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Homesensory awareness

sensory awareness

Elementary

Ten Ways – Toothbrushing

October 30, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Ten Ways – Toothbrushing

Ten things I could’ve done when my kid didn’t want to brush her teeth… Nonverbal cue: Set the toothbrush down next to my kid. Toothpaste already loaded. Wordlessly. Offer alternatives: Mouthwash, floss, a different flavor […]

At Home

Sensory Processing in Teens

May 7, 2024 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Processing in Teens

Everybody in the world has one (or more) sensory processing styles; we all process input from the world around us. One theory of thinking of these processing styles uses 4 quadrants to describe them: sensory […]

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 […]

Activities

Make A Plan, Write It Down

November 14, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Make A Plan, Write It Down

I mentioned this idea almost offhandedly in a training recently and it was profoundly exciting to the people in the training— so I’m making it into its own post! Here’s the idea in brief: ask […]

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