by Sarah Bilodeau | Nov 22, 2016 | Services, Services
By Sarah Bilodeau, Dramatherapist There are multiple benefits of coloring. Throughout history, the arts have been used to foster well-being, and coloring is no different. 1. The pre-made designs make coloring an accessible creative activity for all ages, reducing...
by Angela Cruz | Nov 22, 2016 | Staff Voices
By Angela Cruz, Marketing Director (and Pup’s owner) with research help by Xinxin Zhang For Animal Shelter and Rescue Awareness Week, we decided to take the opportunity to highlight Pup, our “Snuggling Specialist”! “Relay of Love” In December 2013, Mr. Qiu stumbled...
by Ronni Rowland | Nov 21, 2016 | Services, Services
By Ronni Rowland, Writer What is Dramatherapy? Dramatherapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses different forms of creative arts approaches for expression and healing such as: the arts, drawing, movement, sound and therapeutic story making. “During periods of life...
by Marina Meng | Nov 21, 2016 | Services, Services
By Reyhaneh Rajabzadeh, Speech-Language Pathologist and Ronni Rowland, Writer Do you have a student who is often “disruptive” and “silly” during class? Does your child frequently laugh “hysterically” without knowing why or get “overly emotional” when unexpected...
by Angela Cruz | Nov 18, 2016 | Staff Voices
By Angela Cruz, Marketing Director (and Pup’s Owner) When I brought Pup into the ELG Putuo Campus to visit in October, I thought it would be a rare event. Instead, he became weekly institution, even earning a “Welcome to the ELG Family” spot on our employee bulletin...
by Marina Meng | Nov 7, 2016 | Special Education in China, Staff Voices
By Reyhaneh Rajabzadeh, Speech-Language Pathologist I started studying speech-language therapy seven years ago in the interest of serving individuals living in underdeveloped and underrepresented areas. There is a dearth of services for individuals with special needs...
by Regina Nicolas Schaufelberger | Oct 24, 2016 | Full-Time Programs
By Regina Nicolas Schaufelberger, Physical Therapist and Sensory Integration Specialist This month we are featuring another activity you can do at home. Click here for September’s Colorful Lemon Volcanoes if you missed it! Craftulate’s recipe for Homemade Herb and...
by Albine Klawatsch | Oct 24, 2016 | App of the Month, Apps for 5 and Up, Therapeutic Support
By Albine Klawatsch, Occupational Therapist, Certified Dyslexia Trainer Tablets like iPads are excellent devices to use for developing and practicing fine motor skills. I often use them in therapeutic settings myself. There are a lot of specifically designed apps for...
by Regina Nicolas Schaufelberger | Sep 7, 2016 | Full-Time Programs, Parenting
By Regina Nicolas Schaufelberger, Physical Therapist and Sensory Integration Specialist Over the summer, on Wednesday afternoons, children turned into mad scientists. We’re sharing this 2016 Summer Program activity highlight for you to do at home! You might remember...
by Sarah Bilodeau | Sep 5, 2016 | Services, Services
By Sarah Bilodeau, Dramatherapist Dramatherapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses creative methods to facilitate expression, healing and growth. This therapeutic process enables individuals to safely explore their experiences, thoughts and feelings in verbal and...
by Angela Cruz | Aug 31, 2016 | ELG Highlights, Staff Voices
Andrew Hill, one of our founders, is a busy man. ELG Director and Chairman of our sister NGO, Xiersen, he already does a lot of work to help others. Not satisfied with those two major commitments, starting July 1, 2016, he has also been President of the Rotary Club of...
by Jeanine Buzali | Apr 21, 2016 | Full-Time Programs, Special Education, Therapeutic Support
Every day at ELG we can see the positive effects that an early intervention program has on all aspects of our children’s lives, from communication and behavior, to peer relationships and play skills. We asked the program leader of our youngest group, Alice Wen, for...
by Andrew Hill | Apr 19, 2016 | ELG Highlights, Special Education in China, Staff Voices
Dear ELG community, I am really excited to tell you about the activities we have been involved in these last few weeks. As many of you know, April is World Autism Awareness Month and April 2nd is the official day. Earlier this year, we identified this month as a time...
by Lareina Yao | Apr 11, 2016 | Events
Registration is now open for our Therapeutic Summer Program, led for the fourth consecutive year by our dedicated Summer Program Director Regina Nicolas , a Physical Therapist and Sensory Integration Expert. 暑期班治疗项目现已开放申请，由我们已有四年经验并充满热诚的暑期班项目主管倪瑞娜领导，一位物理治疗师和感统专家。...
by Blair Tang | Apr 11, 2016 | Full-Time Programs
By Blair Tang, Senior Program Assistant at The Innovative Learning Center This month at the Innovative Learning Center, we’re learning about the Earth, with a strong focus on what we can do to improve the environment. In the Academic Program, both Primary and...
by Lareina Yao | Apr 8, 2016 | ELG Highlights
In celebration of our 10th Anniversary, ELG has adopted Xiersen Children’s Center, an officially-registered Chinese non-profit organization, as our sister NGO. Xiersen impacts children with Autism Spectrum Disorder by providing training to parents, caretakers, and...
by Liam | Apr 8, 2016 | ELG Highlights, Parenting
Finding out that your child has special needs can be difficult. A parent of one of the children in our full time program shared with us his story of finding out that his daughter is on the autism spectrum. By Liam, ELG Parent When my daughter was young she was...
