Therapy Tree

SLT groups through Yoga available from March on Glenageary -see below for more details!

Last week marked the end of one chapter and the start of a new one. We loved our premises in pottery road but due to a series of different & difficult circumstances we decided to close the premises. We are now offering an exclusively home based MDT therapy service for OT, PT AND SLT.

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

Due to the worsening situation with COVID the clinic will be closed for the month of January. OT & SLT departments are closed for this time, with physio offering essential only appointments and teletherapy. Please contact Athina by phone (9am-1pm) or by email [email protected]. Thank you for your understanding during these very hard times.

We wish to take this opportunity to say wish all our clients and their families a happy & healthy New Year. 2021 we have high hopes for you! We did not send Christmas cards/gifts this year but instead made two donations to Laura Lynn and Jack & Jill Foundation which are two invaluable supports for many of our families. We will re-open the clinic on Monday 4th January as planned.

Happy European Music Therapy day everyone!! 🎉

What a privilege and a joy to be able to use music to empower and enable others to reach their full potential 🎶

We are so happy to have the wonderfully talented Jessica Sinclair, music therapist working alongside us in Therapy Tree. Music therapy is such a wonderful treatment that benefits so many children.

https://www.facebook.com/dublinmusictherapy/

Dublin Music Therapy Using musical interaction to support meaningful connection and self-expression!

Music therapy is an

It’s so important for everyone to educate themselves about Developmental Language Disorder -DLD. It is estimated that 2children in every classroom have DLD, yet it is still a disorder that isn’t well known and could be supported much more.
Read this fact sheet to learn more.

radld.org

New MIT research finds that for children's brain development, parents don't just need to talk to their kids — it's important to talk with them, in back-and-forth exchanges.

MIT Brain Study: Back-And-Forth Talk Key To Developing Kids' Verbal Skills New MIT research finds that for children's brain development, parents don't just need to talk to their kids -- it's important to talk with them, in back-and-forth exchanges.

Nice article on swimming and body awareness.

Swimming is great for supporting sensory integration. Submitted by Guest blogger Ruth OT I first started to really think about the sensory integration benefits of swimming when I realised our daughter was getting so much better at the climbing frame a…

Two simple and fun toys suitable for children 2.5 years up. Mini pop beads and Djeco wooden beads with charms. Activities like this are great for developing hand strength, refining grasps, motor planning and sequencing skills, in hand manipulation and one of the main reasons our OT advises activities like this; Bilateral integration (coordination of the two sides of the body & brain) integration