Rooted parent resource library
A little support
to take home.
Parent-friendly guides for understanding your child and supporting daily life. Browse by topic or keep related guides together in a printable packet.
Seven parent categories and packets, plus a professional reference. Open, save or print what helps today.
Choose a parent packet
A few guides. One easy download.
Seven topic-based packets bring related resources together. Pick the one that fits today, or browse individual guides below.
7 pages · printable PDF
Getting started with Rooted
OT, evaluation questions, sensory support, planning and follow-through worksheets.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →8 pages · printable PDF
Autism parent packet
Six guides covering autism terms, support levels, genetics, testing, health and online claims.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →7 pages · printable PDF
Milestone & everyday skills packet
Milestones through age 5, communication, ten toddler learning ideas and life skills for ages 1-12.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →10 pages · printable PDF
Sensory & daily routines packet
Six guides for sensory understanding, sleep, screen time, swimming, family habits and outdoor play.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →8 pages · printable PDF
Nutrition & feeding packet
Meal and snack ideas, nutrient-rich foods, five smoothies, a small-step food plan and care-team questions.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →4 pages · printable PDF
Complete primitive reflex packet
All three guides: reflex foundations, retained patterns, and assessment and support.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →4 pages · printable PDF
Health & therapy questions packet
PANS/PANDAS, Candida, and the differences between TENS, NMES and FES.
Download packet ↗Browse individual guides →Start here
A comfortable place to begin.
Understand OT, choose a meaningful goal, and bring a few useful questions to your visit.
7-page parent packet
Getting started with Rooted
OT, evaluation questions, sensory support, planning and follow-through worksheets.
Browse 5 individual guides
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 ↗Therapy & family partnership
Child-led therapy & healthy boundaries
How meaningful choice, communication, sensory support, and clear expectations work together in therapy, with questions families can ask.
Open parent guide ↗Autism: understand & support
Understand your child. Find your next step.
Traits, communication, support needs, testing, genetics and whole-child health.
8-page parent packet
Autism parent packet
Six guides covering autism terms, support levels, genetics, testing, health and online claims.
Browse 6 individual guides
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 ↗Milestones & everyday skills
Notice growth. Make room to practice.
Development, communication, play and growing independence, with ideas to adapt to your child.
7-page parent packet
Milestone & everyday skills packet
Milestones through age 5, communication, ten toddler learning ideas and life skills for ages 1-12.
Browse 3 individual guides
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 ↗Around 18-24 months
Little moments, big learning
Ten everyday ways to support toddler communication, play, independence and big feelings.
Open printable guide ↗Sensory & daily routines
More comfort in everyday moments.
Sleep, screens, swimming, small habits and nature play, with space for individual sensory needs.
10-page parent packet
Sensory & daily routines packet
Six guides for sensory understanding, sleep, screen time, swimming, family habits and outdoor play.
Browse 6 individual guides
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 ↗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 ↗Water & transitions
Swimming & sensory regulation
Support comfort in the water, prepare for the transition home and keep safety first.
Open printable guide ↗Family connection
Small habits, strong roots
Ten manageable habits for movement, rest, meals, connection, play and growing confidence.
Open printable guide ↗Play & exploration
Nature play, your way
Six adaptable activity themes: water, textures, bugs, trees, building and colors.
Open printable guide ↗Nutrition & feeding
Nourish with confidence.
Gentle ideas for food variety, selective eating and family mealtimes.
8-page parent packet
Nutrition & feeding packet
Meal and snack ideas, nutrient-rich foods, five smoothies, a small-step food plan and care-team questions.
Browse 2 individual guides
Food variety & selective eating
Nutrition for brain & body
Five nutrient-rich food ideas and gentle ways to build comfort at the table.
Open printable guide ↗Toddlers 12 months+
Little sips, big variety
Five smoothie ideas, milk choices and safe, comfortable ways to explore.
Open printable guide ↗Primitive reflexes
Connect movement with everyday function.
Learn about early reflexes, retained patterns and how therapists consider the whole child.
4-page parent packet
Complete primitive reflex packet
All three guides: reflex foundations, retained patterns, and assessment and support.
Browse 3 individual guides
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 ↗Health & therapy questions
Clearer information for complicated questions.
Plain-language explanations to support a conversation with your child's care team.
4-page parent packet
Health & therapy questions packet
PANS/PANDAS, Candida, and the differences between TENS, NMES and FES.
Browse 3 individual guides
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 ↗Specialized modalities
TENS & NMES
A plain-language overview of two electrical stimulation tools and how they may be used in therapy.
Open parent resource ↗For professionals
Neuroaffirming care in practice.
A clinician reference for SLPs, SLPAs, and COTAs supporting communication, autonomy, and meaningful participation.
3-page team handout · printable PDF
Neuroaffirming pediatric therapy
Ten practical shifts, speech and OT goal examples, assent, AAC, sensory supports, purposeful boundaries, and documentation ideas.
Download clinician handout ↗You do not have to figure it out alone.
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