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!
Holly Lind Joins Skills 4 Life
Welcome Holly Lind to the Skills 4 Life Team Holly Lind will be joining Skills 4 Life Pediatric Occupational Therapy on July 1, 2019, from Certified Adaptive, where she provided customized seating solutions to children in wheelchairs. Before Certified Adaptive, she...
Importance of Early Intervention
Early Intervention Services Enhance Brain Development An infant’s experiences have long-lasting effects on their ability to learn, regulate their emotions, connect socially, and sequentially develop for optimal neurological function. When there is an absence...
10 Tips for Successful Proofreading
Does your child incorporate proofreading as part of their written work? Most of my students think that as soon as they put their final ending punctuation mark on their writing, it’s done! The ability to assess and correct one’s own performance is a...
Empower Children with “Job Talk”
Kids generally don’t enjoy being told what to do, especially when it comes to doing tasks. According to executive function experts, Sarah Ward, M.S., CCC/SLP and Kristen Jacobsen, M.S., CCC/SLP, the key to increasing job performance is to change tasks from a...
Minimize Online Distractions With These Tools
Are online distractions keeping your child from finishing their projects? Does your student struggle to stay focused when completing online homework assignments? Nowadays, most middle school and high school students use the internet to complete homework assignments,...
Tools to Enhance Emotional Self-Regulation
I was recently asked by a parent of a “fiery” 5-year-old whose emotional intensity levels frequently overshadow her burgeoning self-regulatory skills, for some effective self-soothing techniques to teach her. Here’s my response: Emotional regulation...
12 Steps to Use Your Planner Like a Pro
Use an Academic Planner If you’re like most of my students, you are probably thinking that you don’t need to use an academic planner because you can just remember your homework, projects, and upcoming tests. Guess what? That will work until it doesn’t! Some things are...Getting Homework Done-Tips for Parents
Homework can provide a wonderful opportunity to teach students organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills. It can also teach them how to be responsible and to work autonomously. These are all excellent “skills 4 life.” Even exceptional...