Parent Connections Newsletter

April 2024 Parent Connections

Information for parents and caregivers to help children thrive!

Save the Date for Open House at DFX on May 15

Resources for Overcoming Dysregulation and Sleep Challenges

April is Autism Acceptance Month!

At DFX, we recognize that each person with Autism has unique strengths and needs. We celebrate individual differences and work every day to help children who are neurodiverse thrive by offering therapeutic support that meets their particular needs. We believe that collaboration with parents, caregivers, educators, and others in their ecosystem is the key to expanding understanding of how to support children with Autism so they can reach their full potential.

DFX iS GROWING!

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Welcome Monique Threet!

Monique Threet, MS, CCC-SLP, joined Developmental FX this spring. She will work in the clinic part-time while also supporting neurodiverse learners with complex communication needs along the bilingual continuum at a dual-language Montessori school. Monique is most passionate about serving the pediatric population and has worked with kids ages birth to 21 years in home-health and outpatient clinic settings in the Denver Metro area. She is mother to 2 fun-loving and playful kiddos, ages 9 and 5.

Child Always Dysregulated?

Do you sometimes forget your best strategies when your child becomes dysregulated?

Sometimes it helps to listen to a podcast to reinforce what you already know, and you may even pick up some new things to try.

The DFX therapy team recommends the Robyn Gobbel's podcast series "Child Always Dysregulated? Try this!"

CLICK HERE to listen to Robyn Gobbel's Podcast

Do you feel like you'll never have a full night's sleep?

When your child doesn't sleep through the night or nap reliably, the entire household can be off-balance. While there is no one strategy that works for every child, there are a range of techniques that can help your child become an independent sleeper. If your family is struggling because of your baby's sleep challenges, you may want to consider working with Mimi Goss, OT, who is a sleep consultant certified through the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management. She can guide you through the sleep-training process and help you establish healthy, science-based habits to create an individualized sleep program that works for your family.

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Click here to learn more

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Parent Possible Conference

Meade McCue, PsyD, and Rebecca Nofer, MS, OTR/L, gave a presentation at the Parent Possible Home Visiting Conference in Lakewood, CO, on April 12. Their talk focused on care mapping, an innovative practice we use to create a visual representation of a child's ecosystem that helps identify what is working and where additional support is needed.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE AUTISM RESOURCE FAIR

SUNDAY, May 19, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

At 14095 E. Exposition Avenue, Aurora

DFX will participate again this year! The annual event is held in the field behind the store in Aurora and features over 100 exhibitors! Make plans to attend and stop at the DFX tent to plant some seeds and Grow with DFX!

The City of Aurora Makes Two Parks More Accessible

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Click on the image above to watch a video about the two Action TrackChairs the City of Aurora has acquired to help people with mobility issues navigate the trails/open spaces at Star K Ranch and The Plains Conservation Center. You must reserve them in advance but you can use them for free. Click here for more information and to reserve an Action TrackChair!

You're invited to an Open House!

While many people who receive this newsletter are parents of children who are receiving therapy at DFX, many others are connected to us in different ways and may not have visited the clinic in person. If you are part of this group or just interested in visiting DFX, we hope you'll join us at our Open House!

When: Wednesday, May 15, 8:00 - 10:00 am

Where: 3615 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Denver CO 80205

Why: Visit our state-of-the-art clinic on the Clayton campus and meet our team members

RSVP for Open House

Have you seen our video yet?

We hope you'll take 3 minutes to watch it, and share it with friends and colleagues to help spread the word about how the team at DFX is working to create engaged belonging in the clinic and beyond.

Click on the button below to watch the video.

Click here to watch the DFX video

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Nominate DFX for #1 Pediatric Therapy Group

Click here to Nominate DFX for Family Favorites!

We were chosen by CO Parent readers as the #1 Pediatric Therapy Group in 2023. Can you help us be among the top five groups nominated this year? .

Click here or on the button to the left to visit Colorado Parent's nominating page. Next. click on "Family Health", and scroll down to "Favorite Pediatric Therapy Group", and write in "Developmental FX".

You can vote every day between now and May 15!

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DFX is working to create systemic change by establishing a culture of engaged belonging in which children of all abilities and backgrounds will thrive.

Click on the links on the right to access our website, email us, or make a contribution; you can also use the QR code to make a donation.

Please consider sharing your story with us - let us know how working with DFX has impacted your family and how else we can help you.

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Phone: 303-333-8360

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