Helping Hands Therapy Services, PLLC

Helping Hands Therapy Services, PLLC Wellness Services in Virginia Beach Pediatric Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy. Home-Based Outpatient Therapy.

Pediatric Outpatient Therapy and Early Intervention
Outpatient Occupational and Speech Therapy Clinic in Chesapeake
Sensory Gym at Kingsborough Square Chesapeake Clinic!

WHO WANTS TO WIN A FREE COURSE OR CEU CERTIFICATION PROGRAM?No Entry Needed! PLUS get $22 in free product credit (to be ...
08/01/2026

WHO WANTS TO WIN A FREE COURSE OR CEU CERTIFICATION PROGRAM?
No Entry Needed! PLUS get $22 in free product credit (to be awarded at the end of the sweepstakes!)
Comment ENTRY and I will send you the link to fill out the form!
PLUS you can get additional entries when you purchase a FREE or PAID Product!
Comment ENTRY for the LINK!
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NEW FEEDING COURSE AND CERTIFICATION! I'm so excited to introduce my brand-new program-Regulation-First™ Feeding Certifi...
07/19/2026

NEW FEEDING COURSE AND CERTIFICATION!
I'm so excited to introduce my brand-new program-
Regulation-First™ Feeding Certification
An Evidence-Informed, Whole-Body Approach to Pediatric Feeding Therapy

This certification is designed to help pediatric therapists move beyond treating symptoms and develop the clinical reasoning needed to understand why a child is struggling with feeding.
Because feeding is about so much more than oral motor skills or sensory processing...

It's about understanding the whole child.
🧠 Nervous system regulation
🍎 Nutrition & GI health
👅 Oral motor skills
🧩 Sensory processing & interoception
🩺 Medical contributors
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-centered care..and how they all work together to influence feeding participation.

🎁 Launch Bonus (This Week Only!)
If you enroll in either:
✅ Improving Emotional Regulation CEU Course and Certified Emotional Regulation Specialist Progam (CERS)
OR
✅ Toilet Training Success Academy (TTSA) CEU and Certification program
this week, you'll receive the Regulation-First™ Feeding Certification FREE when it launches!

If you've been thinking about joining CERS or TTSA, this is the perfect time.
➡️ Comment CERS for the EMOTIONAL REGULATION Course Link
➡️ Comment TTSA for the TOILET TRAINING COURSE Link

Already a Member of CERS or TTSA? Comment DISCOUNT for a code to give you 50% off
I can't wait to share this certification with you. I truly believe it's going to change the way pediatric clinicians approach feeding by helping them look beyond the symptoms and understand the whole child. ❤️

As we celebrate 250 years of independence, at Helping Hands, we are also thinking about another kind of freedom...❤️ The...
07/05/2026

As we celebrate 250 years of independence, at Helping Hands, we are also thinking about another kind of freedom...
❤️ The freedom parents feel when daily life becomes less stressful.
❤️ The freedom children experience when their nervous systems finally feel safe.
❤️ The confidence therapists gain when they have the clinical tools to help even their most complex cases.
To celebrate, we are offering a Fourth of July Flash Sale for this weekend only!
⭐ 25% OFF select Parent Courses
⭐ $250 OFF select Therapist Certification Programs
If you've been waiting for the right time to invest in your family or your clinical skills, today is a great opportunity.
⏰ Sale ends tonight at midnight.
Drop your favorite Emoji and comment PARENT or THERAPIST and we will send you the link with discount codes.

If your struggling with toilet training and reward charts, timers, and sticker charts aren't working...there's probably ...
06/30/2026

If your struggling with toilet training and reward charts, timers, and sticker charts aren't working...there's probably a reason.

One of the biggest mistakes we make is assuming toilet training is a motivation problem.

Many children actually struggle because of:

✔ Sensory processing differences

✔ Anxiety

✔ Interoception

✔ Nervous system dysregulation

✔ Fear

Until we understand why a child is struggling, it's difficult to choose the right intervention.

That's exactly why I created this FREE training.

🎓 Potty Training Children with Sensory Challenges

Inside, I'll walk you through:

✅ Why traditional approaches often fail

✅ The sensory barriers therapists and parents commonly miss

✅ Practical strategies you can begin using immediately

👉 Watch the free training here:
https://www.helpinghandstherapyresources.com/Potty-Training-Children-with-Sensory-Challenges

💬 I'd love to know...

What's been the biggest toilet-training challenge you've encountered?

You can't pour from an empty cup. 💙One of the things I talk about often is that children borrow our nervous systems.Whet...
06/29/2026

You can't pour from an empty cup. 💙

One of the things I talk about often is that children borrow our nervous systems.

Whether you're a parent, therapist, teacher, or caregiver, your ability to stay calm and regulated during the hard moments can completely change how a child experiences those moments.

But here's something we don't talk about enough...

Who is helping the helpers?

So many of us spend our days supporting children, advocating for families, solving problems, and caring for everyone else that we forget our own nervous systems need care, too.

If you've been feeling overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, or simply disconnected from yourself, I wanted to share a resource that I think many of you will appreciate.

