["www.eastalgarvemag.com 47","Sara de Melo Castanheira is an expert in Occupational Therapy and Quality of Life. She is also the Technical Director of SER Igual, an Association of special rehabilitation services in Tavira We leave a festive season LITTLE ELF with music, lights and familiar meetings. It\u2019s the Common sounds may be painful or Socialising can be physically draining and season to experiment overwhelming. The light touch of a shirt cause a 'social hangover' to this little Elf. Little chafes his skin. He is a little bit uncoordinated, Elf wishes people saw his great communication bumping into things. Commonly it is hard for even when he can't speak correctly, but can read perfectly or create dialogues between with different flavours and him to engage in conversation or play with his toys. Not everyone likes people looking at them, and so little Elf avoids looking at people foods. Christmas was here and now we've other children and he might avoid other kids and looks to the floor. Christmas jumpers are not for everyone and for our little Elf he really entered the New. even though he wants to play with them. struggles wearing different textures. Little Elf thinks that if he likes something everyone But for little Elf this is a very challenging Sensory processing problems are commonly else will like it too. Little Elf knows when he needs personal space at a party, so if you see season. Little Elf has a divergent way of seen in developmental conditions like autism him going to a corner you know what he is going through. Loud music, lights, crowds feeling things. His brain is neurodivergent so spectrum disorder. Can you recognise and decorations cause overload to this Elf. It is hard for him to manage what others give to he feels and sees things in a different way. It is children near you that are like little Elf? him when he is unable to control it \u2013 little Elf likes to control everything in his life so he can not a wrong way, but is a specific and unique I'll give you some tips so you can engage and predict what is going to happen and to avoid a sensory overload. Elf finds change hard and way of seeing life and behaving, and it's ok to understand better neurodivergent kids like he needs to bring order in whatever way he can! Little Elf just eats specific food, because be different! our little Elf, especially in festive seasons like the sensory issue affects the way he sees and feels food. Social skills require practice for Little Elf has what we Occupational Therapists we just had and the changes a New Year can this Elf, and sleep can be difficult sometimes. Sometimes Little Elf seems to ignore others. call, a sensory processing disorder (SPD). And bring with it. The more we comprehend, the But it's not true\u2026 he is just 100% engaged in one thing at a time. it means that he has a condition that affects more we include. Too many little Elfs are still excluded from their peers at school, parties or even in their friend's how his brain processes sensory information Children who melt down over the holidays family, because they are not understood. If you have a little Elf at home or you know (stimuli). Sensory do not mean that they are a family with a child like this little Elf, please share this article and introduce them to information includes things Little Elf has a trying to ruin your fun or Associa\u00e7\u00e3o SER Igual in Tavira. We have you see, hear, smell, taste, embarrass you, or (if you a team of experts in Sensory Integration Evaluation that can help to best comprehend or touch. SPD can affect all divergent way have a child like little Elf) that what's happening in those little Elf's worlds. of your senses, or just one. of feeling things. you are a bad parent. It does SER Igual is a non-profit association for SPD usually means you're not mean that the child is a handicap people and we have the mission to achieve more social projects, so we can overly sensitive to stimuli His brain is bad child or that he needs to have a more inclusive community. If you that other people are learn a lesson, or that he's want to sponsor a social project or become neurodivergent a social investor, please come along and visit not. Sensory processing defiant and refuses to listen Associa\u00e7\u00e3o SER Igual in Tavira. We will be glade to talk about our ideas and projects. disorder is a condition in so he feels and or even that he hates you. If you are interested in our work, please visit which the brain has trouble His behaviour may mean us on our FB page (@SerIgualPT) and IG (@ igual.ser) or make an appointment to geral@ receiving and responding sees things in a that he is overstimulated seronline.pt or by phone 918180020. to information that comes different way. It is and needs a break, there's Thanks once more for your attention. Stay in through the senses. a lot of new people and he safe and stay tuned for the next article. Like many illnesses, the not a wrong way, is feeling overwhelmed, or symptoms of sensory even that he needs your but is a specific processing disorder exist attention. It means too, that on a spectrum. In some and unique way his brain is feeling flooded at children, for example, the that moment with emotion, sound of a leaf blower of seeing life and and he can't think logically, outside the window may behaving, and it's and you need to take him cause them to vomit or dive to a safe space to let these under the table. They may ok to be different! feelings out (\\\"I feel safe scream when touched. having these feelings with They may recoil from the you, and I need you to be textures of certain foods. But others seem my calm right now\\\"). Never forget that the unresponsive