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First Summer at a Special Needs Camp

9/11/2018

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First Summer at a Special Needs Camp
​It's been a while since I've posted but I wanted to quickly share how this summer went compared to previous years and how my son's Autism diagnosis last fall helped me craft a better experience for both of us. I enrolled him in ONE single day camp—solely for kids with special needs—called Camp Sunnyside / Easter Seals. Well, actually, he went to one cooking camp somewhere else in the first week of summer but as expected, it was fresh hell. So I was crossing my fingers that Camp Sunnyside would work out because I had no plan B.
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Sensory Play in Nature for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)

1/26/2017

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I’m not a medical professional—I’m simply a mom raising an awesome little man to live up to his full potential. I’m sharing our experiences in hopes that they’re informative and encouraging to you.   

We instinctively know that nature is the perfect playground for children. There’s also a growing number of peer-reviewed research pointing to countless health benefits of nature play for all kids, especially ADHD kids, like here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Much attention to this issue has been promoted by best-selling author Richard Louv who created the term “Nature Deficit Disorder” to describe how the lack of contact with nature affects people’s mental and physical health. It’s not a clinical term, but the concept has gained recognition in the medical community—and doctors are even prescribing vitamin “N” (Nature) now. While all this information is fantastic and helpful—especially when managing ADHD symptoms—the lesser known Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is off the radar and unknown to most people, yet it often coexists with other diagnoses such as ADHD, Autism, various Learning Differences, Developmental Delays, Premature Birth, and so forth. Even without SPD, sensory play is essential for all children, regardless of developmental differences.


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