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“Low Frustration Tolerance”

January 16, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Low Frustration Tolerance”

Imagine this scenario: A seven-year-old with “just” fine motor difficulties (i.e. — no formal diagnosis of any medical/social/emotional condition) wakes up in the morning. He struggles to get himself dressed, because the clothes that he […]

At School

Push Them To Breaking…

January 16, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Push Them To Breaking…

(All I’m doing in this post is describing adult/child interactions that I observed, but I want to give you a heads up that it’s kind of infuriating. I think that’s important to share and to […]

Child Development

When Does Empathy Begin?

October 30, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on When Does Empathy Begin?

I’ve recently seen some confusion about how empathy develops in children. Someone might say, “You can’t expect children to start showing empathy or take someone else’s perspective until they’re 7+”, and someone else might argue, […]

At Home

Both Sadnesses

June 13, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Both Sadnesses

If a child feels the deepest depths of sadness they’ve ever felt, and expresses it by becoming silent, laying their head down on their desk, and silent tears rolling down their face — adults will […]

Elementary

The Going Through Things Is The Process

June 13, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on The Going Through Things Is The Process

When adults ask me for advice, sometimes they’ll ask about a child who’s going through something that’s legitimately difficult. A big life transition (new baby is a common one), a grief or loss, something traumatic […]

At Home

A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

March 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Walk Through Dysregulation, Together

My son was feeling a little bit “out of whack” (that’s usually the least-jargony way I can describe the word “dysregulated”). He was picking at everyone in the family, emotionally, verbally. He pushed his sister, […]

Elementary

Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

November 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Yelling, from a Sensory Side of View

Did you know that yelling is, from a sensory perspective, a very regulating thing to do? That might sound weird and it might make your brain jump to conclusions that aren’t the same as exactly […]

At School

Clumsy Self-Advocacy

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

Recently I had an OT session with a child who I’ve known for many years. They were unusually irritable and on-edge, and at one point they were so frustrated with what they were trying to […]

Babies

Redirecting…(the kids, not the website)

November 3, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Redirecting…(the kids, not the website)

People use the word “redirect” to mean a lot of things. Sometimes people are using it to talk about actions. Sometimes they are using it to talk about emotions. Sometimes they are using it to […]

At Home

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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