by RSI Staff | Oct 11, 2021 | Milestones, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Cook up a delicious meal, perform a check up on your puppy, use some tools to fix a chair, and heal a sick patient. It’s all in a day’s work for your child when he or she participates in imaginative play at home! Not only is playing pretend a fun and engaging way for...
by RSI Staff | Oct 1, 2021 | Speech Therapy
An Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) is present when a person has difficulty understanding sounds, including spoken words. An APD is very commonly misdiagnosed among young children and until recently couldn’t be diagnosed until a child was older, around 9 or 10...
by RSI Staff | Aug 23, 2021 | Milestones, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
With most of our local kids are starting school this week, the RSI occupational therapists would like to point out that back-to-school time is a great opportunity to get your children back into a schedule and daily routine! “A schedule provides predictability so...
by RSI Staff | Aug 6, 2021 | Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
The Rehab Specialists of Idaho Summer Horse Program is winding down it’s 10th year of providing free (not billed privately or to patient insurance) horse therapy for current pediatric patients of RSI who have good attendance records. This year nearly 50 children...
by RSI Staff | May 7, 2021 | Milestones, Speech Therapy
Birth-Age 2 Look at your baby when he makes sounds. Talk back to him, and say what he says. Pretend to have a conversation.Talk to your baby as you give him a bath, feed him, and get him dressed. Talk about what you are doing and where you are going. Tell him who or...
by RSI Staff | Mar 15, 2021 | Milestones, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy
Researchers have proven that kindergarten readiness can forecast high school achievement, lifestyle choices, anxiety, and productivity. Just three months ago, the Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics published a study from Canada that showed that it’s never...