to anything around them. They child loves you and feels safe with you! may fail to respond to extreme heat or cold or For children like little Elf, Elf's best gift is even pain. Many children with SPD start out someone joining his \\\"world\\\" and engaging as fussy babies who become anxious as they with him through his world. Elf finds comfort grow older. These children often don't handle in the familiar and in repetition. Little Elf change well. They may frequently throw always tells the truth, so sometimes he can tantrums or have meltdowns. be inconvenient without noticing it and he Little Elf with his sensory processing disorder takes things very literally. Little Elf struggles is over sensitive to things in his environment. with \\\"taking turns\\\" and always wants to win. 52 www.eastalgarvemag.com","BFORROYWOUSR Ruy Barros Serenidade Hairstyling & Beauty Salon Est\u00e9tica e Sa\u00fade ONLY.COM Ladies & Gents \u2022 Podiatry\/Chiropody \u2022 Natural hair Strokes \u2022 Henna brows Welcome to our new \u2022 Waxing, Facial \u2022 Brow design and tinting: space in the centre treatments, Body Shape, of Tavira! 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A NEW YEAR -dehumidifier will help to solve indoor damp, but it will mean using more electricity. However, we can NEW GARDENalso get plants in our house to lower humidity. \u201cGreat landscaping lies in the eyes of its creator\u201d Whether you plan on well as using statues, ornaments, and other form while still creating unity and balance \\\"borrowing ideas\\\" or plan decor that are related to butterflies. Unity through the repetition of some elements. on creating your own should be expressed through at least one A good example of this would be where bed landscaping design, you element in your landscape and preferably shapes or paths differ on both sides of the should have at the very more. Using elements to express a main idea landscape dividing line while still sharing least a basic understanding of the principles through consistent style and a specific theme some of the same elements and plants. of landscape design. This doesn't mean that is what creates harmony. One side could be curved with a sense of you have to apply every principle to every part Simplicity is actually one of the principles in flow while the other side is straight, direct, of your plan. But just having an understanding design and art. It's one of the best guidelines hard, and completely opposite. Again, unity of these principles will help you generate you can follow as a beginner or do it yourselfer. and balance will be created through other ideas and increase your creativity. Great Just keep things simple to begin with. You can elements. Contrast can be very interesting landscaping lies in the eyes of its creator. do more later. and this type of form can create a neat So, while the principles of landscape design Simplicity in planting, for instance, would be contrast. Flowing lines are pleasing to the eye are great guidelines to follow, don't feel like to pick two or three colours and repeat them but the bold contrast of a curve combined they're the \\\"have to rules\\\" of landscaping. throughout the garden or landscape. Keeping with a straight line can be very interesting. Abstract and creativity are allowed. decor to a minimum and within a specific Asymmetrical balance isn't dependant on the The Principles of Landscape Design theme as well as keeping hard landscapes, shape of your garden. It can be but generally Unity should be one of your main goals in such as boulders, consistent is also practicing it's not. your design. It may be better understood simplicity. An example might be where one side of the and applied as consistency and repetition. Balance in design is just as the word implies. garden is mostly large shade trees while the Repetition creates unity by repeating alike A sense of equality. There are basically other side is predominately a lower growing elements like plants, plant groups, or decor two types of balance in landscape design. flower garden or even a mix of both examples. throughout the landscape. Consistency Symmetrical and Asymmetrical. Symmetrical Like I stated earlier, the landscaping can be creates unity in the sense that some or all balance is where there are more or less abstract while still maintaining unity through of the different elements of the landscape equally spaced matching elements of the other elements such as rocks, plants, and fit together to create a whole. Unity can be garden design. With a garden equally divided, decor. achieved by the consistency of character of both sides could share all or part of the same Contrast and harmony can also be achieved elements in the design. By character, I mean shape, form, plant height, plant groupings, using plants. Fine foliage versus coarser the height, size, texture, color schemes, etc. colours, bed shapes, theme, etc. foliage, round leaves versus spiked leaves as of different elements. A good example would You may remember creating something like well as colour compliments and contrasts. be in the use of landscaping rocks and accent this when you were a kid in art class at school. Plant height, colour, and texture may be boulders. If you've ever seen a landscape Where you take a piece of paper, splash varied from one area to the next but each area design that had one large white round boulder paint on it, fold it in half, unfold it, and then it should stay consistent within its own theme. here and another large red square granite magically creates an interesting symmetrical You'll hear me talk about \\\"themes\\\" a lot. Many boulder there and so on, then you've seen design. So