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What is Modeling?

February 5, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on What is Modeling?

Somebody asked me the other day if I’ve ever written a post defining what modeling is. I haven’t, but it’s a good idea since I suggest modeling things for children basically constantly. 🙂 I think […]

At Home

You Don’t Have Any Blocks

February 5, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on You Don’t Have Any Blocks

“I want you to build a tower,” I say. You agree, and you stand up to go get the bucket of blocks off the shelf. I shake my head sternly. “No. Did I tell you […]

At School

When You Don’t Agree With the Behavior Program

January 21, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on When You Don’t Agree With the Behavior Program

Sometimes parents are uncomfortable with the behaviorist strategies used by their schools. (ABA strategies, PBIS/PBL strategies, rewards charts, clip charts, smiley face charts, ClassDojo, etc.) I think it would be outright impossible for me to […]

At Home

Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

December 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

In my last post, I shared the first tool for dealing with sensory mismatch. Today I’ll share another tool. Just like in the last post, some of the things I say in this post may […]

At Home

Sensory Mismatch Key: Escape

December 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Key: Escape

I have had lots of questions from people about “sensory mismatch” lately. Sensory mismatch is my phrase for it when two (or more) people in the same environment (like home, a classroom, etc) have different […]

Babies

What is Behavior Communicating?

December 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on What is Behavior Communicating?

The phrase “behavior is communication” was invented in response to a set of ideas, a counter to them. One of these ideas is that children’s inconvenient or strange or annoying behavior is a sign of […]

Babies

A Proprioception Primer

December 4, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Proprioception Primer

When I try to define the word “proprioception” I usually refer to it as “deep body sense”. The sensing part of it also has to do with your sense of body in space and your […]

At School

Packaged Regulation

November 14, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Packaged Regulation

A lot of public schools in the US, and at least some in the UK near where I live, have begun figuring out how they can teach social-emotional skills and things like self-regulation and coping […]

Activities

Big Pile of Pillows

November 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Big Pile of Pillows

It was 45 minutes until bedtime and my kids (6 and 4) were super amped up and high energy. Some days I have the energy to start playing goofily with them in a way that […]

Elementary

Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

November 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

Did you know that yelling is, from a sensory perspective, a very regulating thing to do? That might sound weird and it might make your brain jump to conclusions that aren’t the same as exactly […]

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