Category Archives: primitive reflexes

Aesthetic awareness…


Artistic language includes the expression about the object with one’s perspective. It is important to teach a child his own view about the world. The regular children talk about color, shapes, textures, taste is like making aesthetic choices. This is one … Continue reading

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Pretend play


Pretend play is an important developmental milestone in the child growth. It not only encourages the play participation but also encourages cognitive, communication, social and emotional development. 1. The easiest way to start pretend play is playing with dolls. Sometimes, … Continue reading

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Echolalia


Echolalia is most commonly seen in the children with Autism or other language and communication disorders. Sometimes, echolalia is seen in younger children like 1 to 2 years when they are learning the language. But, this phase decreases as the … Continue reading

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Play dough and pasta


There are many activities a child can do with play dough. Play dough not only decreases the tactile hypersensitivity but also helps in tactile discrimination, motor planning and fine motor strengthening.  Recently I met a child who was very fond … Continue reading

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Developmental milestones 3 (8-12 months)


Every child is special and different. They have their own pace of learning and achieving developmental milestones. Some are fast and others are little slow. But, most of the children learn the milestone within the stage. Some babies sit by … Continue reading

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Left side stimulation


Many children gets brain damage during their early development either because of physical injury or clot in the brain. If brain damage is on the right side, left side of the body is effected. Many children do recover very fast … Continue reading

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1 to 3 months- I


It is believed that a newborns do not know more than sleeping, eating and crying. But, a newborn is born with some mature skills. The newborn can see, smell, hear, follow people, hold objects etc which get refine as the … Continue reading

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TOILET TRAINING


Toilet training, the term means to train a child for appropriate use of toilet during his daily life. It includes a series of process starting from sense of defecation, going to toilet, undressing, proper use of toilet and dressing again. … Continue reading

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Autism and siblings…


Most of the parents believe, the other child (brother or sister) plays an important role in development of the child with special needs. As parents influence the child ,same brothers and sisters do. But, it is true partly. Many a … Continue reading

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I am Visual learner!!!


It is seen most of children with Autism are very strong visual learner. They learn better when they see something rather than they hear. They have very good eye of detail but sometimes they miss the detail as a whole.  … Continue reading

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