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Child Development

Wishes, Limits, & Boundaries

May 11, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Wishes, Limits, & Boundaries

Do you understand the difference between wishes, limits, and boundaries? If you find yourself saying the word “want” or “need”, a lot of times you are expressing a value, a wish, or a feeling. Same […]

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Immediate Obedience

June 13, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Immediate Obedience

Immediate obedience is a fear response. There isn’t immediate obedience when you’re committed to parenting your children without making them afraid of you. Sometimes your kid just needs a second to process what you asked […]

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Sensory Mismatch Conclusion

December 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Conclusion

The last thing that I wanted you to know this week, as I wrap up my talks about sensory mismatch (the other four posts are here: one, two, three, four), is that kids will typically […]

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Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

December 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

In my last post, I shared the first tool for dealing with sensory mismatch. Today I’ll share another tool. Just like in the last post, some of the things I say in this post may […]

Babies

A Proprioception Primer

December 4, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on A Proprioception Primer

When I try to define the word “proprioception” I usually refer to it as “deep body sense”. The sensing part of it also has to do with your sense of body in space and your […]

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Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

September 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Case Study: Sensory Mismatch in Play

I’ve written before about “sensory mismatch”. It’s one of the hardest things for people with vastly different sensory profiles to be able to get along with each other in stressful circumstances. Let me tell you […]

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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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Learning To Fight

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning To Fight

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. “I wish I […]

At Home

In the “Wrong”

August 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on In the “Wrong”

My kids built an obstacle course together out of pillows and mats in our house. My son went on it first. When he got to the end, he flopped down on the mats, laying down […]

Child Development

Bluey & Problem Solving

August 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Bluey & Problem Solving

In “Double Babysitter” (s2 e39), Bluey is skeptical about having a babysitter put her to bed. The reason that she’s able to give right away is that it’s just “different” from when Mum and Dad […]

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