Inside Out Kids

Introducing Gisela and Jessica from . Two amazing young occupational therapists who are bringing back the old ways to provide children with the chance to get back to the basics of play without devices through nature-based groups.
We recently interviewed Gisela and were pleasantly surprised at the approach they use with kids. The interview will be uploaded soon on our page. You can book them through our website. Follow their page for more information.

🚨 Inside Out Kids Grad Coming Through 🎉🚨

We have seen this kiddo for almost a year and have seen him improve in so many amazing ways! Our last session was filled with joy for his bright future. Such a bitter sweet moment, ❤️

Make way because this kiddo is going to be making big waves 🌊

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The Halloween Activities Continue! 👻

This time we made some ghosts! Some spookier than others ☺️

How we did it:
✨ Cut a banana in half
✨ Put a skewer through
✨ Dip in yogurt
✨ Add accessories (chocolate chip eyes, gummy belt and mouth)
✨ Put in freezer for 30 minutes or until solid
✨ Enjoy the spooky delicacy!

This works on so many skills such as: cutting food, sensory processing, meal prep, ideation and creativity, fine motor skills, problem solving, following directions, and executive functioning

Halloween is just 5 sleeps away 🌙 🎃🎉

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Did you knowwwww on the back of the Pillsbury Halloween Cookies is a great Halloween Activity 🍪🎭

After we tried on our mask we practiced trick or treating, Halloween is right around the corner 👻

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We had such a great time pumpkin carving 🎃

Did you know pumpkin carving works on:
🎃 Fine motor skills
🎃 Visual motor
🎃 Bilateral coordination
🎃 Strengthening
🎃 Sensory processing

Thank you for having us! 👻

🇨🇺 Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! 🇨🇺

Quick fact about us, we are both Cuban with Spanish ancestry! Making us Hispanic Latinas from an island 🏝

We’re both bilingual and absolutely love Cuban Food! 🇨🇺

If you’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage month drop your flag below 🤍

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Spray bottle are a quick fun way to keep your kiddos entertain and work on fine motor skills. It’s a win, win situation 🙌

Using a spray bottle puts little hands to work by helping strengthen the muscles that are in their hands (intrinsic muscles). Pressing and releasing a spray bottle is also much like the manipulation of scissors.

It’s such a simple household device that can promote many skills and provide endless fun ❤️

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So excited for this!! Can’t wait to share and answer questions about messy play!

In the words of renowned child psychologist Jean Piaget "Play is the work of childhood." Here at MichiMu, we know the POWER of PLAY and in the next installment of our Quarterly Conversations Series we're going to explore the kind of play many parents and caregivers dread......Messy Play!

We'll be hosting Play and Occupational Therapists to discuss how messy play contributes to social, cognitive, and creative development, as well as providing important opportunities to engage fully with children. Join us for this free workshop, September 28th, at 1:00 pm via zoom.

Panelists include:
Gisela Jorge M.S., OTR/L Inside Out Kids
Jessie Guest Ph.D Clinical Assistant Professor University of South Carolina
Jessica Alfonso M.S., OTR/L Inside Out Kids
Dee Ray Ph.D., LPC-S, NCC, RPT-S Co-Director of Center for Play Therapy University of North Texas

Say Yes to the Mess and register for this free workshop today at: https://tinyurl.com/QuarterlyConvos

We’re so excited to be apart of this conversation 🤗

Come join us September 28th and 1pm for the Say Yes to the Mess quarterly discussion alongside these amazing professional.

We’re so excited! Thank you for having us

🚧COMING SOON 🚧

Want to learn how to join or have any questions?

Feel free to ask below or DM us ☺️

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Family Day Fun! 🥳

We made some binoculars and searched for animals in the leaves/flowers!

The kids were so excited to leave with their very own laid of binoculars, Gisela was too 🤣

Hope everyone had a fantastic fun day Sunday ✨

We do things a little different at Inside Out ✨

We took our kiddo grocery shopping to meal prep and cook his own lunch! He was prompted to:
1) Search for a recipe
2) Write down the recipe and ingredients
3) Shop for ingredients (while staying within set budget)
4) Pay for ingredients
5) Follow the recipe and cook his meal

This works on so many skills:
✨ADLS
✨Promoting independence
✨Executive functioning
✨Fine motor skills
✨Impulse control
✨Safety awareness
✨Meal preparation
✨Problem solving
✨Money management
✨if I missed anything let me know in the comments! 😂

Have you tried this with your kiddos?

