Paulette Nel Occupational Therapy

22/04/2024

According to the CDC, in 2023 about 1 in 36 children in the United States were diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Clinician, brain researcher, and author

23/08/2023

When children first start to move and walk, they have to actively think about their movements. This makes it hard for the brain to concentrate and learn anything else.

If a child doesn’t get it — if he is clumsy and walks oddly — it is hard for him to move on to other skills because his brain is so preoccupied with trying to control movements.

When a child learns to walk and move naturally, however, the brain no longer has to think about these things. Movement becomes subconscious.

⭐An excerpt from the book "Disconnected Kids" by Dr. Robert Melillo
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07/08/2023

07/08/2023

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can be identified by a general tendency toward a reduction in the expression of low-band, widely dispersed integrative activities, which is made up for by an increase in localized, high-frequency, regionally dispersed activity. The study assessed ASD childr...

20/05/2023

First exam....done and dusted!

Congratulations to this large Certification testing class!