Caring Strategies

05/28/2026

Come play with us on June 8th and 12th @ 11am! Seasons of Play: Garden Adventures Sensory Play
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Sensory play with tactile materials is a fun way to help young children practice fine motor skills, foster creativity, and explore the world through their senses. These experiences build nerve connections that help the brain develop through infancy and early childhood. Join Caring Strategies Director / licensed occupational therapist Diane Robichaux for a morning of garden-themed sensory play at the Reserve Branch in honor of this year's Summer Reading theme, "Plant a Seed, Read!"

04/28/2026

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Registration is open on our website and link is in the comments!

For ages 3-5, Thursday June 4th and 11th, 5pm. Location has been changed to Luling. More information will be provided once signed up.

For ages 6-8, feel free to sign up (no obligation) however dates haven’t been set yet due to low numbers. Once enough show interest, dates will be set and you will be contacted.

Therapy led social groups this spring featuring the fun themes of 🐞 Busy Bugs and 🌾 In the Tall, Tall Grass! We’re offering two groups per age group pending interest. Evening time for working parents.

✨ Ages 3–5 & 6–8
✨ Small group setting
✨ Sensory, social, and hands-on learning

💲 $60 per session or $110 for both

👉 Message us if interested or if you have any questions! Please share and thank you!!

04/28/2026

04/28/2026

Strengthen a Child’s Hand Before Giving Them a Pencil 👇🏼

04/27/2026

We enjoyed the Autism Bash today! 💙

Our insect/bug theme was a big hit and we even had some real bugs join in the fun at our table! 😂

Children were able to sort and find bugs in various sensory bins and each received a take home goody bag.
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We were also able to chat with families about the services we provide.

04/20/2026

Come out and see us next Sunday at the Autism Bash!

03/23/2026

One more post for our special helpers and volunteers. Thanks for helping us set up and for making this happen. Couldn’t have done it without you all!

12/17/2025

Best helpers ever!! Thank you all!!
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All photos have been emailed! Please let me know if you did not receive!

12/11/2025

🎄✨ Sensory Santa: Candy Cane Lane — What a Magical Day! ✨🎄
Our biggest holiday event yet welcomed more than 75 attendees over 2 sessions, including 48 wonderful children who each left with personalized gifts and BIG smiles!

From the moment families walked in, the day was packed with festive fun:
🎅 Snow-globe photos with Santa
🍪 Cookie decorating with Mrs. Claus
📝 Letters to Santa + a chilly North Pole Letter to take home
🦌 Reindeer Games for sensory-motor fun
💤 Cozy Calming Corner with a blackout tent, tunnel, weighted blanket, spinning chair, & fidgets
❄️ Sugarplum Sensory Bins including artic faux snow, peppermint pluffle, peppermint water beads, and hot cocoa fun
🎄 Blitzen’s Bounce House
🛠️ Elves’ Workshop — snowman building and other Christmas crafts

Children also received amazing take-home gifts and goodies, including:
🎁 Blow-up tent with fan
🎁 Erasable writing tablet
🎁 Gingerbread magnet board
🎁 Playdough/rolling pin
🎁 Melting snowman kit
🎁 Candy cane craft & squishie
🎁 Peppermint sunglasses
🎁 Coloring book/crayon stick
🎁 Raising Cane’s Kids Meal coupon
🎁 Reindeer food
…and so much more!

Families enjoyed festive snacks, milk, hot cocoa, and holiday treats while exploring each themed station in a calm, supportive environment designed for our neurodivergent community.

✨ A very special thank you to our PARTNER and PEPPERMINT BARK sponsor, Valero St. Charles Refinery.

🎄Thank you to many other CANDY CANE and STARLIGHT PEPPERMINT sponsors including Small World Daycare, Percle’s Jump & Fun, Sign Gypsies, Brooke Cantrelle Photography, Ashley Bennett Dejean Foundation, Jackie Frederick’s Sensory Santa’s Go Fund Me, Raising Canes, Dominos and Coffee & Norco.

🎅🏻Sincere appreciation to Santa, Mrs. Clause, and our 20+ volunteers!

Each and every one of you helped to bring this magical experience to life and we are so grateful and honored to create inclusive holiday moments that every child can enjoy. ❤️💚

🌠We tried to capture a picture of each activity, but know we missed so many smiling faces! PLEASE share your pictures in the comments below!!

📸 Professional Santa pics will be emailed by this weekend.

12/07/2025