Bright Horizons Pediatric Therapy, LLC

10/28/2024

Thank you to all of the families who attended our fall festival this past Saturday along with Lighting The Way Pediatric Therapy! We had such a great time and appreciate you ❤️

03/16/2020

Some creative ideas for indoor fun! 😀

Hi Everyone! I have created a helpful guide for all of you to survive the upcoming school closures. Many of these activities listed below will require some supplies. Most items you could find at the Dollar Store. Enjoy the list! 100 KIDS ACTIVITIES TO DO AT HOME 1) LAUNDRY BASKET SKI BALL www.frugal...

12/31/2019

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12/06/2019

Practical advice for our picky eaters! Exposure is everything! 😋 🥄 👍🏻

My Big Scoop, Small Sample strategy at family mealtimes is a GAME CHANGER ! You’ve heard me say it before, EXPOSURE IS EVERYTHING. Start by making sure that a teaspoon 🥄 of any food served family style ends up on the plate. Put a serving spoon (“big scoop”) and a teaspoon on each platter and ask “Would you like a big scoop or small sample?” Worried your child will just say “NO”? Here are more tips for you:

✔️Say “Big scoop or small sample” and then be quiet. Be still. Just wait. Don’t even look at your kid, look at the spoons, expecting an answer. (Not from the spoons, but from your child. LOL!) 😉 GIVE YOUR CHILD TIME TO SAY “small sample”.

✔️When kids respond with “NO!” say “Sweetheart, in our house, the rule is we always take a bit of everything. (Hint: Notice I didn’t say “a bite” of everything.) Would you like a big scoop or a small sample?”

✔️Still no luck? Then the response is “I’m sorry that you chose to break a family rule. We will talk about it later.” Then move on. Don’t give it attention at mealtimes. ✔️If you have rules in your family, what are the consequences for breaking them? Treat any family rule like “We always make our bed” or perhaps “We always feed the dog” the same. “We always put a bit of everything on our plate” is a reasonable, no-pressure rule. Likewise, a reasonable, meaningful consequence for not following family rules is totally ok! Remember, nobody is getting in trouble for not eating. We just have a rule in this family that we always put a bit of what’s being served on our plates. It’s polite. 😊

It's about EXPOSURE. Kids are capable of having food on their plate.

If kids can’t tolerate the aroma or sight of new food, direct one-on-one feeding therapy is essential to learning to become an adventurous eater. It all starts with food on the plate. It all starts with exposure.

Expose, Explore, Expand: The Three E’s! Learn more in Adventures in Veggieland: Help Your Kids Learn to Love Vegetables with 100 Easy Activities and Recipes

11/10/2019

For our picky eaters and children with feeding disorders, big Holiday family meals can be stressful. Here are some great ideas and information to help. 👍🏻

As feeding and swallowing specialists, we SLPs can do much to serve our clients by offering tips to reduce food-related holiday stress.

10/08/2019

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09/30/2019

Toys that get them talking! ❤️

As Christmas and Birthday shopping lists are made, SLPs have the opportunity to recommend great toys to increase speech and language skills. I wanted to make some handouts to send home with my students this month. I