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Jumping Into Summer Feet First

Apr 25, 2023 ● By LifeScape

When swapping out those winter shoes for spring and summer, keep in mind healthy development starts with choosing the correct footwear. Our feet are the foundation on which our bodies stand.

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Feeding Milestones for Infants and Toddlers

Feb 01, 2023 ● By LifeScape

Feeding milestones parents should know from LifeScape

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Gross Motor Development Disguised as Outdoor Winter Fun

Dec 04, 2022 ● By Lifescape

Winter can still be an excellent time to encourage play and movement. If you’re brave enough to bundle up and head out to play in the snow, here are some fun activities for you and your child that will encourage gross motor development!

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Tips to Curb Overstimulation During the Holidays

Nov 08, 2022 ● By The Hood Magazine

While some families enjoy snowy mornings, days off from school, holiday parties, sweet treats, and less structure, parents of children with SPD know the holiday season can be a season of chaos, anger, frustration, and dysregulation.

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How Much is Too Much Screen Time

Jul 18, 2022 ● By Lifescape

It’s a question parents find themselves asking all year long, how much time my kids should be spending watching TV, movies, playing with a smartphone or computer, even video games.

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Parents, it’s not you, it could be ADHD

Sep 28, 2021 ● By LifeScape

Your struggle to focus might be more than having a lot on your plate.

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How to Help Your Child When They Are Not Invited to Parties

Aug 24, 2021 ● By Karissa Jensen, PhD, LifeScape

Parties and play dates can be the social highlights of childhood. But what happens when your child isn’t invited? Here are some tips to use the opportunity to build coping and resiliency skills, turning what could have been a social setback to social growth.

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Adding to your Family When you Have a Child with Special Needs

Mar 20, 2021 ● By LifeScape

With preparation and the proper support, you can welcome a new baby into your family with minimal stress.

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Keeping Kids Safe from Brain Injuries

Feb 25, 2021 ● By By: Megan Johnke, OTD, OTR/L, LifeScape Director of Therapy

Plan ahead and prevent childhood injuries with these tips.

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Snow Day, Snow Play!

Jan 24, 2021 ● By Lifescape, Megan Johnke, OTD, OTR/L, LifeScape

Living in the upper Midwest, we usually get our fair share of snow. While a snow day is great for hot chocolate, movies, and blowing the dust off a board game or two, it can also serve as a great medium for sensory play and learning activities.

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Fun Holiday Toys That Build Skills

Nov 12, 2020 ● By The Hood Magazine

It’s been an unusual year, but the toy and game options for this year’s holiday season are as infinite as ever! We asked our pediatric clinicians at LifeScape for gift ideas that kids will love, but also promote positive growth and development. Here are their picks.

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Encouraging Infant Development

Aug 31, 2020 ● By Jessyca Conaway, MS, OTR/L, Lifescape

Many questions arise during the months spent preparing for the arrival of a new baby. As a new parent, you may wonder how you can best support your newborn’s development, while also nourishing your mutual bond. Luckily, there are many activities you can use to promote motor skills, socialization, and emotional regulation with your bundle of joy.

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Busy Family Tips for Building Healthy Eating Habits

Aug 07, 2020 ● By The Hood Magazine

With busy schedules, it is often difficult to eat a healthy, balanced diet.

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Apps That Are Actually Good for your Kids

Jul 28, 2020 ● By LifeScape

As if the parental ‘love-hate’ relationship with electronics wasn’t bad enough, distance learning for many school-aged children led to a greater attachment and several more hours of staring at a screen. Even if your child is taking screen time privileges to the max, using apps and websites that are educational or even help foster age-appropriate developmental skills can put your mind at ease. Here are a few that LifeScape therapists have used and recommend!

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Family Vacation in a Time of Social Distancing

May 04, 2020 ● By Jaime Hudson, PhD, Lifescape

Sponsored Content Family vacation is one of the most anticipated times of the year. With summer travel uncertain, you can use this time to plan for alternative vacations. Here are a few things you can do to make a family project of your next vacation.

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Executive Functioning: Why Can’t My Child Get Ready for School?

Mar 31, 2020 ● By Robin Mills, LifeScape

The Harvard Center on the Developing Child describes executive function and self-regulation skills as“the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.” We use these skills every day at home, school, work, and in the community. Executive functioning requires the ability to take time to think before acting, stay focused, use mental flexibility with new ideas, tolerate unexpected changes, remember information, and organize our self and our environment.

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Tips for Managing Holiday Stress

Dec 02, 2019 ● By The Hood Magazine

The holiday season can quickly become overwhelming and holiday cheer can get replaced with holiday stress. It can be tempting to try to fit in all the holiday traditions of your childhood, while also creating new memories with your children. Here are some tips to make this holiday season the most wonderful time of the year.

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Traveling with Toddlers

Feb 28, 2019 ● By The Hood Magazine

Summer vacations are on the horizon! In many ways, I think the same selective memory many mothers experience with child birth applies to vacations. We have fond memories of swimming at the lake, sitting by a fire and watching fireworks. What we fortunately block out are the long car rides with fussy children relentlessly asking if we are there yet.

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Special Needs

Feb 20, 2019 ● By The Hood Magazine

Summer camp guide geared towards children with special needs.

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Anxiety is Common Among Children: Here’s How to Help

Jan 11, 2019 ● By The Hood Magazine

Fear and anxiety are necessary for normal development in children. However, it can become problematic when fear and anxiety are at disproportionate levels and impair the child’s ability to function at home or school. Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric disorders among children, occurring between 2.5% and 5% of children and adolescents at any given time. About one-third of children will have met criteria for an anxiety disorder by the time they turn 18.

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