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Homesensory avoidance

sensory avoidance

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Eating (A Personal Reflection)

August 1, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Eating (A Personal Reflection)

(this post comes with a content warning for mention of physical abuse, as well as disordered eating, eating aversion, internalized fatphobia, sensory difficulties with eating…basically if there’s anything that feels triggery to you about food, […]

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One Second Microwave

June 22, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on One Second Microwave

My coworker and friend walked into my office and said, “I just went to use the microwave and someone had just left it on one second!” My other coworker/friend agreed “Ugh, I hate that!” I […]

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Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

June 12, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Is it sensory, or is it behavior?

I had the opportunity to speak to a group at one of the schools where I work on the topic of discerning whether kids’ “behavior” could be motivated by sensory processing, or whether it’s just […]

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Sand & Sensory Sensitivities

June 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sand & Sensory Sensitivities

Recently, my family and I visited a sandy playground, and it reminded me of this story about myself and sensory processing. My son was maybe 18 months old, and he was playing on a playground […]

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