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Adult-Imposed Consequences & Dysregulation

August 29, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Adult-Imposed Consequences & Dysregulation

I have a memory from very young in my childhood, that I can’t remember whether it was all just a thought process I had in my head, or something that I expressed out loud to […]

Recordings & Media

That Early Childhood Nerd: Consequences & Euphemisms (Podcast Interview)

July 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on That Early Childhood Nerd: Consequences & Euphemisms (Podcast Interview)

I had the chance to speak with Heather, the host of That Early Childhood Nerd, about the consequences post that I wrote which became somewhat infamous on Facebook very quickly.  You can listen to the […]

Humor

Self Check-Out

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Self Check-Out

I had an epiphany recently while checking out at the store. I think sometimes parents are to their children, what self checkout machines at stores are to adults. 😂 “PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAG.” […]

Elementary

Consequences

June 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Consequences

I think we would actually all be fine if we would drop the word “consequences” from our vocabularies entirely. I’d certainly prefer it if we did. It really grates on my nerves to hear people […]

At School

Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

June 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

I had the opportunity to speak to a group at one of the schools where I work on the topic of discerning whether kids’ “behavior” could be motivated by sensory processing, or whether it’s just […]

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You’re Not Listening (part 2)

June 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on You’re Not Listening (part 2)

I posted last week about the overuse of the word “listen” to mean “obey” in adult/child relationships — i.e., “you’re not listening to me” when what the adult really means is “you’re not complying with […]

Activities

The Joy of Challenge

May 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on The Joy of Challenge

I had a student recently who I wanted to give a fidget to. He already had a fidget for his classroom, but I had recently got a big bag of fidgets and found a particular […]

Elementary

Power & Safety

May 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Power & Safety

Exerting power over a child just for the sake of exerting it is a threat to the child’s feelings of safety, and they know it. They’ve been living in this world for however many years, […]

At School

Puddles & Choices

April 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Puddles & Choices

My son huffed at a puddle that he didn’t want to be there the other day and said, “The rain is making bad choices!” It made me laugh, because it was cute and funny. And […]

Autism

Autism Shouldn’t Equal Trauma (AA23)

April 17, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Autism Shouldn’t Equal Trauma (AA23)

This is going to be very long. And this was the hardest post to write this month. I sat down to write it three or four times before I was actually able to make myself […]

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