by Molly Huggins | May 10, 2022 | Swimming Therapy
Welcome back! We are on part three of our series on pediatric occupational therapy. Today we are talking handwriting with Dr. Marielly! Does your child hate handwriting? Does your child hate handwriting? Do they start whining or having a meltdown the second they have...
by Molly Huggins | Apr 13, 2022 | Swimming Therapy
If you missed it last time we introduced Dr. Marielly, LA-based Pediatric Occupational Therapist, to educate us on the importance of occupational therapy and early interventions. Today we dive into sensory integration a little bit more. Sensory Integration: Get Those...
by Molly Huggins | Feb 14, 2022 | Swimming Therapy
Many of you know that our passion is helping special needs children learn to swim, knowing just how much the mental, physical, and emotional benefits of swimming can help improve the quality of life and experience for our clients. In this capacity, we often meet and...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 16, 2020 | Swimming Therapy
I thought I was just stupid. I grew up the majority of my life thinking I was just stupid. I had an immense amount of trouble reading, writing, and doing math for most of my elementary school years. I would struggle in the classroom to the point where I could not keep...
by Molly Huggins | Nov 1, 2019 | Swimming Therapy
“Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the...
by Molly Huggins | Mar 4, 2019 | Swimming Therapy
Happiness as we know it, more than just being a self-reported state of being, is a brain-wide phenomenon with a range of emotional gradations and neurochemical connections. Marine biologist and renowned author Dr. Wallace J. Nichols wrote an entire book on the benefit...