For our December craft of the month we are making Christmas Character Spoons! Materials: wooden spoon, your choice of decorative supplies (markers, paint, paper, cotton balls, googly eyes, pom poms, sequins or buttons, pipe cleaners, yarn, whatever you have on hand!), glue, scissors. Directions: 1) Choose which character you want to make! 2) Color the back of your spoon. Use markers, or use q-tips or a paintbrush (or your fingers!) to apply a thin coat of paint. 3) Make the face. Use a marker, googly eyes, pom poms, and/or paper to draw, glue on, or make cut outs for the eyes, nose, and mouth. 4) Add decorations! Cut out a hat and apply cotton ball fluff. Use pipe cleaner or yarn to make a scarf. Add sequins as buttons. Use glue dots to secure antlers. Whatever combination you can dream up for your character! Skills addressed: Fine motor dexterity and coordination (grasping and manipulating the small decorations), bilateral hand coordination (holding spoon while decorating, cutting paper or pipe cleaners), visual motor (drawing, cutting), tactile sensory processing (touching paint, cotton balls, glue). #craftofthemonth #decembercraft

Every week, the occupational therapists at SCT have different Foods of the Week available to clients who are seen for feeding concerns in order to introduce novel foods of various textures and flavors, to increase oral awareness, and/or to improve oral motor skills. This week’s “Foods of the Week” are budin de concha (a type of bread pudding) and arroz con leche (rice pudding). Both of these foods are available at Northgate Market. The budin de concha provides a spongy cake-like texture and the arroz con leche provides a thick and creamy consistency for kiddos to explore. #feedingtherapy #foodoftheweek

Reminder: SCT will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends. We are so thankful for all of you!

We would like to wish a very warm welcome to the newest member of the South Coast Therapy occupational therapy team, Trina Hoang! You might recognize Trina as a previous OT student of ours. We are happy to have you join the family, Trina!

For our November craft of the month, we are making turkeys! Materials: feathers, pine cone, pom poms, pipe cleaner, scissors, and googly eyes. Directions: 1) Stick feathers into backside of turkey (pine cone). 2) Decorate with pom poms. 3) Fold pipe cleaner in half and cut with scissors. 4) After cutting, fold one piece of pipe cleaner in half and attach eyes and yellow beak. 5) Insert into pinecone making the turkey’s head. 6) Fold the remaining piece of pipe cleaner in half and this will form the turkey’s feet. Skills addressed: Bilateral hand coordination, fine motor coordination for grasp on pom poms, and tactile processing. #craftofthemonth #novembercraft

Congratulations to our little guy Madden on graduating from speech therapy. We are so proud of you! #speechtherapygraduate

Reminder: South Coast Therapy will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th for the Veterans Day Holiday.

Congratulations to our buddy Justin on graduating from physical therapy! We are so proud of all your accomplishments! Swipe to see a young Justin graduating from a previous episode of care. #cowboysfan #physicaltherapygraduate

We have had some big graduations to celebrate in recent weeks. First up: Congratulations to Alejandro and Ander on their graduation from occupational therapy! Way to go boys! #otgraduate