Thank you Safeway Foundation for the continued support of Capability Health's Early Intervention Program.

Capability Health & Human Services will be kicking off an exciting new fundraising initiative this March in honor of Disability Awareness Month. For the entire month, supporters are asked to get “Movin’ with Capability” as they walk, run, bike, or roll.

Registration is FREE and can be completed online at CapabilityHealth.org/Movin-With-Capability. There is no requirement as to how many miles you must go or how much money you need to raise. Participants are encouraged to share their fundraising goal and promote their involvement through social media channels – helping raise awareness and funds for the nonprofit. Additionally, there will be prizes for participants who raise the most money across all categories.

Thank you to Speedway Children's Charities for their generous grant to our Las Vegas Pediatric Therapy Clinic. Your support will help provide therapy equipment and tools to help children with developmental delays and disabilities reach developmental milestones!

Thank you to the Walmart Community Grants Team and Facility #5423! We are incredibly grateful for your generous grant of $1,500 towards the Capability Health Sephora Work Training Program. With the grant, CHHS in partnership with Sephora will be able to provide job to employment training for adults with disabilities.

Thank you to the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust for their generous grant to our Northern Nevada Early Intervention Program. Your support will help children with developmental delays and disabilities reach developmental milestones and foster their future success in school and adulthood.

Thank you for your donation to our Pediatric Therapy Clinic. Through your donation a safe safe at our new clinic will be created where children can self regulate and work on their therapy goals.

Thank you for your donation of seed packets for Gardening for Growth in our S.T.E.P.S Program. Through this program adults with disabilities will learn horticulture, harvesting, nutrition, cooking/food preparation, and food service/dining.

Thank you for your donation of clothing to our S.T.E.P.S Program. Through this donation adults with disabilities will gain independence by learning about personal hygiene, grooming, attire, and selfcare.

Than you for your donation to our Early Intervention Program. Children 0-3 will have access to critically needed therapy services to promote their developmental, cognitive, and physical needs.

Thank you for your donation to our Las Vegas Pediatric Therapy Clinic. Your support will help children with developmental delays and disabilities reach developmental milestones and cultivate their future success.

Thank you for your donation to our S.T.E.P.S. Program. With your help adults with disabilities have access to the tools they need to gain independent choice in activities of daily living and to become active participants in the local community.

Capability Health & Human Services received a grant from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and used that funding to purchase an audiology screener for our children in Early Intervention with hearing concerns.

In a short time I have seen improvements in Hadley’s behavior and communication thanks to the wonderful team at Capability Health! I no longer feel overwhelmed, knowing I have knowledgeable specialists to help me that care about Hadley and her growth!

I love that we leave each appointment with easy, fun tasks for us to do with him over the next month. This makes reaching these goals a playful bonding experience, not just "homework." Working alongside Capability Health, Abel is now meeting and in some cases exceeding his developmental goals!

When we 1st arrived at Capability Health Annabelle (Annie) was 15 months, she wouldn’t walk or sit up, I couldn’t feed her, she had no way of communicating with me. It was a very difficult time in our lives, I felt extremely useless and lost. We got accepted into the program, I still didn’t know if it would help but it did.

Does your child demonstrate difficulty with producing legible work? Do they struggle with writing on the baseline, reverse letters, or can’t seem to write in between the lines. There are many different components that contribute to a child’s writing fluency, from their fine motor dexterity, visual memory, and visual discrimination skills. Most children achieve handwriting fluency by the end of second grade. Then, by fourth grade, they would have developed their own handwriting style and have established habits (whether good or bad) that will be harder to change. That is why it is crucial that good handwriting habits are practiced from the time kids exhibit handwriting readiness. In this article, we will give you ideas or strategies on how to work on handwriting legibility, depending on which component needs to be addressed (e.g. letter formation, alignment, spacing, sizing). Keep in mind that motivation plays a big part for kids to be able to improve their handwriting. They will need to be willing to practice frequently in order to break bad handwriting habits, especially when they are in 4th grade or higher.

Cutting with scissors plays a crucial part in school activities. Kids in preschool and kindergarten engage in arts and crafts that require them to cut lines and shapes. At times, parents don’t realize that they need this skill in order to prepare them for school readiness. They are also worried that their kid will hurt themselves or cut something that they weren’t supposed to. Despite the safety concern that will always come up, it is always better to get them started early so that they can be successful in the activities that will be eventually presented to them when they start school.

The use of playdough is a great way to help kids develop the skills they need to foster independence inside and outside of the house. There are numerous activities that can be created with playdough that can develop the motor skills needed to succeed when they start pre-school. Another benefit is that making your own playdough at home can provide hours of learning and engagement at home.

As a therapist, seeing toys for more than what they appear comes with the territory. One of my favorite childhood toys that is readily available for parents to get for their child is Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head. With this toy, I’ve found over 50 ways to use it to help a child reach developmental milestones through play.

Visual Perception is a broad term used to describe what our eyes see and how our brain processes what we see. Several categories fall under the umbrella of Visual Perception. As we begin to explore these and how this applies to children, remember every child is different, and a medical professional can help you find the right options should your child need assistance.