5 games you can play with your toddler that encourage self-control.
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Fecha Yap
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
3 Simple ways to develop self-control in your toddler.
Your toddler is developing in leaps and bounds. One of the key things they are learning as they test the boundaries is learning what is...
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Fecha Yap
- Sep 22
- 2 min
Sensory Processing Disorders - What is it and how can Play Therapy help?
Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a condition where the brain has trouble receiving and responding to information that comes through...
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Fecha Yap
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Signs your child may be dysregulated and what you can do to help.
Every single behaviour exhibited by your child has a meaning and purpose. Interestingly, the same behaviour exhibited by a different...
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Fecha Yap
- Aug 21
- 3 min
Tantrums – What are they and how do I stop them?
Tantrums can be quite tough to deal with as a parent. When your child erupts in a mall or "loses it" while you're at the grocery store,...
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Fecha Yap
- Aug 3
- 3 min
How Play therapy helps you raise a confident child!
First of all, what is Play therapy? Simply put, it is a type of therapy where a therapist uses play, toys, and games to help the child...
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Fecha Yap
- Aug 2
- 2 min
What to do when your child stops listening.
Your child has free will and they won't always listen to you all the time. We're also just human, and we won't always be able to execute...
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Fecha Yap
- Jul 11
- 3 min
How connecting with your child improves behaviour.
No universal guidebook to parenting tells you how exactly you should raise your child. Often parents develop styles over time,...
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Fecha Yap
- Jul 10
- 4 min
5 ways to get your child to listen.
A lot of us growing up may not have had parents who modeled how to work through difficult emotions for us. In an ideal world, we would...
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Fecha Yap
- Jul 10
- 3 min
How do you get your child to listen?
We've all been there! You find yourself having to yell at the top of your lungs to get your children to listen and do as they're told!...
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Fecha Yap
- May 29
- 3 min
5 ways you can discipline your child in a positive manner.
It goes without saying that you care very much about how you interact with your children and how you raise them. Parents that struggle...
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Fecha Yap
- May 17
- 2 min
Play therapy techniques to try at home!
Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month! We want to share some Play Therapy techniques you can try at home with your little one....
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Fecha Yap
- May 4
- 3 min
3 ways you can connect with your non-verbal child today.
Having a child that is non-verbal can be challenging, which is why we are big advocates of Play! My experiences working with children...
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Fecha Yap
- Apr 30
- 2 min
How Neurodiverse children benefit from Play Therapy.
If you think about the concept of Play or ever watched a group of children "playing" you will notice that it is all about interacting...
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Fecha Yap
- Apr 24
- 2 min
What exactly is your child learning during Play Therapy?
Play therapy is a long-standing alternative therapy treatment option for children and the consensus among child psychiatrists and...
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Fecha Yap
- Apr 17
- 3 min
How Play Therapy can help your child on the spectrum express and understand feelings.
In my experience, I have learned that Play is the natural language of choice for all children. Last night at dinner, I sat across from a...
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Fecha Yap
- Apr 9
- 6 min
Introducing AutPlay® Therapy!
April is a special time of the year as it is Autism awareness month. To kick it off, I have a very special announcement to make. I, Fecha...
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Fecha Yap
- Mar 31
- 3 min
Step by Step – How to talk to your kids about their feelings?
As adults, we sometimes find that we a not equipped to emotionally process a situation like losing a loved one or facing the aftermath of...
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Fecha Yap
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Does your child have anxiety? 9 things you can say or do right now.
Most people feel anxious when they have to do something new for the first time, like starting a new job, for children it may be the first...
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Fecha Yap
- Mar 18
- 4 min
5 Parenting Mistakes that can Cause Childhood Trauma
They don't call being a parent the toughest job in the world for no reason! Many of us have thought about what it would be like raising a...
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