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When One Sibling is “Right” and One Sibling is “Playing”

September 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on When One Sibling is “Right” and One Sibling is “Playing”

I wrote a post about myself, an adult, not freaking out when my children said things that were factually incorrect because I knew they were playing at having that skill. Like pretending to read a […]

Activities

Big Kids Play Too

September 25, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Big Kids Play Too

This is another one of my “big kid” room setups as I lean heavily this year into trying to continue to practice child-led play-based therapy, even with older children (9-15ish). It’s easier for me to […]

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Regulation Mirrors

September 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Regulation Mirrors

Have you been trying to offer your child coping strategies when they’re in the middle of a meltdown and not been having a lot of success? If so, I have a couple of questions for […]

Babies

Corrections to Corrections

September 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Corrections to Corrections

Sometimes I get stuck in awkward situations with other adults where the other adult feels like they need to correct a child in some way that feels wrong to me. It might be exacerbated by […]

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Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

September 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

I’ve written before about “sensory mismatch”. It’s one of the hardest things for people with vastly different sensory profiles to be able to get along with each other in stressful circumstances. Let me tell you […]

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Violent Themes in Play

September 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Violent Themes in Play

Some adults get alarmed when they hear children using language that sounds “violent” or involves themes of morality, such as “good guys” and “bad guys”. They may want to explain to the child that morality […]

At School

A Dinosaur Pants Connection

September 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Dinosaur Pants Connection

Routines helped this lil guy make sense of an often nonsensical world around him. And especially on the first week of school, he needed some help making sense of everything. “Change diaper” was a routine […]

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Turn Arguing into Play

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Turn Arguing into Play

A little moment from my life: The kids (5 and 4) ran to get in the car. They began arguing: Apollo: I got here first! Summer: No, I got here first! Apollo: No, I got […]

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Naming the Subtext

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Naming the Subtext

You know, one thing that I notice is a pattern with most adults (me included) is that they might notice patterns with their kids and yet, for some reason, feel like they can’t overtly name […]

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Learning To Fight

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning To Fight

“I wish I could let my kids learn to work out their own fights, but it turns from verbal to physical in the blink of an eye. I have to intervene. How could I let […]

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