What to do when school gets out...4 short months from NOW!!

Think summer and you start thinking about keeping your child busy.  And you want the moments to count for something not just "time fillers".

That is where Children's Special Services, LLC can really be THE place to turn to . Learning coping skills, cooperation, social skills, organization, frustration tolerance, information processing, etc. while increasing sensory motor skills is WHAT WE DO!!

And we have been doing it for over 20 years.  Check out our website www.childrens-services.com and go the calendar for May, June and July programs.

Our US Trademarked Handwriting WIN™ Write Incredibly Now™ Program is being implemented in over 15 states nationwide and our PLAY Your WAY sensory based Social Skills Program incorporates sensory and emotional regulatory skills in an interactive and fun environment.

Multi-camp and sibling discounts are available now through May 1st!

All services are billed as therapy for possible insurance reimbursement.  All services are CPT and ICD coded so that services are within the reasonable and customary rates and regulations for occupational therapy within the state of GA.

Come check us out!!

Our Camps are:
Play YOUR WAY to Sensory Motor and Social:  A program of guided play to help the young child  ages 3-7 with fine and gross motor and sensory motor skills inclusive of but not limited to:

·       Sensory Modulation

·       Frustration tolerance

·       Following directions

·       Transitions

·       Noise tolerance

·       Tactile experiences

·       Memory

·       Sequencing

·       Body self awarenss

·       Drawing and Construction

·       Sharing

·       Group skills

WIN™ Program Write Incredibly NOW™  

Handwriting organization and sensory awareness rolled into 12 moving and exciting hours of increased competency—US Trademarked Write Incredibly Now ™ Program uses creative play to increase motor fluency.

Both manuscript and cursive taught.

**All camps billed as therapy for possible reimbursement for out of network expenses.

More information www.childrens-services.com

Email info@childrens-services.com

Phone 770-394-9791

Twitter OTRLovesKids

Using Toys Creatively

Special Needs essentials blog/Deborah Gauzman

Written by: Susan N. Schriber Orloff, OTR/L, FAOTA

When thinking of playful engaging activities for “special needs” children it is important that know that everything can be adapted to meet the needs of any child within a play environment.

It is more important to think how than what.  A simple game of checkers can be made easier by putting string in the directions the player is allowed to move, pick up sticks can be arranged to follow a pattern on an underlying mat so that the game includes color and positional matching not to mention pincer grasp, dominoes can be color coded on their dots so that the game turns into multiple matching tasks not just one; and so forth.

Parents do not have to spend a lot of money in special needs catalogues looking for just the “right” toy or game when all games can be “right” if used creatively and with necessary adaptations.

When selecting special toys or equipment think about versatility and how many ways you can use the item.  Special Needs  “essentials” is just that, the “essentials” so think about the BEST pieces to buy that cover a range of opportunities for multiple functions.

For example a “chewy tube” can also be an in-hand manipulation toy; neon bracelets can be adapted pick-up sticks; hand held massagers can be part of a relay race game; and puppets designed for increasing hand skills can be used for imaginative play to increase social skills.

There is also the Old Fashioned concept of making a game or craft together.  Before all the left over Christmas wrapping paper is gone, make a sculpture with the paper, watered down school glue and some ModgePodge. Think about making toy storage boxes that the child will be invested in using by covering them with the left over wrapping paper and making it shiny with the ModgePodge. Parent and child will get a lot more out of this activity than the end product—they will be talking to each other and this is an excellent time to use and build vocabulary and social skills.

The most important thing to think about is ‘how can this activity enhance my child’s total developmental abilities: physical (hand skills and/or gross motor), neurological (thinking, reasoning and sensory) and perceptual (seeing and processing) skills.

Your options are endless and they are most likely to be already in your home rather than a fancy (and expensive) catalogue, or in a store near-by.

Susan N. Schriber Orloff, OTR/L is the author of the book. “Learning RE-Enabled” a guide for parents, teachers and therapists,(a National Education Association featured book) as well as the CEO/Exec. Director of Children’s Special Services, LLC an occupational therapy service for children with developmental and learning delays in Atlanta, GA.  She can be reached through her website at www.childrens-services.com or at susanorloff@childrens-services.com.  On Twitter at OTRLovesKids, or her blog LDMadeEasy.blogspot.com, or Facebook Susan N. Schriber Orloff, OTR/L, FAOTA Children's Special Services, LLC page.

2015 Summer Camps Now Available for Registration

AGAIN this summer!!  Children's Special Services, LLC is offering it’s award winning US Trademarked enrichment camps for handwriting, social /sensory motor development for children ages 3-13. ** Multiple sessions and locations are throughout the Greater Atlanta Area: Buckhead, Brookhaven, Midtown, Sandy Springs. Camps are designed to give 1-1 attention in a supportive group environment.

Our Camps are:
Play YOUR WAY to Sensory Motor and Social:  A program of guided play to help the young child  ages 3-7 with fine and gross motor and sensory motor skills inclusive of but not limited to:

• ·       Sensory Modulation
• ·       Frustration tolerance
• ·       Following directions
• ·       Transitions
• ·       Noise tolerance
• ·       Tactile experiences
• ·       Memory
• ·       Sequencing
• ·       Body self awarenss
• ·       Drawing and Construction
• ·       Sharing
• ·       Group skills
• 
  

WIN™ Program Write Incredibly NOW™  

Handwriting organization and sensory awareness rolled into 12 moving and exciting hours of increased competency—US Trademarked Write Incredibly Now ™ Program uses creative play to increase motor fluency.

Both manuscript and cursive taught.

Children’s Special Services ,LLC Summer Camps**

**All Camps are billed as therapy and may be eligible for private insurance reimbursement 

**Hourly fee applied to total program hours. All materials and supplies provided

**OTR ratio to child no more than 3:1

**Please call Children’s Special Services, LLC for more information   770-394-9791

Children’s Special Services ,LLC Summer Camps**

**All Camps are billed as therapy and may be eligible for private insurance reimbursement 

2015 Summer Enrichment Camps Open for Registration

May 26-27-28-29 Play YOUR Way to Sensory Motor and Social Success 

Place Our Lady of Assumption School, Brookhaven

Time 9-11:30

Ages 3-6

Cost $29.50/hour

June 8-9-10-11  Write Incredibly Now ™ WIN™ Handwriting Program 

Place: Christ the King Church, Buckhead

Time 9-12

Ages 4-13  (children will be grouped by skill level early-writers—manuscript through cursive)

Cost $46/hour 

June 15-16-17-18-19  Write Incredibly Now ™ WIN™ Handwriting Program 

Place:  Midtown International School, Midtown

Time: 3-5 PM

Ages: 5-13

Cost $46/hour

June 22-23-24-25  Write Incredibly Now ™ WIN™ Handwriting Program

Place Pace Academy, Buckhead

Time 9-12

Ages 4-13

Cost $46/hour

July 13-14-15-16 Write Incredibly Now ™ WIN™ Handwriting Program 

Place  The Clinic at Children’s Special Services

Time 9-12

Ages 4-13

Cost $46/hour

**All camps billed as therapy for possible reimbursement for out of network expenses.

More information www.childrens-services.com

Email info@childrens-services.com

Phone 770-394-9791

Twitter OTRLovesKids

Blog LDMadeEasy@blogspot.com

All camps are occupational therapy/speech therapy based and supervised by Registered and Licensed Occupational Therapists.  Check out our website for more detailed information.