by Albine Klawatsch | Apr 8, 2016 | Services, Services
By Albine Klawatsch, Occupational Therapist and Certified Dyslexia Trainer A dyslexic person, of good or average intelligence, perceives his environment in a different way: his attention diminishes when confronted with symbols such as letters and numbers. Due to a...
by Frank Perrott | Mar 24, 2016 | Therapeutic Support
By Frank Perrott, Occupational Therapist and Mental Health Counselor Our ability to monitor our emotions influences our ability to regulate them. Some children and adolescents experience challenging emotions, such as anger or fear, stronger and faster than other...
by Carolina | Mar 24, 2016 | Full-Time Programs, Special Education
By Carolina, Former ELG Parent Since I have seen firsthand how much early intervention has helped my son, I believe that any parents who are even slightly unsure should contact an organization such as ELG in order to explore their options. However, there are many...
by Siyang Sun | Mar 24, 2016 | Therapeutic Support
By Siyang Sun, Speech-language Pathologist We don’t have to teach a seed to become a flower, just like parents don’t have to “teach” language to their children. Learning to talk unfolds as it does—children are born with the innate ability to learn to talk. However,...
by ELG Parent | Mar 16, 2016 | Services, Services
By an ELG Parent Where to start? I guess near the beginning of our family’s learning journey together. Even prior to her starting her school life, we always knew our daughter was different but we didn’t have the knowledge or experience to quite understand how or what...
by Han Xiong | Mar 16, 2016 | Services, Staff Voices
By Han Xiong Educational Psychologist Han Xiong, one of our educational psychologists, has been providing services at Taihu international school (TIS) in Wuxi since the start of the academic year. TIS contacted us to access our unique experts in order to improve their...
by Monte Rosen | Jan 19, 2016 | ELG Highlights
By Monte Rosen, Managing Director August 2015 marked the start of our 10th Anniversary Year of supporting the Shanghai community. 10 years! We will be celebrating all year with many different kinds of activities, and have chosen the theme, “The Power of 10”. With...
by Shari D. Rosen | Nov 27, 2015 | Parenting
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by Robin Shepard | Nov 24, 2015 | Parenting
By Robin Shepard, Early Intervention Program Leader Playing is a natural part of childhood. It is so natural, in fact, that it is easy to forget how critical it is to helping children acquire new skills in every developmental area (social, emotional, behavioral,...
by Regina Nicolas Schaufelberger | May 30, 2015 | Special Education, Therapeutic Support
Children who have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) have difficulty integrating their senses into a manageable, useful stream of information. For people with typical sensory integration capacity, a tight collar or an irritating sound can be ‘tuned out,’ and do not...
by Chelsea Zhao | Apr 21, 2015 | Events, Uncategorized
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by Miriam McBreen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for All, ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Students
Learning to read is an important part of each student’s education. It allows them to access new information and knowledge, and to start on the path to becoming independent and curious life-long learners. Reading is also important to a range of other skills that...
by Monte Rosen | Jul 22, 2020 | ELG Highlights, For Parents
When China closed its borders to foreigners, I happened to be in the U.S. visiting friends and family, leaving me alone with my two children, whose school campuses had closed – my wife, Shari, had been traveling with me, but made it back to China in time. Because my...
by Anne Gerber | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for Under 5s, ELG Highlights, For Parents
We all appreciate a soothing massage. It helps to improve blood circulation in the skin, it loosens hardened muscles, and lets us relax and forget the stress of everyday life. Massages for children that are done with imagination, empathy, and sensitivity, can foster...
by Anne Gerber | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for Under 5s, ELG Highlights, For Parents
We all love spring when the trees are starting to bloom, and the first flowers are growing. The sun is shining and it’s getting warmer. Why not use this opportunity for a playful massage? Read on below for an example of a fun storytelling and massage activity to...
by Tingting Chen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for All, ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Students
Join ELG’s Art Therapist, Tingting Chen, in a series of short interviews as she explains more about Art Therapy, the role of an Art Therapist, how Art Therapy helps and more! In this video, Tingting answers the question of the day! Click on the video below to find out...
by Tingting Chen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for All, ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Students
Join ELG’s Art Therapist, Tingting Chen, in a series of short interviews as she explains more about Art Therapy, the role of an Art Therapist, how Art Therapy helps and more! In this video, Tingting answers the question of the day! Click on the video below to find out...
by Tingting Chen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for All, ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Students
Join ELG’s Art Therapist, Tingting Chen, in a series of short interviews as she explains more about Art Therapy, the role of an Art Therapist, how Art Therapy helps and more! In this video, Tingting answers the question of the day! Click on the video below to find out...
by Elis Poh | Jul 22, 2020 | ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Teachers, How-to, Parenting, Special Education
True or False Q: People with dyslexia have vision issues. FALSE Some people with dyslexia will see blurry letters, words in reverse or inverted images, which may cause difficulty in their reading or spelling. However, this has nothing to do with their vision or...
by Tingting Chen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for All, ELG Highlights, For Parents, For Students
Join ELG’s Art Therapist, Tingting Chen, in a series of short interviews as she explains more about Art Therapy, the role of an Art Therapist, how Art Therapy helps and more! In this video, Tingting answers the question of the day! Click on the video below to find out...
by Tiffany Chen | Jul 22, 2020 | Apps for 5 and Up, Apps for Teens, ELG Highlights, For Parents
When talking about how to foster children’s socio-emotional development, we will naturally think about their social communication skills. Social communication (also known as pragmatics) is the key to using language to interact with others. It is used for a variety of...
