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What You Didn't See When My Child Had a Meltdown in the Restaurant

Carrie Goldman | Posted 11.13.2012 | Parents
Read More: Bullied, Food Allergies, Portrait of an Adoption, Sensory Issues, Sensory Overload, Temper Tantrums, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Occupational Therapy, Eating Out With Kids, Kids-and-Restaurants, Parents News
Carrie Goldman

Dear Tables of People Gaping at Us in the Restaurant, I know what you heard. You heard my daughter screaming, admittedly very loudly. And I heard you too. I heard you say that some kids shouldn't be at restaurants. But here is what you don't see or hear...

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Mega Button Blast

Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 10.01.2012 | Parents
Read More: Special Needs Children, Parenting, Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration Dysfunction, Parents News
Leda Natkin Nelis

When my son was a toddler, he had many fears. He was afraid of loud noises, ostriches and doorknockers in the shape of lions. But what terrified my son the most was a McDonald's dessert.

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My Husband Has a Harem!

Myra Demeter | Posted 07.21.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Stroke Recovery, Life After Stroke, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational-Therapy, Teamwork Spirit, Compassion, Fifty News
Myra Demeter

this is Tuesday it must be Lisa. If this is Thursday it must be Gretchen. If this is Monday, Wednesday or Friday, it must be Vivian. These are the women in Dan's life today.

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Using The Home For Alternatives In Medicine

www.knoxnews.com | Posted 01.09.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Yoga, Occupational-Therapy, Thai Massage, Health, Fitness, Health Post50, Aarp, Wellness, Rossiter System, Alternative Medicine, Fifty News

Since retiring from almost 25 years in occupational therapy, Valerie Whiting has spent a lot of time redecorating her Farragut home. First, her sun...

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Craft It Out

Deborah Lynn, M.D. | Posted 10.10.2011 | Parents
Read More: Crafting, Crafts, Child Psychology, Play, Kids Activities, Occupational Therapy, Art Therapy, Parenting Advice, Parents News
Deborah Lynn, M.D.

Creating, crafting something that comes from our own hands, ignites creation within, defeating the self-attack that is grabbing hold. Something Prozac and Celexa just can't do.

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