Personal
Spring Conference Rules
My conference this week was absolutely amazing. I have a million thoughts rattling in my head and they need some time to condense into ways to explain myself, to share with you about what I […]
sensory processing
At Home
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 […]
Recordings & Media
Teacher Tom’s Podcast: Rethinking “Normal” in Child Development (Podcast Interview)
A strong advocate for true inclusion and neurodiversity in schools, Kelsie Olds shares their expertise on therapy methods and the importance of children developing key skills — sensory, core strength, and fine motor — before […]
Personal
An Uncomfortable Sensory Story
While I was opening my car door, I accidentally scraped my middle fingernail against the dirty car surface for a split second. I could feel in vivid, explosive detail each grain of grit shoving up […]
Spanish/Español
Procesamiento Sensorial (Español)
This is a Spanish language translation of this post, which is in English. Post traducido del original en Ingles. “Sensorial” es una de esas palabras de moda estos días en los grupos de padres, en […]
At School
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 […]
At School
Grown-Up IEP Goals
While I was writing some goals for a student’s IEP, I thought about what it would look like in a world where we had developed the system differently. Instead of writing goals to say how […]
At Home
Hair Washing
My kids are 6 and 4. Both of them have gorgeous tight-coily-textured hair and both of them have (different) sensory processing sensitivities. For the first time in our family’s entire life I successfully washed and […]
At Home
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 […]
At Home
Sensory Mismatch Key: Know Yourself
Here’s my third tool for dealing with sensory mismatch in your family, home, school, or work environment. If you’ve missed the first two posts (one, two), check those out first — it may help you […]