Family day is coming up August 21! It is a free event held at the Institute of Contemporary Art for kids of all ages and abilities!

Register on their website and come by to see us ☺️

✨Signs of good rapport with your kiddo✨
They run up to your car to get one last goodbye hug 🥹

It is so important to have built rapport with your clients before asking them to do something challenging or non preferred.
Building those connections and relationships makes it easier to do the hard/non preferred tasks, without needing a token system.

What are some signs you look for that you’ve built good rapport?

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We love these sensory bags we made in our last playgroup ❤️

We used:
Gel
Food coloring
Fake Flowers
Pearls
Ziploc Bag

They’re so easy to make and the kids love them! You can even have them help you make it ☺️

Stay tuned for the reel with the step by step instructions!

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What an Occupational Therapist looks for during cutting with scissors ✂️

✨ Posture
✨ Scissor orientation
✨ Finger placement
✨ Wrist Neutral
✨ Shoulders (adducted closer to body)
✨ Use of helper hand
✨ Motor planning
✨ Bilateral coordination & Laterality

What do you check for?

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Hi insideouters we hope you are all having a great weekend! As you all know we are child-led pediatric therapists. That believe children learn through play.

We have great news we have a location now 😊. Our new office is located in Palmetto Bay right next to the Starbucks that looks like a gas station 😂. Our hours are Monday through Friday from 8-6.

WE HAVE NO WAITING LIST. We have the time and space for your little cuties.

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It got a little messy, but that’s alright 😂

Our kiddos took home a little potted leaf and some flower seeds 💚

Some of them had a better idea for the pots and used them as little bathtubs for our animals 😂☺️

Happy Sunday!

We have a tropical storm ahead in SFL 🌧

Just like we love sunny days, we also love Rainy days. As long as it’s safe outside dancing, and singing in the rain is the reset needed.😊☔️

While most of us are cooped up inside, watching Netflix, if you’re up for the challenge take a minute to go outside and enjoy the rain 💧 maybe even ditch the umbrella and get a little wet.

What do you love about rain?

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Patiently waiting for the weekend, dreamin of cozy tent set ups 😊😍

This set up was for Sensory Saturday at the

Wind chime excellence on this Monday morning ☀️

Hiii Inside Outers!

Sending lots of luck and health your way ❤️❤️.

So many people around us from our family members, friends and patients have been sick lately. With either a stomach virus, the flu or COVID. We hope you all stay healthy and safe!

We are so grateful for all of your support and wish nothing but the best for you all 😊🌺🍃.

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anddddd we’re back! Join us this summer every Friday at Tropical Park from 8am to 12pm for our Summer Explorer Inclusive Sensory Social Class (it’s a mouthful) but we’re doing so much during this jam packed 4 hour session! 🌳🌸

For more details DM us or call us (305) 467-3200 or (305) 710-2870
Or check out the link is in our bio 😉

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Happy Mother’s Day to all the Inside Out Mom’s. ❤️ I may be biased but we work with the best moms and grand moms in the world 🌸

A special shout-out to the Inside Out Moms who have supported us along the way. Because of these women we wouldn’t be here right now.

The sweetest of smiles to cheer up your Monday blues 😄

For Earth Day we planned on making wind chimes with toilet paper rolls, but all these other great ideas came to life:
A telescope
An octopus
A jellyfish
A purse
A roll with a smile

All these ideas came out fantastic and worked on fine motor skills at the same time!

Sometimes following their lead ends up better than the original plan 😉

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This kiddo’ came from another country just for Therapy Services 🤯 🤍

It’s been an intensive, productive, exhausting, life changing past 3 weeks of intensive therapy!

This kiddo came all the way from another country to receive therapy and his improvements are mesmerizing. He’s demonstrated so many strides and we couldn’t be prouder of his and his family’s hard work!

Special shout-out to Evelyn from , she is the bomb dot com amazing speech therapist. We had the pleasure of working alongside her and her team for him.

Tomorrow wrapped up our last day of therapy and he is officially another Inside Out Grad ❤️🤍🤗

This kiddo stayed in our tent from start to close and left with such a big smile on his face 🤍

This is what makes it worth it.

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

We’ll be celebrating Earth Day all weekend long, follow along with us for our Earth Day events at the Edition Hotel with State of Kid and the Miami Metro Zoo 🤗🎉

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