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Five Essential Tummy Time Moves, How To Do Tummy Time

Wondering what Tummy Time moves you can practice with baby? Or how to position baby for Tummy Time? Turns out, there’s more than one way! Try these 5 Tummy Time moves with baby to help make it easier for you and baby. Tummy Time helps babies develop the muscles in their back, neck and trunk, on … Continued

Crying, Cooing, Communication: Baby’s First Year

Click here to view the crying, cooing, communication handout to accompany this video. This crying, cooing, communication video offers practical advice for parents and caregivers on how to help their baby’s verbal communication skills and reach important speech and language milestones during the first year. Learn about the different stages and types of verbal communication, like … Continued

Mejorar las habilidades motoras finas con terapia ocupacional: Palabras españolas

Conozcan a Sylvie – Descargar Folleto de acompañamiento Sylvie comenzó su terapia ocupacional tanto en casa como en la clínica para ayudar a desarrollar su fuerza y coordinación. Igual que los adultos asisten a terapia ocupacional para mejorar sus habilidades en el trabajo, los niños asisten a terapia ocupacional para mejorar su capacidad de crecer, … Continued

Is My Baby Ok?

Download Accompanying Handout Is my baby ok? Watch the parent friendly video showing typical and atypical development of two six month old babies. This footage shows a comparison of two children at 6 months of age demonstrating typical development and atypical development in eight different positions. All materials including videos are provided at no cost; … Continued

Improving Fine Motor Skills with Occupational Therapy: Meet Sylvie

Download the accompanying handout. This video shows how one child, Sylvie, began going to occupational therapy sessions when her teacher and parents first noticed a delay in motor skills. Because of early detection, the therapy sessions (also practiced at home) allowed Sylvie to catch up with her peers. Sylvie had significant improvement with fine motor … Continued

How to Use Simple Activities to Help Baby’s Development

Even simple activities for baby can promote development! There are simple motor, communication, and sensory activities for baby at home that can help them reach important milestones. Encourage fine and gross motor, sensory, and communication development with these daily activities for baby: Giving baby a quick massage after changing a diaper Laying baby down near … Continued

How Pathways.org Helps

For over 30 years Pathways.org has been a trusted resource for parents and healthcare professionals. Since 1985 we have provided free tools to maximize child development and help all children reach their full potential. Some of our parent-friendly resources include: Videos, including a Parent Guide series and milestone videos Baby Games Calendar, with weekly games … Continued

How Occupational Therapy Helps with Sensory Integration Issues

Download the accompanying handout. What is sensory integration? Sensory integration helps people “make sense” of the world around them. Sensory integration is the process of using our senses to take in and organize sensory information for success in everyday activities. What is occupational therapy? Many people think of occupational therapy as something that is only … Continued

How Moms and Dads Read Differently to Baby

When should you start reading to baby? Simple answer: It’s never too early to start. Read to your baby every day at any age to help their communication development, even if they aren’t talking yet. Why should parents read to their babies? So many reasons! Some of the benefits of reading to babies include helping … Continued

Helping Your Child Use Scissors

Sylvie’s mom was concerned about her ability to use scissors and was worried she was falling behind her peers in preschool. Watch to see how Sylvie’s ability to cut changed throughout her 10 months in occupational therapy. Before she was unable to cut along the lines, but by the time she graduated from OT, Sylvie … Continued

Help Us Help Families

Every child deserves to develop to their fullest potential. Every parent deserves to know how to maximize their child’s abilities. You can help! At Pathways.org we provide FREE developmental tools to parents, leading to better detection of delays and the earliest possible interventions. Help us, help families. And give them what they deserve: detection, intervention, … Continued

Early Intervention Pediatric Therapy: Freddy’s Story

Watch Freddy’s story of how early intervention and pediatric therapy helped the development of his motor skills.

Does My Child Have A Sensory Issue?

Sensory issues can be difficult to detect in your child. Being aware of all 7 senses can help know what to look for as you child develops especially their body position, coordination and balance. Parents in this video discuss what they noticed in their own children and the differences they have seen because of therapy. … Continued

Cómo Ayuda la Terapia Ocupacional con los Problemas de Motricidad Sensorial

Recientemente, un grupo de los principales terapeutas ocupacionales se reunió para proporcionar respuestas a preguntas comunes sobre los problemas sensoriales de los niños pequeños. La terapia ocupacional es una profesión que se preocupa por la forma en que las personas realizan las actividades, y el término ocupación significa actividad, pero es el tipo de actividades … Continued

Come la Terapia occupazionale può aiutare con le difficolta’ Senso-motorie – Italian

Capire i problemi sensoriali nei bambini piccoli:una serie video prodotta da pathways.org Come la Terapia occupazionale può aiutare con le difficolta’ Senso-motorie

Baby Bootcamp: How Tummy Time Helps

You know Tummy Time can help, but did you know it can make a difference in only a few days? Watch our Baby Bootcamp video to see before and after footage of the incredible difference Tummy Time activities can have on a child in just 5 days! The video follows a mother who noticed her 6 month … Continued

7 to 9 Month Sensory Milestones to Look For

By the time baby is 9 months old, baby should be reaching the following milestones: Enjoys a variety of movements – bouncing up and down, rocking back and forth Explores and examines an object using both hands and mouth Turns several pages of a chunky (board) book at once Experiments with the amount of force … Continued

7 to 9 Month Feeding Milestones to Look For

See the 6 different feeding milestones baby should be reaching by 9 months one. Each milestone has a clip so you can see the different feeding milestones for baby. Here are the feeding milestones your baby should be reaching by 9 months old: In a highchair, holds and drinks from a bottle Begins to eat … Continued

7 to 9 Month Communication Milestones to Look For

See the 8 different communication milestones baby should be reaching by 9 months old. Each milestone has a clip so you can see and hear the different communication milestones for baby. Here are the communication milestones your baby should be reaching by 9 months old: Uses increased variety of sounds and syllable combinations in babbling … Continued

7 to 9 Month Baby Motor Milestones to Look For

See the 9 different motor milestones baby should be reaching by 9 months old. There is a clip that goes along with each milestone so you can see the different motor milestones for baby. As always, our content is validated with American Academy of Pediatrics findings and reviewed by pediatric therapists. My 9 months, baby … Continued

6 Month Old Baby Typical and Atypical Development

Click here to download the handout to accompany this video. Supporting weight, turning head, rolling over on his own, and pivoting are all typical gross motor behaviors for a child 6 months old. These actions are shown in addition to atypical motor movements at this age to allow you to clearly see the differences in … Continued

4-6 Month Baby Communication Milestones to Look For

See the 6 different communication milestones baby should be reaching by 6 months. Each milestone has a clip so you can see and hear the different communication milestones for baby. See more milestones and videos for 4-6 months old. As always, all of our content is validated with American Academy of Pediatrics findings and reviewed … Continued

4 to 6 Month Baby – Sensory Milestones to Look For

Parents and caregivers should watch this video to see 6 sensory milestones baby should reach by the time they are 6 months old. The video contains 6 clips to show exactly what each one of the sensory milestones for 4-6 months old should look like. To see all of baby’s 4-6 months motor, communication, and … Continued