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🧠 If the brain only focuses on survival, it will keep scanning for threats.

💡 But when we offer children purpose, play, and connection...

🌱 Their brain gets permission to rest, regulate, and grow.

Let’s create environments that support calm and connection not just compliance.

Helpful tip for the day! Proprioceptive activities can help calm the nervous system!

I posted a reel about sensory seekers a few days ago, and in doing my research for that I learned lots of other stuff! So here’s another proprioception themed reel. 😅 As a reminder - proprioception is the sensory input we receive through our joints and muscles. It tells us about our body movements, and allows us to do things like go up stairs without looking, coordinate where your arms and legs go while getting be dressed, or ride a bike. Differences in how sensory input is received and processed is common with autism and other neurodivergencies (though it seems to be more extreme in autism than the other ones). Sensory seeking behaviors are only some of the signs of having low proprioception, but there are lots of other ones I never even thought about being in the same “family”. Like the fact that my 5 year old walking sounds like there’s an elephant in my house. Proprioceptive input is also one of the main regulators in the body, which means being low on proprioceptive input is going to lead to a pretty dysregulated state - trouble focusing and staying calm, being extra fidgety, extra trouble managing emotions. You aren’t going to be able to completely fix low proprioception permanently. But you can manage it throughout the day to help stay calm, focused, and regulated! Before doing something that involves a lot of sitting still and being quiet (school, religious service, long drive, etc), get in some proprioceptive input. You should also make sure to get some throughout the day, and even before bed! You can get proprioceptive input from: - Climbing - Running - Pushing, pulling, or carrying weighted objects - Hanging on monkey bars or from a trapeze - Jumping and crashing activities (trampoline, crash pad, etc) - Also more subtle things, like eating crunchy snacks, chewing gum, sucking on a lollipop or sucking thick liquid through a straw. - wear a compression shirt, weighted vest, or sit with a weighted blanket or stuffed animal in your lap Occupational therapy can also help with this! What’s your favorite way to get proprioceptive input? #sensoryseeker #sensoryseeking #autism #autismawareness #autismacceptance #autisticgirlsofinstagram

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What can YOU do with the barrel? Dr. Zoe Mailloux shares with us about Praxis! If you know someone who might benefit from learning more about the ideas presented here, visit our shareable PARENT PAGES at cl-asi.org/parents #parentresources #sensory #praxis #occupationaltherapy

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By popular demand, here's a handout version of our 2 Month Typical/Atypical Baby Motor Development video, which is available in 6 languages: English, Spanish, Greek, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Ukrainian.⁠

These 8 positions are used by healthcare providers to determine if intervention is needed, and serves as a reference guide for parents on what to look for. If you have questions or concerns, use this handout to talk to your healthcare provider.⁠

➡️ View, save, and print the complete handout here: https://pathways.org/watch/2-month-old-typical-and-atypical-motor-development/

📲 Track baby's development and play therapist approved activities to help baby meet milestones by downloading the FREE Pathways.org Baby Milestones app: https://pathways.org/mobile-app/

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When baby learns to roll, crawl, or walk, they're using their gross motor skills! Gross motor skills are movements related to large muscle groups, like legs, arms, and trunk. Try these easy gross motor activities to help baby strengthen the muscles needed to meet milestones. 📲 Download the Pathways.org Baby Milestones app for more baby activity ideas! https://pathways.org/mobile-app/ #grossmotorskills #babydevelopment #babyactivities #grossmotoractivity #motordevelopment

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has many amazing 💖 benefits! It can help baby meet important milestones by strengthening the muscles (back, neck, and core) needed for rolling and crawling. Play these Tummy Time activities to help baby get stronger so they'll be ready for those new movements!

➡️ Save and print our Tummy Time brochure for more tips: https://pathways.org/print/tummy-time-brochure/

📲 Easily track baby's Tummy Time sessions by downloading the FREE Pathways.org Baby Milestones app: https://pathways.org/mobile-app/

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Early Gut Flora Imbalance May Predict Autism and ADHD - Neuroscience News Disturbances in gut flora during infancy are linked to the later development of neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD.

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