Rachel White, a Children’s Occupational Therapist with Now, Next & Then, explains how to support a child with their handwriting One of my favourite things to do with children is to support them to develop their handwriting skills. I often meet young people who have struggled to consolidate the basic skills of this complicated activity....
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Helping children learn dressing skills – advice from Now, Next and Then
Getting dressed can be a daily struggle for some children – Rachel White, Children’s Occupational Therapist at Now, Next and Then, shares practical tips to make it easier. When children experience challenges with getting dressed, this may be due to a number of factors including poor balance, difficulties using both hands together and issues with...
Autism… with a capital ‘A’ or a little ‘a’? Now, Next & Then offer their advice
Emma Puttock, an Occupational Therapist at Now, Next & Then discussed how autism is recognised and discussed At Now, Next & Then we have discussed this extensively and want to let you know our thinking. It’s been an interesting dilemma for us and we know it’s a topic that has people deliberating far and wide...
A homework survival guide by the experts at Now, Next & Then
Occupational Therapist, Lou Race, from Bath-based Now, Next & Then, offers some expert advice on how to help your children with their homework Whether they’re in the midst of early phonic skills or GSCEs, supporting our children with homework is a well-known challenge (or often a battle!) that parents have to face. The constant internal struggle...
How much sleep does my child need? Now, Next & Then has the answers…
Lou Race, an Occupational Therapist at Now, Next & Then, explains how much sleep children need at different ages This is one of the most commonly asked questions asked about sleep. We all know that sleep is important but the amount of sleep needed is less well understood. Some children have very obvious signs that...
Now, Next & Then welcomes new team members to help children with additional needs
Now, Next & Then in Bath is excited to be expanding its team to be able to help even more children, young people and their families in our local area. Now, Next & Then offers quality support to young people and children across the South West with additional challenges in mainstream and independent school settings,...