How Does Physical Therapy Help Children Who Toe Walk?
April is Autism Awareness Month, a time dedicated to shedding light on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and promoting understanding and acceptance. Throughout this month, we’ve been exploring how MetroEHS, a pediatric neighborhood therapy company with locations across Metro Detroit, is making a difference in the lives of children on the autism spectrum through various forms … Continue reading
What Are the Best Toys for Child Development (Ages 0–10)?
‘Tis the season of shopping! During all the hustle and bustle, MetroEHS wanted to offer a few tips for how to shop smart for your little superhero! At MetroEHS, we know that play is a crucial aspect of a child’s development. This means choosing the right toys can significantly impact a child’s cognitive, physical, … Continue reading
How Does Play Support Child Development?
Play is crucial for children’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Through play, children learn important life skills such as problem-solving, creativity, social interaction, and self-regulation. Play allows children to explore their environment, experiment with different ideas, and express themselves in ways that are natural and meaningful to them. Play can take many forms, including … Continue reading
Baking Up Tasty Speech Therapy & Social Skills
MetroEHS Pediatric Therapy is excited to announce offering baking classes in the summer at PizzaPapalis & Rio Wraps on Long Lake and Telegraph in Bloomfield Hills. Each class will incorporate a very detailed list of instruction for each child to being able to follow along as well as visual images so that you will be … Continue reading
What Occupational Therapy Tips Can Parents Use at Home?
What Occupational Therapy Tips Can Parents Use at Home? Does your child have trouble with things like handwriting, zipping, buttoning or sitting up at the table? Core Strength Something MetroEHS Occupational Therapists focus on with children is core strength. Many times, children with decreased core strength have difficulty with handwriting, zipping, buttoning and sitting up … Continue reading
3 Benefits of Teletherapy
3 things I’ve learned as my family and I started navigating the new present norm of a virtual world that caused me to see the benefits of virtual systems like Teletherapy. The 3 characteristics I learned are familiarity, relationships & continuity. Due to the new norm, my sophomore college age daughter had to move back … Continue reading