symmetrical balance or design is successful do-it-yourself designs follow a that unity wasn't created by this particular somewhat of, a mirror image or reflection. basic theme to achieve most of the principles element. This is just one example, but the Asymmetrical balance on the other hand is one of landscape design described on this page. principle applies to all other elements such as of the principles of landscape design that's a The proper use of plants or garden decor or a groups of plants and materials. little more complex. While textures, forms, mix of both is a simple way to achieve themes. A simple way to create unity in your landscape colours, etc. may remain constant to create Colour adds the dimension of real life and is by creating themes. And one of the simplest some unity, shapes and hard landscapes interest to the landscape. Bright colours like ways to create themes is by using a little may be more random. This form of balance reds, yellows and oranges seem to advance garden decor. Creating a theme garden is often has separate or different themes with toward you and can actually make an object easier when it's related to something you're each having an equal but different type of seem closer to you. Cool colours like greens, interested in or have a passion for. If you're attraction. blues, and pastels seem to move away from into butterflies for instance, you could create Asymmetrical may be better understood as you and can make an object seem farther a theme using plants that attract butterflies as actually being unbalanced, abstract, or free from you. 56 www.eastalgarvemag.com","LANDSCAPING & GARDEN CENTER BEM-VINDO \u2022 WELCOME QUINTA DAS PALMEIRAS CENTRO DE JARDINAGEM EN 125, c.p. 126-E 8800-118 To To Moncarapacho Luz de Luz de Tavira Olh\u00e3o EN125 Tavira e-mail: [email protected] Fuseta To Tavira www.geojardim.com Tel: 281 961 189 Look out for the flags Find us on facebook at: Geojardim Landscaping & Garden Center Grays, blacks, and whites are considered Transition is one of the principles of landscape of landscape design, this one is quite obvious neutral colours and are best used in the design that can be used to \\\"create illusions\\\" background with bright colours in the in the landscape. For example a transition but still requires a little thought and planning. foreground. However, to increase depth in from taller to shorter plants can give a sense a landscape, you can use dark and coarse of depth and distance (like in a painting), Most of the elements in landscape design can textured plants in the foreground and use making the garden seem larger than it really fine textured and light coloured plants in the is. A transition from shorter to taller plants be intentionally planned to meet the proper background. could be used to frame a focal point to make Colours can also be used to direct your it stand out and seem closer than it really is. proportions. attention to a specific area of the garden. A Line is of the more structural principles of bright display among cooler colours would landscape design. It can mostly be related For instance if you are creating a small naturally catch the eye. to the way beds, walkways, and entryways Natural transition can be applied to avoid move and flow. Straight lines are forceful and courtyard garden, an enormous seven foot radical or abrupt changes in your landscape direct, while curvy lines have a more natural, design. Transition is basically gradual change. gentle, flowing effect. garden statue placed in the center would be It can best be illustrated in terms of plant Proportion simply refers to the size of elements height or colour but can also be applied to in relation to each other. Of all the principles way out of proportion and a little tacky to say all elements in the landscape including but not limited to the least. Or a small four foot waterfall and textures, foliage shape or size, and the size and shape pond placed in the center of a large open yard of different elements. In other words, transition can would get lost in the expanse. be achieved by the gradual, ascending or descending, Don't misunderstand this to mean that if arrangement of different elements with varying you have a large yard you can't have smaller textures, forms, colours, or sizes. features or garden decor. Proportion is relative An example of a good transition would be a stair and elements can be scaled to fit by creating step effect from large trees to medium trees to shrubs to different rooms in the garden. The goal is bedding plants. This example is where a little knowledge of to create a pleasing proper plant selection would come in handy. relationship among the three dimensions of length, breadth, and depth or height. Also, special consideration and study should be given to proper plant selection to avoid using plants that are out of proportion. Just remember it is your garden and your inspiration should come through in the design, but remember the basics and everything should work out fine. www.eastalgarvemag.com 57","Facebook Youtube Instagram 58","WINTER SPECIAL OFFERS QUINTA DO VALE GOLF 2 Players + Buggy.......................131\u20ac Green Fee.....................................54\u20ac SPECIAL DISCOUNTS 35% discount on green fees for Portuguese and Spanish federation members NEW MEMBERSHIP CONDITIONS AVAILABLE! Became a member of the last Ballesteros Signature Course. Take on the challenge of our 6 par 3's, 6 par 4's and 6 par 5's. Tel: +351 281 531 615 You can now check availability and book directly through our website www.quintadovalegolf.com or contact us by email [email protected]",""]
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