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Everyday routines such as mealtime, bath time, play time and story time provide opportunities for communication and language development. Routines are a great way for children’s learning as they provide repeated opportunities for learning in a natural, relaxed, and enjoyable way. Using routines also helps your child participate meaningfully in your family’s typical activities of the day.

Recent cases featured in the media1 have highlighted some of the challenges that people with special needs and their caregivers encounter when complying with COVID-19 tests and protocols. Over the past one year, we have helped our clients and their caregivers manoeuvre these protocols, and here are some pre-emptive measures which we realised could help

Training your child to use the toilet is an exciting milestone for both child and parent alike. In this first of the two-part series, SPD’s occupational therapist Jahzeel Ann Adan Eleazar gives an overview of toilet training and some common barriers affecting it.

SPD’s occupational therapist, Jahzeel Ann Adan Eleaza shares some tips to help make toilet training easier for your child.

Organisational skills are a set of techniques used by individuals to facilitate the efficiency of learning, problem solving, and task completion.

Tips to Engage Your Child Meaningfully at Home

SPD’s physiotherapist Cliodhna Kavanagh addresses the common questions that parents have regarding the W-sitting position