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Child Development

Wishes, Limits, & Boundaries

May 11, 2025 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Wishes, Limits, & Boundaries

Do you understand the difference between wishes, limits, and boundaries? If you find yourself saying the word “want” or “need”, a lot of times you are expressing a value, a wish, or a feeling. Same […]

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Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

December 11, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Sensory Mismatch Key: Need Isn’t Behavior

In my last post, I shared the first tool for dealing with sensory mismatch. Today I’ll share another tool. Just like in the last post, some of the things I say in this post may […]

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 […]

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Learning To Fight

September 6, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning To Fight

This post has an audio and video recorded version for those who prefer to learn by hearing rather than by reading. Scroll to the bottom for the video of me reading it. “I wish I […]

At Home

In the “Wrong”

August 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on In the “Wrong”

My kids built an obstacle course together out of pillows and mats in our house. My son went on it first. When he got to the end, he flopped down on the mats, laying down […]

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Maladaptive Coping

February 13, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Maladaptive Coping

I had a kid recently who is not on my caseload. Their teacher asked me offhandedly about something they do, what I would call a stim. In their case, they pick at the skin on […]

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Learning to Argue

February 2, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off on Learning to Argue

A story of mediating conflict between young siblings, rather than solving it for them. My then-2yo “Summer” was lying on the ground in the middle of the living room floor, playing with toys underneath her […]

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