Can a service dog help your anxious child? Children with anxiety disorder often feel that their lives are spiraling out of control. Things that other kids do cause them anxiety or panic. Things like going to school, a mall, a movie theater, or going…
What is Occupational Therapy? Occupational therapists often visited my special education classroom throughout the school day. It wasn’t until I interviewed an occupational therapist, for an article on weighted blankets, that I learned the benefits occupational therapy offers an anxious child. I shared my lack…
Easing Anxiety and Grief The greatest demonstration of the healing power of therapy dogs might be the comfort they provided to the children of Newtown, Connecticut after the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The children returned to school full…
Charles Shultz was definitely on to something when he created Linus VanPelt’s iconic baby blue blanket. While he primarily uses it for security, Linus transforms his blanket into a shepherd’s headdress, a scarf, a sport coat and the covering for the base of a…