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Personal

self-reg is yelling at sheep on a fen road

May 7, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on self-reg is yelling at sheep on a fen road

I’ve written before on here about my own strategy of enjoying yelling along to music, as a means of preemptively self-regulating. Because when I’m stressed out, I have a tendency to want to yell (at […]

At Home

My Brain Won’t Stop

April 23, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on My Brain Won’t Stop

One thing went wrong. And it led to another. And it was too many things. And he was MAD. I carried him into his room so that we would have a safe space to melt […]

Spanish/Español

No Debes “Tocarlo” (Español)

April 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on No Debes “Tocarlo” (Español)

This is a Spanish language translation of this post, which is in English. Post traducido del original en Ingles. Durante estas temporadas hay muchos más adornos de lo normal; también puede suceder que van a […]

Activities

Spray Destruction

April 3, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Spray Destruction

We sort of organically invented a game outside that I thought was pretty great for kids who are what’s sometimes called “destructive”, or who are wanting to take things apart, knock towers over, break things, […]

At School

I Trust Your Body

March 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on I Trust Your Body

When some kids come to me, they don’t know how to break outside of the school model. They aren’t sure what to explore, with the freedom to explore whatever they want. They aren’t sure what […]

Babies

Feeling All The Feelings Webinar (Hosted by Neurodiversity Ireland)

February 12, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Feeling All The Feelings Webinar (Hosted by Neurodiversity Ireland)

As more and more parents, caregivers, and adults start undertaking the work of helping the next generation of children feel safe to express their feelings rather than repeat unhealthy habits from the past, it can […]

Personal

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 […]

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 […]

At School

Packaged Regulation

November 14, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Packaged Regulation

A lot of public schools in the US, and at least some in the UK near where I live, have begun figuring out how they can teach social-emotional skills and things like self-regulation and coping […]

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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