by Melissa Collier | Aug 14, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers
Back to school study tips during a pandemic vary based on if students are returning to a traditional classroom with additional safety measures or virtual learning at home. For some families, it will be a mix of the two with hybrid learning. How students return to...
by Melissa Collier | Aug 5, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers
Eating Therapy at Zier Institute is important for children and teens who have a complicated relationship with food. Picky eaters. Anxious Eaters. Worried eaters. There are plenty of labels for children and adults who struggle with eating or trying new foods. It’s...
by Melissa Collier | Jul 22, 2020 | For Educators, For Parents/Caregivers
The importance of sleep for kids and teens is a widely researched topic. Good sleep habits promote healthy development during the formative and adolescent years. Sleep programs find that sleeping like a well-slumbered baby is nice but sleeping like a fourteen-year-old...
by Melissa Collier | Jul 1, 2020 | For Educators, For Parents/Caregivers, Uncategorized
These anti-racism resources for kids and families have been collected by our occupational therapists in Omaha and Chicago over the past six weeks. Just as we shared resources about talking to kids about COVID, we‘re sharing resources/action-steps for kids in order to...
by Melissa Collier | Jun 18, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers, For Educators
Back to school!?! Why would we mention this when we’ve just NOW begun to enjoy a little summer fun? Whether we want to think about it or not, which is a perfectly understandable reaction at this juncture, back to school will – or possibly won’t – be here...
by Melissa Collier | May 15, 2020 | DIR/Floortime, For Educators, For Parents/Caregivers, Having Fun/Engaging, Science/Research
Online occupational therapy may have once seemed like a futuristic concept but in the age of Covid-19, the future is now. Fortunately, technology and the research about the effectiveness of telehealth and occupational teletherapy were ready for this moment. As with...
by Melissa Collier | May 3, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers, For Educators, In the News
Screen time is difficult to monitor during a pandemic. Combining online learning, online therapy, and virtual activities with kids’ normal social media usage of Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, etc., it adds up to a lot of face to screen time. In “Should You Worry About...
by Melissa Collier | Mar 24, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers, In the News
Telehealth for Pediatric Occupational Therapy When the tough gets going, the tough find options that work. Zier Institute has remained committed to supporting families during the COVID19 pandemic. We continue to see clients while following all CDC guidelines but have...
by Melissa Collier | Mar 11, 2020 | For Parents/Caregivers
How to discipline your children is one of the toughest decisions parents have to make. Does it vary based on the personality of each child, on the circumstance, or on your chosen parenting style? A seemingly simple system of rewards and consequences is the go-to model...
by Melissa Collier | Feb 26, 2020 | Having Fun/Engaging
Outdoor play is an important component of child development at all ages. From playing in the sandbox, riding bikes around the neighborhood to games of kickball were once rites of childhood passage. Currently, letting kids be kids and allowing them unstructured outdoor...
