ABA 29:11

12/25/2025

To all of our ABA 29:11 families and our community,

We would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2026!! It is truly an honor to serve your family and our community ❤️

Thank you for trusting us with your greatest blessing—your child!! We are deeply grateful for the opportunity to support your family and to work alongside our community in making a meaningful difference.

We look forward to continuing to serve you, your family, and our community in the year ahead and beyond.

With sincere gratitude,
The Waldrop Family

12/11/2025

Life skills support executive functioning: https://www.theottoolbox.com/chores-and-executive-functioning-skills/

Here's a list of daily tasks and how they support brain skills:
🌿Chores- Teach responsibility, sequencing, time management, and persistence.
🌿Cooking & Meal Prep- Build planning, working memory (recipes/steps), and organization.
🌿Managing Money – Strengthens prioritization, decision-making, and foresight.
🌿Laundry & Cleaning – Support routines, task initiation, and self-monitoring.
🌿Time Management (schedules & alarms) – Grow planning, transitions, and flexible thinking.
🌿Homework/Project Planning – Strengthen goal setting, breaking tasks into steps, and working memory.
🌿Self-Care Routines (hygiene, packing a bag, bedtime prep) – Build consistency, independence, and foresight.
🌿Decision Making in Daily Choices – Strengthen impulse control, flexible thinking, and reflection.
🌿Problem-Solving Around Mistakes – Teaches resilience, emotional regulation, and adaptability.
🌿Community Tasks (shopping, errands, volunteering) – Build organization, prioritization, and real-world executive skills.

12/10/2025

Looking for that perfect gift? Here's a great list that supports EF development: https://www.theottoolbox.com/games-to-help-kids-improve-executive/

11/20/2025

Great Information

11/16/2025

WE ARE HIRING!!! We are looking to add to our ABA 29:11 family!! Must be committed to changing the lives of our clients and families and passionate about bettering the field of ABA!!! We are looking to hire RBTs or those seeking their RBT who can work after 2pm. There are some daytime hours available, but mostly afternoon and evening hours. If interested, please fill out the application below or comment info for more information.

https://forms.gle/iKHLAz8a8xcP5Jw8A

11/15/2025

Chores are a good way to work on executive functioning skills https://www.theottoolbox.com/chores-and-executive-functioning-skills/

11/14/2025

Such a great resource!!

Emotional regulation games are a good way to teach skills. Here are our favorites: https://www.theottoolbox.com/emotional-regulation-games/

11/02/2025

🧠 Why Crossing the Midline is So Important for Kids' Development! 🚶‍♀️

Did you know that one simple skill—crossing the midline—plays a huge role in your child’s physical, cognitive, and emotional development? 🤔 When kids learn to reach across their body (like using their left hand to touch their right shoulder), they're strengthening vital connections in the brain that support coordination, focus, and even reading and writing! 📚✍️

Crossing the midline helps with:
✨ Bilateral coordination (using both sides of the body together)
✨ Hand-eye coordination
✨ Problem-solving and motor planning
✨ Attention and focus

Want some fun activities you can do at home to help your child practice crossing the midline—without even realizing they’re learning? Share this post and comment 🎉 and we will send the article your way!

09/30/2025

LINEAR VESTIBULAR SENSORY ACTIVITIES

The vestibular system, located in the inner ear, sends signals to the brain about the position and movement of the head. It becomes active whenever the head tilts, turns upside down, spins, or moves quickly or slowly—for example, when running, swinging, or sliding.

Today we are focusing on linear vestibular input -
Forward/backward, up/down and side to side. Broadly speaking these actions can help someone to soothe and calm, alert and energise, or organise and regulate. Some children will also combine vestibular input with proprioceptive input to have these outcomes.

Some activities allow for a combination of vestibular input such as the hammock swing. Allowing a child to direct their sensory input may also help them to include proprioception (eg. Pumping legs on the swing, pushing with arms on the scooter board, jumping on the trampoline). Stop/start activities will also bring alerting components.

We are embarking on lots of sensory content in the next month, come back to find out more. In the meantime, get your FREE ticket to the sensory summit. Let me know if you want the link!

09/22/2025

If you’ve spent any time with kids, you know transitions can be tough 😅. Moving from one activity to the next doesn’t always go smoothly—and that’s where all those creative transition strategies and calming techniques come in ✨. Teachers 👩‍🏫, therapists 🧑‍⚕️, caregivers 👨‍👩‍👧…we all have our little “magic tricks” to help kids stay calm and avoid meltdowns 💡.

We’ve found that having a few go-to tools in our back pocket 🎒 makes all the difference when things get tricky.

Want the list of some of our favorite transition ideas and therapy tools drop a 🚶‍♀️ below and we will send them your way!

What are your go-to tricks? 💭

09/14/2025

💡 Therapy with older kids who have significant cognitive impairments can be challenging—but it’s also taught us the power of creativity! 🙌

For our high schoolers, we started giving families a list of functional life skills activities 🏡 (think chores, movement, everyday tasks) to practice during the week. Kids check them off ✔️ and then show us their favorite during our sessions! 🎥✨

The results?
💪 Strengthening & coordination
🎯 Repeated practice on goals
🌟 A big boost in independence & confidence

Want a full list of ideas and a functional skills tracker? Drop a 🧹 and we will send you the link. Such a simple way to make therapy meaningful and fun! 💛

08/08/2025

🎒 Transitions can be tough! If you’ve worked with kids, you know how tricky it can be to move from one activity to the next without meltdowns or chaos. It's a HUGE part of what we work on in the educational setting -- transitioning kids into school, out of school at the end of the day, between classroom and specials, etc. 😅

That’s why having a few go-to strategies in your back pocket can make all the difference. Whether it’s a calming technique, a visual cue, or a fun movement break—being prepared is everything. 🙌

We pulled together some of our favorite tools and ideas to make transitions smoother and more successful.

💬 What tricks do YOU use to help kids through tough transitions? Share your favorites below—we’d love to hear them!



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