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25
Aug
COVID-19 Announcement
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Rebecca School is committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our clients and employees. We want you to know that we are monitoring the outbreak closely and staying up to date with the latest World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updates and protocols. Our Clinical & Nursing Team is continuously developing […]
11
Aug
Rebecca School 2020-2021 Reopening Plan
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The Rebecca School leadership in collaboration with the staff and families and ensuring we follow the NYS DOH, NYSED, NYC DOH, NYCDOE and the CDC guidelines created this hybrid plan for learning for September 2020 having the students, staff and families safety and wellbeing as the priority. If the staff and students cannot be in […]
30
Apr
Changing Posture During Play
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The OT department wanted to share how to incorporate different postures during play to build postural control, which is the ability to maintain the body in a position without losing balance. As your child masters each of these postures, he/she is also gaining balance, strength, stability, and alignment. These skills will eventually be used for […]
30
Apr
Posture
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The OT department wanted to continue the topic of POSTURE! Postural alignment is important for feeding, drawing, reading, writing, and respiration. Try the activities below to improve posture! Seated posture Hips, knees, and ankles at 90 degrees! This 90-90-90 form will provide optimal posture to complete tabletop activities. The desk should be at elbow height. […]
30
Apr
Animal Poses
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The OT department wants to share activities to improve your child’s interoceptive sense! Interoception is one of the 8 senses of the body. It represents the internal functions of the body and is what informs us that we are hungry, thirsty, sleepy, too hot, feeling pain, need the bathroom, and other internal sensations. Activities Yoga […]
13
Jan
Community Food of the Month
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This month’s community food is sweet potatoes! Sweet potatoes come in many different forms and can provide many opportunities for language and sensory exploration. Try buying fresh sweet potatoes. Before you cut the sweet potatoes, can you guess or draw what you might see inside? Making these predictions can help to promote abstract thinking. Sweet […]
9
Jan
January Sensory Activities
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This month the OT department wanted to share fun activities to encourage your child to cross midline! The “midline” is the imaginary line in the center of the body that separates the left and right sides. Crossing midline is moving your arm or leg past the center into the opposite side. This movement is used […]
17
Dec
December Community Food
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December Community Food This month our community food is cranberries this means that your child will have the opportunity to interact with, eat, and share this food with their peers during lunch, cooking groups, and sensory-based activities. See below for ideas on how to incorporate cranberries into language learning experiences at home Cranberry Shortbread Cookies […]
16
Oct
Three-Ingredients (or less!) Tactile Sensory Play
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Below are recipes for tactile play that you can implement at home with your child, utilizing simple and easy ingredients that you probably have handy! Tactile-sensory play is beneficial because, through the exploration of touch, children integrate their tactile system, including, touch, pain, temperature, and vibration. Tactile play can also be calming and regulating for […]
13
Jun
Body Mapping
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With summer upon us, the OT’s want to share some fun activities involving Maps To encourage your child to better understand themselves and their environment. Body Mapping Game: increasing your child’s awareness of their body First, get a long sheet of white paper, and have your child trace your body. If this is too challenging […]
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