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Cut loose – with Joey Jump and the Yoga Spinner!

By Audrey Desrosiers|2019-11-14T11:36:40-05:0014 November 2019|Child Development|

Summer was sweet and busy at Au bout du museau! We had the great privilege of seeing children and adults alike at the Dadado Therapeutic Farm during the summer months. We took advantage of these great opportunities to test our new equipment and create "cut loose” interventions! Where did we start? We cut loose with the Joey Jump and Yoga Spinner Made from hyper-rigid plastic which resists a lot of intensity, this foot activated catapult comes with two bean bags to propel. Well, then I quickly realized with [...]

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Time for a special kind of baseball game!

By Véronique Gauthier|2019-10-16T17:01:03-04:0016 October 2019|Child Development, Special Needs|

Oh dear! Your offspring have been acting out recently. You feel you are constantly repeating yourself, without being heard. Well then, it’s baseball time! April is the start of baseball season and my child being a die-hard fan, we came up with the idea of Disciplinary Baseball. No material necessary… except for a bit of consistency and perseverance. This all too familiar example will help you understand the concept of the game: You have just given a simple instruction to your child. He does not listen and pursues his [...]

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In June: let’s do our homework outdoors!

By Véronique Gauthier|2019-10-16T16:55:31-04:0016 October 2019|Help with Homework, Help with Homework|

Congratulations! You almost reached the finish line! At the start of the school year, how many times have you been discouraged at the thought of the upcoming school year filled with lessons and homework…yet you made it to June! This is quite the victory. Think of the amount of times, through the course of the year, where you had to resort to ploy and subterfuge to get your children to sit in front of their notebooks. Don’t despair, the end of the school year is close [...]

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When Homework Time Becomes a Nightmare

By Véronique Gauthier|2019-11-14T12:06:41-05:001 October 2019|Help with Homework|

Summer has already come to an end and school’s daily routine is back in full force. Trying to get our cranky kids ready in the morning, making healthy lunches and snacks, bringing our child to school as he screams all along the ride, picking our child from school who is crying from exhaustion…what a joy (note the tone of irony in this statement). These ordeals are banal in comparison to the moment when your child has to do his HOMEWORK. In some families, homework time is [...]

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Everyday Tools to Work on Social Skills

By Zoé Leblanc|2019-09-27T15:55:31-04:0018 September 2019|Child Development|

As a mother of five, managing conflicts and emotions has become a big part of my daily chores. I appreciate tools that help my children become more autonomous in dealing with their emotions and in dealing with conflicts. I recently received two posters and am so happy that I brought them into my home! The first poster offers strategies on how to remain calm. The illustrations make it easy for younger children to understand. The array of solutions is realistic and useful. The very first [...]

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4 Strategies to Prevent Opposition

By Lysanne Lanthier|2019-11-14T11:22:47-05:0011 September 2019|Child Development|

Kids can be very colorful at times and keep us on our toes. We could even think that they are purposely putting us to the test, which is not the case obviously. When we experience a rougher patch with them. Nonetheless, it's important to know where these behaviours and reactions originate from in order to understand why they occur. The article, with its four strategies, is a guide to help us deal with opposition or resistance from our children. These are but a few examples that [...]

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Imperfect

By Equipe fdmt|2019-09-17T16:24:06-04:0022 October 2018|Other|

My friends from fdmt told me « Marie we dont’t have a specific theme. You can write about ADD/ADHD, oppositional disorder, school achievement or anything else. » That is when I remembered a French quote from Marc Lévy that I read a couple of months ago. This is it, freely translated. “We can blame our childhood, blame indefinitely our parents for all the bad in our life, make them feel guilty for life’s hardship, for our weaknesses and cowardly actions, but in the end we are responsible for [...]

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Margo The Occupational Therapist – A correct seating posture means I listen and work better!

By Equipe fdmt|2019-09-17T16:24:06-04:0011 September 2018|Help with Homework|

Loïc is 6 years old. After a few minutes of work in class or during homework, he has a tendency to rest his head on his hand and to slouch over his desk. Other times, he fidgets on his chair and gets up repeatedly. What does Margo the ergotherapist recommend? Whether at school or at home (homework, meals, etc.) it is important to ensure that the sitting position answers the child’s needs. As a matter of fact, it allows for better stability and directly influences the [...]

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Back to High School Tips

By Equipe fdmt|2019-09-17T16:24:07-04:003 August 2018|Other|

26 years of high school education! Whew ... so many students encountered! So, when I was asked to write about “back to school”, I thought, "No problem". But how to tackle a subject that is on the front page of almost every newspaper each August? How not to fall into the known generalities or to quote studies often too far from the everyday reality? Back to school at the primary level is widely covered, but the same can not be said for high school. So, I [...]

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Last Stretch

By Equipe fdmt|2019-09-17T16:24:07-04:003 May 2018|Other|

So here we are! The March break, spring time change, holiday and egg hunt, all of it is behind us now. Which also means we are in the last stretch of this beautiful 2017-2018 school year. Ok, I can hear some parents say: beautiful school year!!! Well well, where does Marie get that… Beautiful year… It seems that some years are easier than others or that some years are much harder than others. For students, this last stretch may prove to be great pleasure, an opportunity [...]

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