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Homedifferent sensory needs

different sensory needs

Babies

Bad Roommate

October 30, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Bad Roommate

I became a parent on about 24 hours’ notice. We flew from the state where we lived to the state where my son was born in time to take him home from the hospital. Legalities […]

Activities

Danny Go

March 4, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Danny Go

We are currently on a VERY big Danny Go kick in my household, and I love them almost as much as my daughter does! The elementary schools I work at love using Danny Go videos […]

At Home

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 […]

At Home

Sensory Mismatch & Bedtime Routines

June 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch & Bedtime Routines

A challenging thing about having children with vastly different sensory processing styles, or about having a very different sensory processing style yourself than your child, can be finding solutions in your family that meet both […]

Activities

Games That Don’t Require Moving

April 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Games That Don’t Require Moving

Listen, the parental exhaustion is real. I know this. AND, simultaneously, the children need to be in constant motion, like, 22 hours out of the day. I also know this. Meeting opposing sensory needs is […]

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