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help their children succeed...
Striving to help parents
help their children succeed...
Infancy
Infancy
- C-section birth
- Stuck in the birth canal OR required manual manipulation through the birth canal
- Difficulty latching OR preference for one side during feeding
- Thumbs that are fisted into the palms consistently
- Colicky OR Restless
- Delayed, advanced, or skipped motor milestones (no rolling, no crawling, walked early)
- Excessive shivering with positional changes
- Reflux that does not improve with medication
- Neglect of one side (No use of right hand OR left hand / No use of one leg during crawling)
- Constant open mouth posture
- Tight rib appearance with "Buddha Belly"
- Constipation
- Feeding difficulties / Difficulty with transition to solids
- Asymmetry in body in first 3 months ie: constantly twisted to one side, arms are not positioned in the same pattern frequently, turning head consistently to one side but not the other.
- Flattening of head either at the back or to one side.
- Diagnosis of flat head, plagiocephaly or torticollis
- Tight coronal suture, which is seen as a rubber band across the soft spot area of the head
- Ridge line on the forehead
- Using frequent V-Up posture when placed on back
- Difficulty with diapering or hair washing
Toddler-hood
Toddler-hood
- Increasing aggression or tantrumming lasting longer than 10-15 minutes.
- Low frustration tolerance / easily stressed OR overwhelmed
- Difficulty settling to and remaining asleep
- Feeding difficulties (Difficulty with textures OR oral motor)
- Motor delays (jumping, climbing, hesitation to explore playground or sensory gym equipment)
- Confused handedness
- Tilting head to look at objects or learning material
- Hyperactivity
- Increasing anxiety with daily activities novel and familiar
- Constant open mouth posture
- Delayed fine motor skill development (stacking blocks, doing shape / letter puzzles, lacing, buttoning, zipping, dressing)
- Frequent sensitivities or meltdowns with bathing, grooming, and dressing activities
- W-sitting
School-Aged Children
School-Aged Children
- Increasing aggression or tantrumming lasting longer than 10-15 minutes.
- Low frustration tolerance / easily stressed OR overwhelmed
- Difficulty settling to and remaining asleep
- Feeding difficulties (Difficulty with textures OR oral motor)
- Motor delays
- Confused handedness
- Tilting head to look at objects or learning material
- Hyperactivity OR poor attention
- Emotional regulation difficulties
- Increasing anxiety with daily activities novel and familiar
- Constant open mouth posture (Resting OR seeking to stick tongue out frequently)
- Delayed fine motor skill development (buttons, zippers, shoes, writing, utensils)
- Delayed visual tracking skills
- Delayed reading
- Frequent sensitivities or meltdowns with bathing, grooming, and dressing activities
- W-sitting