Social/Emotional, The Occuplaytional Therapist, Page 6

Drumroll

June 19, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

This post needs a content warning. I am talking about violence against children—not in the present tense, thankfully, but in the past tense. I am also talking about defusing anger responses against children instead of […]

New Baby

June 15, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

When we introduce a new baby to the family, our kids might hear a lot of the following (from us, or from family members, or from well-meaning well-wishers): “You’re going to be such a good […]

You’re Not Listening (part 2)

June 10, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I posted last week about the overuse of the word “listen” to mean “obey” in adult/child relationships — i.e., “you’re not listening to me” when what the adult really means is “you’re not complying with […]

The Shoe Rules

June 9, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Earlier this year, I bought my 5yo “Apollo” new shoes. Apollo’s approach to clothing has always been pretty much functional. He’s gotta wear clothing to go out in public so whatever goes on his body […]

The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Child-Led Learning

June 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

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. Let me tell […]

You’re Not Listening (part 1)

June 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

Once you start paying attention to how often adults say “listen” to euphemistically mean “obey”, it’s hard to get it out of your head. I think many of the adults I know are trying very […]

Say Hi

June 7, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

My kid saw me through the open door of daycare. Her face lit up, my face lit up, we both did a wiggly happy dance to see each other. She over-exaggeratedly mouthed, “Hi Mummy!”, because […]

Declarative Connection

May 26, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

The kid I’m working with is a hardcore gestalt language processor*. I notice that they’re singing a song while the two of us work side by side on an art project. I can tell some […]

Staying Playful When Sad

May 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

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. Recently, a parent […]

The Joy of Challenge

May 23, 2023 The Occuplaytional Therapist Comments Off

I had a student recently who I wanted to give a fidget to. He already had a fidget for his classroom, but I had recently got a big bag of fidgets and found a particular […]