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Let’s Get Wet: The Benefits of Water Play for Children with Special Needs

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It’s summer, and though you don’t have to own a pool (which can provide a full-body water experience), water activities are a tremendous asset to a starved or overactive sensory system. Water can energize, and yet it can also calm. Water therapy can come in a variety of forms, from staring at a bubble tube, swimming, aquatic therapy, a shower or bath, and washing dishes at the sink to a great rainy day and puddle-stomping. You can also head to the beach, lake, river, or creek. Just this past week, I found myself canyoning down a waterfall in Costa Rica….


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