which is common in but not exclusive to girls/afab) it’s often missed - leaving people without support, or without the *right* support.

Kids who present with this non-stereotypical profile of Autism are often socially motivated - which leads people to disregard a possible autism diagnosis up front, but autism does not (always) mean socially avoidant.

I also use “Autism in girls” as a shortcut to help undiagnosed girls get more visibility but *MANY* boys and nonbinary people have this presentation- including my own son ❤️

12/06/2025

A helpful reminder as the holidays ramp up: focus your energy on the things that you can actually control. You can't fix family drama or make everyone get along, but you can protect your boundaries and your peace.

🩷Did this post resonate? There's a whole library of resources (like affirmation cards, self-care assignments, and worksheets!) waiting for you on my Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/SelfLoveRainbow