Episode 18: Too Much Chewing!
from Learning Made Easier
Some children just can't enough chewing in! It's a habit that frustrates teachers and parents alike. Children with regulation disorders and difficulties such as anxiety,attention deficits, sensory processing disorders/difficulties and autistic spectrum can have great difficulties with this issue. They chew on shirt collars, hair, pencils and other non-food objects - sometimes constantly. What's going on? What can be done about it? Today Julia Eggles, Occupational Therapist, is talking about excessive chewing behaviour, why it happens and some ideas about how to handle it.
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