Explore expert insights from The Children’s Place on children’s motor, sensory, and self-care skills through engaging Occupational Therapy support and tips

ASD Severity Levels Explained

2025-12-16T04:13:12+00:00November 18th, 2025|

Autism looks different in every child. Some speak in full sentences, hold down jobs, and live independently. Others never develop verbal language and need assistance with everything from getting dressed to staying safe. The gap between these experiences is enormous, which is exactly why the DSM-5 introduced three levels of autism back in 2013. [...]

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What Is Autistic Burnout? Symptoms & Relief Guide

2025-12-09T03:24:51+00:00November 2nd, 2025|

Autistic burnout is different from regular tiredness. It can last weeks, months, or even longer - a state of complete exhaustion that happens when an autistic person's ability to cope with everyday life gets totally overwhelmed. Kids, teens, and adults all experience this crushing exhaustion. A child who used to handle school fine suddenly [...]

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Chatty Tots Early Intervention Programme

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00July 23rd, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WHAT IS CHATTY TOTS EARLY INTERVENTION?Chatty Tots Early Intervention (Chatty Tots EI) is a centre-based interdisciplinary therapy programme for 2 to 4-year-olds who may have or is suspected to have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Could this be for your little one?If [...]

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Promoting Diversity & Inclusivity Through Books & Toys!

2025-12-23T07:50:36+00:00July 21st, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Abbey Flesner, Speech & Language Therapist at The Children's Place. Expose Your Little One It has been found that children as young as 2 years old use race to reason about people's behaviours (Hirschfiel, 2008). Therefore, it is important to start providing your little one with positive information about the world early on. Exposing [...]

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COVID-19: We Are Ready

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00May 4th, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WE ARE NOT WAITING, WE ARE ADVENTURING FORWARD We are not going to sit here waiting for COVID-19 to be over. Just because the world has dramatically changed, the amount of children and families that need our support has not. We are [...]

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Online Therapy and Distance Support

2025-11-25T00:13:52+00:00April 22nd, 2020|

This Scribble was penciled by Amy Strohman, Speech and Language Therapist, and Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. PRIORITIES At The Children’s Place, our biggest priority has always been the health and safety of our TCP families and our team. It is important we are all staying home to protect our loved [...]

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Understanding Dyslexia

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00May 2nd, 2019|

Understanding Dyslexia What is Dyslexia?                       Dyslexia is a difficulty with words: ‘dys’ means ‘difficulty’ and ‘lexis’ means language. Dyslexia is more common than you might think: it is thought that it affects up to 10% of the population, and it affects as many females as males.  It has strong familial link, so if there [...]

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Growth Mindset: Developing Your Child’s Resiliency

2025-11-25T00:14:36+00:00February 12th, 2019|

This Scribble blog post was written by Emily Grant, Occupational Therapist. How can you help your child develop a growth mindset? Does your child often give up quickly when faced with a new challenge? Have you ever heard them say “I can’t do this” or do they ask you to finish tasks for them? [...]

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Is Your Child Ready to Embark on a Social Thinking Adventure?

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00January 10th, 2019|

This Scribble blog post was written by Hollie Gillespie, Occupational Therapist Does your child find it tricky in social situations? Sometimes get stuck on their own ideas and find it hard to be flexible when things don’t go to plan? Follow their own plan without regard for their peers? Struggle relating to their peers’ [...]

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TCPs Ultimate Christmas Toy List: Part II

2026-01-07T06:50:56+00:00December 3rd, 2018|

One of the most common questions we get asked at the clinic is to share recommendations for gifts, activities, and games parents can get for their children for the holidays. There are so many options that can not only be fun but also help your child achieve their therapy goals. Last year, our therapists [...]

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