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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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Tools for Creating and Customizing Social Stories

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource introduces a range of digital tools therapists can use to create personalized, engaging social stories for clients working on social communication skills. It includes platform overviews, usage tips, and visual examples, making it easy to find the right tool for different therapy goals.
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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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Cut and Paste: Dressing for Each Season

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help kids strengthen fine motor skills, sequencing, and seasonal vocabulary with this engaging cut-and-paste dress-up activity. Perfect for speech and occupational therapy, this resource encourages discussion about clothing choices while building essential skills in a fun, hands-on way.
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Helping Kids Communicate Their Needs: A Guide for Parents

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents redirect their child’s behavior by providing simple, effective scripts that teach kids what to do instead of just telling them what not to do. Designed for therapists using a parent coaching model, this resource supports families in reinforcing self-advocacy, emotional regulation, and alternative communication strategies through consistent, real-life practice.
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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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Feelings Check-In

March 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps children build emotional awareness by identifying, describing, and mapping their emotions using sensory and size-based cues. Designed for speech and occupational therapy, it supports language development, interoception, and self-regulation, giving kids the tools to express and manage their feelings with greater clarity.
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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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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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Screen-Free Shopping: Small Tasks, Big Growth

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Shopping trips can be more than a task to check off your to-do list—they’re rich with opportunities to help children learn, connect, and grow. This handout offers therapists a variety of simple, practical strategies to share with families, turning everyday errands into engaging moments that build social, emotional, and cognitive skills. With ideas tailored for both toddlers and school-aged children, this resource helps make screen-free moments not only manageable but meaningful.
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