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Today is World Behavior Analysis Day! Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a therapy based on the science of understanding and improving learning and behavior. Behavior analysis helps us understand: ✅ How behavior works ✅ How behavior is affected by the environment ✅ How learning takes place 💡The goal is to increase behaviors that are helpful and decrease behaviors that are harmful or affect learning. 🌳Ask us about a FREE screening for your child!
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Today is World Sleep Day! Did you know Occupational Therapy can help with your child's sleep? Here's how much sleep should your child be getting: 😴1-4 Weeks Old: 15 – 16 hours per day 😴 1-12 Months Old: 14 – 15 hours per day 😴 1-3 Years Old: 12 – 14 hours per day 😴 3-6 Years Old: 10 – 12 hours per day 😴 7-12 Years Old: 10 – 11 hours per day 😴 12-18 Years Old: 8 – 9 hours per day
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📖 Today is National Read Across America Day! “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”- Dr. Seuss The annual event, celebrated on March 2nd, the birthday of Dr. Seuss, is an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association. 5 Tips to inspire reading for your child: 📖 Strategically keep books everywhere you spend time. Kids are more often to engage with things when it's "their own idea". Put them in the car, in every room of the house, and tuck them in backpacks and purses. Make them easily accessible to they're more likely to pick them up. 📖 Visit the library often. Libraries provide more than just access to books. Find you local library's schedule of events to increase the literacy skills of your child! 📖 Show then that YOU like reading. Children imitate what they see the adults around them do. Whether they see you read a magazine, newspaper, or novel, it will leave an impression. 📖 Read to your children. No matter their age, reading aloud strengthens their vocabulary and language skills. It also opens up opportunities for discussion. 📖 Have your children read to you, too. This provides a chance to both praise their skills and help them through reading challenges.
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March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Here are 5 facts about Brain Injury: 🧠 Helmets Help Prevent Head Injuries. Wear helmets when bike or horseback riding and during high contact sports like: Football, Lacrosse, Hockey, Rollerskating, Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowmobiling, and Skateboarding. 🧠 Screen Time Impacts Concussion Recovery. Research findings suggest that avoiding screen time in the first 48 hours of acute-concussion recovery may greatly shorten the duration of concussion symptoms. 🧠 Concussions Happen More Often Than You Think. According to the BIAA someone in this country will experience a brain injury every nine seconds. 🧠 Concussion Symptoms Aren’t Always Obvious. Expected Symptoms include: Headaches, Dizziness, Nausea, Ringing in the ears, and Vision problems. However, UNEXPECTED symptoms are: Sleep difficulties or irregularities, Depression, Anxiety, and Slower-than-normal reaction time. Concussions can sometimes go undetected because on the surface these symptoms may not appear related to a head injury. 🧠 Older Adults Are at Higher Risk for Concussions, and Preventive Measures Should Be Encouraged More. Proactive steps can include: removing home hazards like throw rugs, adding for lighting to living space to help avoid tripping, using assistive devices (like handrails, grab bars, raised toilet seats), regularly reviewing medications with a doctor, staying as physically active, and wearing sensible shoes.
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May your #ValentinesDay BEE filled with love. ❤️ 💛🖤💛❤️
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Today, 3-21 is World Down Syndrome Day! The date March 21st (or 3-21) was chosen specifically because of the triplication of the 21st chromosome that causes Down Syndrome (or Trisomy 21). People with Down Syndrome have a unique set of challenges they face AND a unique contribution to our community. 💙💛💙💛
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