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“Stop Crying”

March 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Stop Crying”

“Stop crying” was one of the most repeated things I heard in my childhood — definitely the most repeated “correction” I ever heard. I was constantly crying too much. And constantly in trouble for it. […]

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Survive.

February 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Survive.

One of the most asked questions that I ever get—both in comment form, and in email form. I finally took the time to really write out a very long post answering it. Q: How can […]

Personal

Maladaptive Coping

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Maladaptive Coping

I had a kid recently who is not on my caseload. Their teacher asked me offhandedly about something they do, what I would call a stim. In their case, they pick at the skin on […]

Autism

Self-Advocacy

February 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Self-Advocacy

[Image descriptions: The first image has a title, “The Challenge with Teaching Self-Advocacy…It’s not them, it’s us.” over the top of an image of a child playing in a pink play tent filled with colorful […]

Philosophy

Progress Doesn’t Have to Be Perfection

January 29, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Progress Doesn’t Have to Be Perfection

A few nights ago, one of my children had a complete and total meltdown. Screaming. Crying. Yelling for their dad, who was not available, working from home in the closed office. (Dad is the stay-at-home […]

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“Destructive” Play

January 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Destructive” Play

“My child won’t play without being destructive. He is extremely smart, but he bounces off the walls and is destructive. We try redirecting him. We try positive reinforcement. We try using incentives. We use time-outs. […]

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Reward Charts

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Reward Charts

Two people have asked me questions about reward charts in the last week or so, so that seemed like a reasonable question to answer next. The reason for both of them asking it was because […]

Philosophy

Describing Without Judging

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Describing Without Judging

If I could get everybody in the world to learn one concept about the way they interact with children…well, actually, I have about a bazillion that I might choose from. I’m pretty bad at choosing. […]

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