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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 […]

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Playing With Scissors

August 8, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Playing With Scissors

Yesterday, my kids (age 5 and 4) found a stack of papers that my son had brought home from school. The speech therapist sent home a bunch of picture cards that he could use at […]

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Learning to Argue

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning to Argue

A story of mediating conflict between young siblings, rather than solving it for them. My then-2yo “Summer” was lying on the ground in the middle of the living room floor, playing with toys underneath her […]

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“Should” Be Able To

January 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Should” Be Able To

I walk into the classroom and sit down beside the child who’s on my caseload. She has OT services “push-in”, meaning that I don’t pull her out to my therapy room, but just go see […]

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