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Talking About Self-Advocacy

October 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Talking About Self-Advocacy

Sometimes when I tell parents that it’s okay to wear earplugs in order to cope with their own sensory sensitivity/avoidance, they worry that they’re going to hurt their children or implicitly be telling their children […]

Personal

Grad School

October 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Grad School

I was very surprised how difficult I found OT school. I am the type of person for whom school has always come easily, at least in terms of getting decent grades easily and so on. […]

Autism

In Pursuit of Diagnosis

October 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on In Pursuit of Diagnosis

If you are pursuing diagnosis for your neurodivergent child, it’s okay to take your neuro-affirming lens back “off” in order to talk to the doctor about your child. What I mean is that you are […]

At School

It Only Makes Sense To Us

October 5, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on It Only Makes Sense To Us

Modeling writing authentically and meaningfully and delightfully doesn’t always have to be, like, great works of prose or poetry. They don’t even have to make sense or be meaningful to someone who wasn’t using them […]

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Perfection

September 28, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Perfection

Age 5 (and 6) is extremely concerned with perfection. It’s a normal developmental phase. (Yes, this might also mean that your 4 year old or 4.5 year old or 7 year old are like this. […]

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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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Monkey Bars

September 25, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Monkey Bars

We went to a new playground recently. Monkey bars are rarer here in the UK (at least in my rural area) than they were at playgrounds in the states. As far as I can tell, […]

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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 […]

Activities

bestdayever

September 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on bestdayever

My old typewriter has been an option in the room for a few weeks now, but writing feels like a threat to him. Even typing feels adult-dictated. Even typing on something fun. It always just […]

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