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Dysregulation at Home

January 17, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Dysregulation at Home

During one of the recent snow days home, my kids were getting really sick of being cooped up inside and struggling to be able to play with one another successfully. They both needed more space […]

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Rage For No Reason

January 16, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Rage For No Reason

We came back from the usual 2-week holiday break, and then had school cancelled for an entire week due to snow and road conditions. So, when my kids went back to school yesterday (with a […]

Kids' Shows

Strange World

October 30, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Strange World

I love the movie Strange World. It’s charming, compelling, visually gorgeous, and doesn’t get enough hype. It was my kids’ favorite for awhile like a year ago, but we hadn’t watched it since. I put […]

Child Development

“Why Did You…?”

November 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on “Why Did You…?”

It’s really understandable why adults ask children “Why did you do that?” After all, children are constantly doing things that seem honestly incomprehensible if not outright bonkers. An interesting side note is that in my […]

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 […]

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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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When One Sibling is “Right” and One Sibling is “Playing”

September 27, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on When One Sibling is “Right” and One Sibling is “Playing”

I wrote a post about myself, an adult, not freaking out when my children said things that were factually incorrect because I knew they were playing at having that skill. Like pretending to read a […]

Babies

Corrections to Corrections

September 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Corrections to Corrections

Sometimes I get stuck in awkward situations with other adults where the other adult feels like they need to correct a child in some way that feels wrong to me. It might be exacerbated by […]

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Turn Arguing into Play

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Turn Arguing into Play

A little moment from my life: The kids (5 and 4) ran to get in the car. They began arguing: Apollo: I got here first! Summer: No, I got here first! Apollo: No, I got […]

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Naming the Subtext

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Naming the Subtext

This post has an audio and video recorded version for those who prefer to learn by hearing rather than by reading. Scroll to the bottom for the video of me reading it. You know, one […]

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