A colleague of mine created **The Bridge Membership**, an online community designed to help women reconnect with themselves through practices that support nervous system regulation, including:

✨ Breathwork
🧘‍♀️ Gentle yoga
🌿 Meditation
💙 Hypnotherapy
🌊 Guided energy work
🤝 Live community support

It's a beautiful reminder that healing and regulation aren't just for the children we support—they're for us, too.

If you'd like to learn more, you can check it out here:
👉 https://www.soulriver.au/store

As always, I only share resources that align with the regulation-first approach I teach. While my passion is helping children and the professionals who support them, I also know that one of the greatest gifts we can give a child is a regulated adult.

💙 Take care of yourself. Your nervous system matters, too.

I wanted to share a resource I think many of you will find genuinely valuable, both for yourselves and for the families ...
06/22/2026

I wanted to share a resource I think many of you will find genuinely valuable, both for yourselves and for the families you work with.

The Centre for Healing has a course called Trauma-Aware Parenting that aligns with many of the things that I talk about and address in therapy. They teach on many similar core concepts: the idea that a child's behavior, whether that's emotional dysregulation, shutdown, meltdowns, or difficulty with transitions, is a nervous system response, not a discipline problem.

What I love about this course is that it starts with the adult's nervous system first. Because we know that co-regulation is everything. A child can only access calm if there's a regulated adult in the room. This course gives parents and practitioners the understanding and tools to actually get there, not just in theory, but in the real moments when it's hard.

It covers nervous system development at every stage, co-regulation, how unprocessed experiences shape the way we show up for children, and practical tools families can use straight away. There's also personalized support built in -- students can ask questions about their specific circumstances under every lesson, and they get lifetime access to monthly live calls with the parenting coach.

It's self-paced with lifetime access, so there's no pressure to rush through it.

You can learn more and enroll here: www.thecentreforhealing.com/trauma-aware-parenting

Why Your Child's Behavior Isn't What You Think It IsYou've tried calm voices, consequences, counting to ten.And still th...
06/22/2026

Why Your Child's Behavior Isn't What You Think It Is

You've tried calm voices, consequences, counting to ten.

And still the meltdowns keep happening. The overwhelm (yours or theirs). The guilt afterwards. The feeling that no matter how hard you try, something keeps getting in the way.

Here's what most parenting advice misses: your child's behaviour isn't a discipline problem. It's a nervous system response. And the way you respond to it is shaped by your own nervous system, by experiences from your own childhood that never fully got to heal.

That's not a failure. It's just how it works. And it can change.

Trauma-Aware Parenting is a complete online course from The Centre for Healing that helps you understand the biology behind your child's big emotions and yours. You'll learn how to regulate yourself in the hard moments, how to build genuine safety and connection with your child, and how to break the patterns that were passed down to you before they get passed down again.

What makes this different from every other parenting course: you're never left figuring it out alone. You can ask questions and share your specific situation under every lesson and get personalised guidance from your parenting coach. And with lifetime access to monthly live calls, you have ongoing support for as long as you need it, not just while you're working through the material, but as your children grow and new challenges come up.

The result isn't a child who behaves perfectly. It's a home that actually feels calm. A child who feels genuinely safe. And a parent who finally understands what's happening and knows what to do.

$497 · Self-paced · Lifetime access · Monthly live calls included · Payment plans available

Learn more: www.thecentreforhealing.com/trauma-aware-parenting

CHANGE YOUR WORDS. CHANGE YOUR WORLD.As therapists, educators, and parents, we often focus on changing behavior.But what...
06/22/2026

CHANGE YOUR WORDS. CHANGE YOUR WORLD.
As therapists, educators, and parents, we often focus on changing behavior.

But what if we started by changing the words we use?
Because words shape how we see the child.
And how we see the child shapes how we respond.

The words we choose matter.
Not because we're trying to be politically correct.
But because language influences perspective.
And perspective influences intervention.
When we shift our perspective, everything changes.
The child hasn't changed.
The behavior hasn't changed.
But our ability to understand what is driving the behavior has.
And that's where meaningful support begins.

✨ Change your words. Change your world.
What's one phrase you've changed your mind about over the years?

Children can't respond to signals they don't recognize.That's why body awareness matters.Including interoception (Awaren...
06/21/2026

Children can't respond to signals they don't recognize.

That's why body awareness matters.

Including interoception (Awareness of Internal Body Signals).

Over the years, I've worked with children who were labeled:"Defiant.""Noncompliant.""Attention-seeking.""Manipulative."B...
06/20/2026

Over the years, I've worked with children who were labeled:
"Defiant."
"Noncompliant."
"Attention-seeking."
"Manipulative."
But when we looked deeper, the real issue often wasn't behavior at all.
It was constipation.
Interoception difficulties.
Anxiety.
Poor sleep.
Sensory overwhelm.
Nervous system dysregulation.
Fear.
A lack of body awareness.

The behavior was simply the visible part of the struggle.

When we focus only on stopping the behavior, we risk missing the reason behind it.
But when we understand the barrier, the behavior starts to make sense. And when the behavior makes sense, the path forward becomes clearer.

This is why I believe some of the most important questions we can ask are not "How do I stop this behavior?"

But instead: "What is driving this behavior?"

Because behavior isn't always behavioral.
Sometimes it's biological.
Sometimes it's neurological.
Sometimes it's emotional.
And sometimes it's a nervous system asking for help.

What behavior do you think is most often misunderstood?

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