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Real-Life Phone Use: Tools for Teens

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This interactive activity helps therapists support middle and high school students in reflecting on their phone use with non-shaming, real-world strategies. This resource opens the door to meaningful conversations about digital habits, emotional regulation, and self-awareness.
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Try This Instead: Alternatives to Time-Outs

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout offers gentle, practical alternatives to time-outs that prioritize connection and emotional regulation, especially helpful for children who experience the world differently. It’s designed to support therapists in guiding parents through real-life scenarios with strategies that build trust, not isolation.
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Silly Visual Categorization Game

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This playful categorization game is perfect for sparking language, imagination, and movement in therapy sessions. With open-ended visuals and silly categories, kids get to justify their choices, explore flexible thinking, and have fun without worrying about being “right.”
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Building Confidence in Kids: The Power of Letting Them Struggle

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help parents build their child’s confidence by supporting them through struggle instead of rescuing them. This handout provides practical strategies and scripts to help parents navigate those key moments when learning is hard, fostering resilience and independence in kids with disabilities.
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The “Time Budget” Challenge

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help teens take control of their busy schedules with The Time Budget Challenge, a practical activity designed to build time management and planning skills. This resource guides students through organizing their weekly commitments, balancing school, extracurriculars, and downtime, so they can develop healthy habits for managing their workload independently.
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100 Children’s Books Featuring Disabilities and Neurodiversity

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource features 100 children’s books across 10 categories, including wheelchair use, deafness, dyslexia, stuttering, autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, physical disabilities and differences, cerebral palsy, and sensory processing. With one printable page per topic, therapists can easily share relevant book recommendations with parents and families to foster understanding and inclusion. These carefully selected stories empower children and encourage meaningful conversations about disability and neurodiversity.
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Collaborative IEP Meetings: A Multidisciplinary Guide for Meaningful Parent Engagement

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This is a practical resource designed for therapists to share with parents and colleagues, helping to foster a more family-centered, inclusive approach to IEP meetings. Packed with actionable strategies, checklists, and parent advocacy tools, this guide empowers teams to create meetings where parents feel heard, valued, and truly part of the decision-making process.
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Routine & Transition Planning Sheets

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help your clients build self-awareness and self-advocacy with this Routine & Transition Planning Sheet, a structured tool designed for autistic individuals, ADHD diagnoses, and brain injury survivors. This resource guides them in identifying challenging transitions, exploring personalized strategies, and creating a clear plan to communicate their needs to parents, teachers, and support teams.
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Caterpillar to Butterfly: Cut and Paste Sequencing Activity

March 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help kids strengthen sequencing, fine motor, and language skills with this engaging cut-and-paste activity! Perfect for speech and occupational therapy, this resource supports storytelling, vocabulary growth, and motor coordination while exploring the butterfly life cycle.
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Helping Kids Understand Circles of Control

March 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help kids navigate anxiety and frustration by exploring what they can control, what they can influence, and what is out of their hands. This interactive activity encourages reflection, builds resilience, and gives kids a practical framework to focus their energy on what truly matters.
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