The Skills 4 Life Blog
Skills 4 Life South Boulder Office Opens May 14
The Skills 4 Life South Boulder office is now OPEN!
We realize that beginning or resuming in-person therapy is an individual choice based on your comfort level and risk factors. Rest assured that the health and safety of your children is our top priority.
We will continue to provide online services to families throughout Colorado as an on-going treatment option.
5 Ways to Practice Activities of Daily Living
Activities of Daily Living: Using Occupational Therapy to Embrace Challenges & Enhance Lives April is National Occupational Therapy (OT) Month, and we are happy to celebrate along with our fellow practitioners and the incredible families we serve. The American...
Meet Skills 4 Life Founder Karina Black
Meet Karina Black of Skills 4 Life Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Boulder As published in VoyageDenver on March 17, 2020. Today we’d like to introduce you to Karina Black. Karina, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the...
Skills 4 Life Provides Online Services in CO
Skills 4 Life Pediatric Occupational Therapy provides online services for CO residents. We’re also offering a new session just for parents as they navigate the challenges of this pandemic. Learn more now!
10 Time Management Strategies for Students
Time management is a challenge for everyone, especially for middle and high school students. Between homework, school, after-school activities, family, friends, jobs, and more, their time is truly NOT their own. And in this fast-paced culture, effective time-management skills are essential.
Read more for some helpful tools and tips to help your students master basic time management strategies!
Real Results from Our Keyboarding Intensives
Skills 4 Life’s keyboarding intensives teach children to touch type with speed AND accuracy in as little as eight sessions!
Click to take a look at real results from real students right now! Then, let’s get typing!
Seventh Annual Gift Guide for Children
We’re delighted to release our Seventh Annual Skills 4 Life Holiday Gift Guide!
Every year we share our list of favorite therapeutic games, toys, and activities with your child’s education and development in mind. Each of our choices is fun for kids to play and also teaches them a useful skill. Therefore, we’ve organized our recommendations based on the skill sets that your child might benefit from cultivating, such as fine and gross motor skills, word games, handwriting skills, time telling, visual perceptual skills, and so much more. We hope you find this valuable resource helpful!
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) & Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy can be a great addition to your child's treatment team for managing the symptoms of Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Like other disciplines that may be involved in your child’s care, an occupational therapists' goal is to empower...
10 Ways to Help Your Child Improve Balance
Balance is essential for participating in many daily tasks as well as maintaining proper posture for tabletop activities. It is also crucial for involvement in physical activities that children may partake in at school, during gym class, or at recess. Here are ways...
Parenting Children & Teens with ADHD
Skills 4 Life is proud to present: Parenting Children & Teens with ADHD Facilitated by Cindy Goldrich, Ed.M., ACAC Living with ADHD is not easy. Not for parents, not for siblings, and most of all, not for the child with ADHD. We have learned so much in the past...
