Occupational Therapists explain why they often use and recommend oral motor activities for children
Our Occupational Therapists explain why they often use and recommend oral motor activities for children.
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Helping Your Child to Master Winning and Losing
The Occupational Therapy team at Sensational Kids have put together this short video and Social Story to help you to support your children to master the skill of winning and losing, which is often a difficult skill to learn.
Read MoreTips from Sensational Kids Speech & Language Therapist
Senior Speech & Language Therapist at Sensational Kids, Sarah Gorman provides some speech & language therapy tips: Attention Tips: Keep activities brief or structure them into short blocks Allow for regular breaks Alternate between challenging and less challenging activities Present one activity or idea at a time Keep distractions to a minimum Increase goals gradually Ensure that tasks are meaningful and are within your child’srange of ability Receptive Language Tips: Use simple and concise language Use pauses when speaking and go slow Support language with gestures and visual cues Give instructions as they are expected to happen Allow for processing time – try not to repeat a sentence/instruction immediately Turn questions into sentence starters where possible e.g. ‘The wolf lived in the…?’ Use strong/animated facial expressions to match language and model feelings Expressive Language Tips: Give your child your full attention when they want to speak Use […]
Read MoreJumbo Pavement Chalks
Bring oodles of fun to your children with our Jumbo Sidewalk Chalks!
Let their creativity flourish as they create outside decorations and markings that can be easily washed away.
Encourage outdoor play and imagination with our vibrant and washable sidewalk chalks!
Read MoreCovid-19 Crisis Forces Closure of Sensational Kids Monaghan
Charity Forced to Close Monaghan Child Development Centre for Children with Additional Needs This week, Sensational Kids, an award-winning social enterprise and charitable organisation was forced to temporarily close the doors of its child development centre in Clones, County Monaghan, leaving many vulnerable children without essential services and three staff unemployed. “It is with deep regret and a very heavy heart that we were forced to temporarily close our child development centre in Clones this week” says Sensational Kids CEO & Founder Karen Leigh. “Like many other non-profit organisations, we have been severely impacted operationally and financially by the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 crisis. Whilst we are currently unable to provide face to face therapy supports for children and families at our child development centres, Sensational Kids has been very innovative and responded quickly to the crisis. Our amazing team immediately recognised that many families and children still […]
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