Rooted parent resource library
A little support
to take home.
Practical, parent-friendly guides for understanding autism, development, sensory needs, reflexes, everyday routines, and questions families may be exploring.
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Everyday support, one small step at a time.
Begin with the complete set, or choose the guide that best matches what your family is noticing right now.
Complete starter set
Rooted Parent Resources Starter Set
Foundational guidance on everyday participation, sensory needs, practical home strategies, and choosing a starting point together.
Everyday life
What can occupational therapy help with?
A friendly overview of play, learning, movement, regulation, and growing independence.
Open printable guide ↗Sensory needs
Making sense of sensory experiences
Notice what may feel like too much, what your child seeks, and what may help participation.
Open printable guide ↗Planning worksheet
Your Rooted starting plan
Choose one meaningful routine, one realistic strategy, and what progress may look like.
Open printable worksheet ↗Home support
Small steps at home
Fit manageable practice into play, dressing, mealtimes, and transitions without adding pressure.
Open printable guide ↗Autism resources & research
Understand your child.
Find your next step.
A dedicated place for autism traits, communication, support needs, testing, genetics, and questions about whole-child health.
Traits & communication
Understanding autism terms
Stimming, sensory processing, echolalia, meltdowns, masking, prompting, and AAC—with everyday examples and supportive responses.
Open parent resource ↗Support needs & skill changes
Autism: support levels & regression
Understand support levels, changes in skills, and practical ways to support your child’s regulation and daily life.
Open parent resource ↗Testing & evaluation
Genetic testing & autism
Why genetic testing may be offered, tests families may hear about, and what positive, negative, or uncertain results can mean.
Open genetic testing guide ↗Genetics & understanding research
Autism & genetics: the bigger picture
Understand genetic influences, the limits of testing, and questions that help you make sense of research headlines.
Open genetics guide ↗Whole-child health · 2-page guide
Autism & whole-child health
Questions about pain, digestion, sleep, feeding, nutrition, and changes in skills—plus a closer look at medical claims and testing.
Open whole-child health guide ↗Genes, folate & online claims
MTHFR, methylation & autism
A balanced overview of common claims, what genetics can and cannot tell us, and questions to bring to a clinician.
Open parent resource ↗Development & daily life
Understand skills as they grow.
Use these guides to notice participation across movement, hands, play, routines, and regulation—not to compare one child to another.
Birth through 5
Developmental milestones
An OT-focused guide to movement, fine motor, sensory regulation, play, feeding, and independence.
Open milestone guide ↗Growing independence
Life skills by age
Everyday practice ideas for ages 1–12, with simple ways to adapt tasks to your child’s readiness and build independence one step at a time.
Open parent resource ↗Sleep & regulation
Helping your child sleep better
Support predictable rhythms, a calmer nervous system, and a simple wind-down routine.
Open sleep guide ↗Family routines
Calmer screen time
Practical ideas to support transitions, regulation, and connection before, during, and after screens.
Open parent resource ↗Specialized modalities
TENS & NMES
A plain-language overview of two electrical stimulation tools and how they may be used in therapy.
Open parent resource ↗Primitive reflexes
Start with function, not labels.
Learn what reflex patterns are, what an OT may observe, and how movement findings connect to meaningful everyday skills.
Foundations
What are primitive reflexes?
An introduction to early movement patterns and why therapists consider them within the whole child.
Open guide ↗Understanding patterns
What retained reflexes may mean
Connect observations to posture, coordination, regulation, and participation without reducing a child to one finding.
Open guide ↗Evaluation
Assessment & support
See how passive and active observations can inform individualized, function-based planning.
Open guide ↗Complete packet
Primitive reflex parent guides
Keep the two foundational guides on primitive reflexes and retained patterns together in one printable packet.
Download full packet ↗Whole-body topics
Clearer information for complicated questions.
Brief educational sheets for topics families may encounter online or discuss with their medical team.
Health education
PANS & PANDAS
What these terms mean, changes families may notice, and why sudden symptoms need medical evaluation.
Open parent resource ↗Gut health
Candida questions
A gentle guide to separating common symptoms from diagnosis and knowing when to seek medical guidance.
Open parent resource ↗You do not have to figure it out alone.
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