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Regulation Mirrors

September 20, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Have you been trying to offer your child coping strategies when they’re in the middle of a meltdown and not been having a lot of success? If so, I have a couple of questions for […]

Adult-Imposed Consequences & Dysregulation

August 29, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I have a memory from very young in my childhood, that I can’t remember whether it was all just a thought process I had in my head, or something that I expressed out loud to […]

Sitting

July 17, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Sitting is not morally better than standing. Sitting is not morally better than pacing. Sitting is not morally better than wandering. Sitting is easier for some adults to handle than standing, pacing, or wandering. Why […]

Staying Conscious & Mindful Through Meltdown

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

(Another post where I just walk you through my thought processes during a particular day.) I pull up in the driveway expecting an evening at home, but my son is already in the driveway asking […]

The Joy of Challenge

May 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I had a student recently who I wanted to give a fidget to. He already had a fidget for his classroom, but I had recently got a big bag of fidgets and found a particular […]

Survive.

February 21, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

One of the most asked questions that I ever get—both in comment form, and in email form. I finally took the time to really write out a very long post answering it. Q: How can […]