My Therapy Tree

Here at My Therapy Tree, we follow a DIR Floortime approach. The website below provides a list of references on current research supporting this approach and the effectiveness it has with improving developmental, social emotional, and communication skills with children and decrease stress and improve your relationship with your children. https://www.icdl.com/research

The heat is finally here, so let’s talk about some ways to use water to enhance your child’s development! Take a paint brush and paint letters and numbers on the sidewalk or pavement with water! Water tables or bin with toys, try scooping them out with spoons or cups, or seeing which items sink or float Throwing water balloons or sponge bombs Running under or over a sprinkler... Pour water from one container to another Filling up large sponges and squeezing them out Water with dish soap in a container, mix it with a spoon or mixer, then hide objects in it or work on tolerating new textures Use water droppers to pick up water and squirt it out to work on fine motor skills Wash toys with water and soap using a toothbrush to scrub them! Happy water play everyone!

Now that the weather is getting warmer it is time to get your children outside to work on their motor planning, coordination, and strength. A great activity that can work on these skills is bubbles! You can have your children chase the bubbles, work on isolating their fingers to pop them, jump to get them, stomp on them, or work on their oral motor control and strength to work on blowing the bubbles themselves!

Therapist Spotlight! Louise Gerlach is a physical therapist with over 30 years of experience with children of all ages as well as adults. She has practiced in numerous states and a variety of settings. She is completing her first year in early intervention, bringing her comfortable and effective therapeutic approach to infants and toddlers and their families. She enjoys continued professional growth and is currently developing her skills with Total Motion Release. She is the proud grandmother of 8 and, in her free time enjoys golf, tennis, gardening and being involved in community activities.

We seem to be going through so much more food now that everyone is home! If you are looking for resources to help stock your pantry & fridge, these two programs... are offering drive through food pick up TODAY. York Benevolent Association 301 Kings Mill Rd, York, PA 9-1 today York County Food Bank Location of food drive - Former Kmart on Haines Road Starts at 3:00 today