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“El Espectro” (Español)

April 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “El Espectro” (Español)

This is a Spanish language translation of this post, which is in English. Post traducido del original en Ingles. Hoy es el Día Mundial del Autismo y como tal hoy quiero hablar de las diferentes […]

Child Development

Lawyer Phase

February 16, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Lawyer Phase

I’ve written a few posts about things kids do at certain ages. There is always an element of variance in things like that; if something typically happens at 4, some kids will do it when […]

At School

Caution Around Language

January 17, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Caution Around Language

I have noticed some of my language shifting when I write notes, evaluations, progress notes, etc, in an ongoing effort to be more true when I describe what children are doing—since it’s so easy for […]

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Galaxy Thoughts

January 10, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Galaxy Thoughts

When I think to myself I do not think with an inner dialogue. My thoughts don’t sound like words until I translate them. When I think to myself, it’s in a big empty void (I […]

Philosophy

Compliance isn’t Respect

March 31, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Compliance isn’t Respect

“Compliance isn’t respect, and noncompliance isn’t a lack of respect” is a big lesson for adults to learn. One thing that has continually blown me away as I’ve learned and grown on this journey of […]

Child Development

Things We Don’t Know

December 28, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Things We Don’t Know

“Sometimes, my son asks me a question. If I tell him I don’t know the answer—and I truly don’t know the answer—he’ll get mad and protest, ‘you DO know!’ How do I explain to him […]

At School

Bo-ring…

December 15, 2022 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Bo-ring…

I have a child on my caseload who is Autistic and a “gestalt language learner” — a descriptive term for children who learn to speak in phrases or scripts (as opposed to learning to speak […]

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